Top Five Evidence Based Strategies to Create Healthier Workplaces and Encourage Healthy High Performance

For Organizations, Past Issues

Creating healthier workplaces is essential for boosting employee productivity and well-being. This article explores five evidence-based strategies: offering leadership training, empowering employees to reshape and craft their jobs, implementing peer support and mentorship programs, engaging employees in decision-making, and establishing robust performance management systems. You can read the full article to learn more about these strategies.

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Managing Employee Retaliation: What Every Leader Needs to Know

For Organizations, Past Issues

Are you concerned about maintaining a productive work environment? Understanding how to manage employee retaliation is crucial. Here, we discuss a research study that highlights why employees retaliate and what leaders can do to prevent it. Discover how transparency and positive relationships can make all the difference. Don’t miss out on these essential strategies for fostering a fair and motivated workplace!

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Top 5 Recommendations for Developing a New Performance Management System

For Organizations, Past Issues

Designing an effective performance management system is crucial for fostering a motivated and high-performing workforce. This blog post explores essential recommendations for HR managers, emphasizing the importance of accuracy in evaluations, maintaining integrity and fairness, implementing continuous feedback, involving employees in the process, training managers, and regularly reviewing the system. By focusing on these areas, HR managers can create a performance management system that is perceived as fair, supportive, and effective.

Top 4 Ways to Create a Culture of Gratitude Within Your Team for Leaders & HR Business Partners

For Organizations, Past Issues

Leaders can set the tone by expressing appreciation and creating a supportive environment for their team members. Implementing structured gratitude initiatives, such as employee recognition programs and team-building activities centered around appreciation, can contribute to a positive workplace culture that is conducive to healthy high performance. Effective leadership is not just about making decisions and guiding the team; it’s about creating a positive and motivating work environment. Read the article in full to learn more about these top 4 ways to create a culture of gratitude within your team.

Beyond the Bottom Line: Top 5 Tips to Navigate the False Dichotomy between Financial Stability and Employee Wellness for Leaders and HR Business Partners

For Organizations, Past Issues

This false dichotomy exists because cutting costs and saving resources is a prudent business decision’ ensuring the company’s financial security. On the other hand, investing in employee wellness programs requires resources, which might appear as a financial risk in the short-term for small to medium-sized companies. And not investing in employees’ wellness programs could lead to a vicious cycle of decreased productivity, increased turnover, and a damaged reputation. So, what should we do? Read the article in full now to learn more about these top 5 tips.

Top 5 Tips on Launching Employee Health & Wellness Programs: Throwing (Almost!) Everything at the Wall and Making It “Stick”

Editor's Picks, For Organizations, Past Issues

There is a famous marketing quote where John Wanamaker said, “Half the money I spend is wasted, the trouble is I don’t know which half.” The measurement in the advertising world has progressed very impressively. However, in the HR world, we can still quite confidently say half of the budget is getting wasted, and we don’t know which half. In my experience, the typical awareness rate around wellness programs is 50%, and the average program uptake is around 10%. Read the article in full now to learn more.

It Takes Two to Prevent Burnout: The Shared Responsibility Between Employees & Organizations to Deal with Burnout

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Most people think you get burned out if you are weak, or to use the corporate language, not resilient enough. But the truth is, most of the time, you get burned out because you’ve been strong and resilient for a very long time. If you’re reading this post, you most likely work in a stressful and demanding job with a lot of moving parts that make it feel like it’s always go-go-go, so you can see how without adequate self-care, you can burn yourself out (if you haven’t done so already). Read the full article now to learn more about the intricate interplay of individual and organizational dynamics when it comes to dealing with burnout.