Health and Engagement Goals Reduce High Health Care Costs

Stress kills. We all know this.  So it makes good sense that executives who want to keep health costs to a minimum during shifts toward Obamacare would focus on employee health and engagement goals. As companies strive to keep workers healthier and stem the tide of higher health care costs, it is sensible to embrace […]

Creating and Sustaining Employee “Fidelity” in the Workplace

Employee  infidelity. It can be the demise of today’s businesses. But just what does it mean when employees are unfaithful to an organization? It means that a once solid relationship between employee and employer is now broken and the employee has moved on to a competitor willing to “woo” and nurture their expertise and talents. […]

Replace a Cut-Throat Work Culture with an Empathetic Culture To Spark Engagement

When you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, you understand their situation, feelings, and motives. That’s empathy…and today’s corporations, leaders, and employees seem to come up short on this basic soft skill.   Empathy is a skill important to building good workforce relationships. When individuals are empathetic, they recognize emotions being experienced by another, […]

Team Building Activities Re-engage a Disengaged Workforce

Business coaches and consultants with team building expertise have their work cut out for them in today’s corporate culture. 70% of American employees aren’t working to their full potential and they’re slowing economic growth. According to Gallup’s State of the American Workplace: 2010-2012 report: out of the 70% disengaged employees – another 18% are actively disengaged. […]

Workforce Performance Insights That Improve Team Work and Employee Productivity

    Recently, Evolv, a software company with a mission to redefine workforce management through science released a workforce performance insights report with some stunning insights. First U.S. businesses lose $350 billion dollars annually from low employee productivity and attrition. Second, tracking workforce productivity focused on what makes employees successful can help leaders realize a […]

Got Employee Engagement?

[jwplayer mediaid=”3933″] Click Here To Get Immediate Access To Engagement, Retention and Growth Details Now! Got employee engagement? There’s been a lot of buzz lately about employee engagement. So … what is it? By most definitions employee engagement is an employee’s level of involvement,  emotional commitment and personal satisfaction with their job and where they […]

Is Investing More In Talent With No Clear Workforce Development Plan Money Down the Toilet?

Talent is the key to success in today’s global economy, but as organizations increase their investment in human capital many of them question whether it is paying off. Does this mean there is real opportunity for Team Development Consultants who specialize in workforce development planning?  Very possibly. According to Mercer’s new Talent Barometer Survey, 60% […]

Picking Team Favorites Is Not A Bad Idea for Leaders

One of the best things about our Facebook Team Building Success Business page and our LinkedIn activity is the stimulating conversations we engage in around the topic of Team Culture and Team Dynamics. One of the topics of discussion is whether leaders should instill the feeling that all team members are unique and add value.  […]