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Leadership Development is Key to Organizational Success
Financial measures are not effective measures you can put on a leadership course. What you can do is measure changes in behavior and attitude in the company over a period of time. The effectiveness of leadership training can be measured through a rolling employee survey. Ask employees how their managers are behaving.
Group Insurance Benefits – Get Expert Advice to Avoid the Traps
Ask any business owner and they’ll tell you that the cost of medical and related insurance for their employees is one of their largest expenses. Every business owner is looking for the best coverage at an affordable cost. In this article, we discuss tips for deciding on the coverage you want for you and your employees and for making sure you get the best plan at the lowest cost.
Do you feel empowered and satisfied at work?
MaCorr Research has recently conducted a study to examine a correlation between sharing customer information within retail or CPG organisations and improvement in decision making and employees' satisfaction levels. The main hypothesis: Sharing customer information more widely within a retail or CPG organisation can lead to improved decision making and higher satisfaction levels.

Why Invest In Leadership Development
There is a growing leadership crisis in America. Large numbers of "baby boomer's" are reaching retirement age. As a country we decimated mid-level management for the past several decades. We did not spend the time, money and effort to groom the next generation of leaders. Many organizations will now have to play catchup if they are going to have the leadership to remain competitive. Leadership or executive coaching is a viable path forward.

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“Business Ethics – What’s Happening Where We Work?”
The National Business Ethics Survey (NBES) provides an overview of ethics in the workplace and the 2005 version indicates that ethical misconduct is increasing. And this is after Enron, et al. The NBES included more than 3,000 American workers and their survey showed that more than half of American workers have observed at least one type of ethical misconduct in the workplace. Yet, employee reporting of the misconduct they observe is down by 10%. This is cause for alarm, in my opinion, and more businesses need to be aware of what is happening with ethics at work today.

Custom Survey Do’s and Don’ts
If your company opts to utilize a custom survey instead of a published market survey, here is a short guide to creating the perfect survey. With this overview your organization is sure to avoid these classic mistakes.

Recognition and Rewards: Who’s Got the Time These Days, Not to Mention the $$$?
With statistics, such as Salary.com’s February 2009 survey reporting that 68% of employees are actively looking for new jobs NOW, HR needs to find a way to retain workers before the economy regains strength and they jump ship. A report by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) identified employee recognition as a key factor in retaining top performing workers. Employee recognition seems simple enough…knowing this, what’s holding us back from firing this magic bullet? Is it time? Is it money?
Yelling Telling and Selling
I saw an employee survey the other day where several employees referred to their supervisor’s style of giving instructions as “yelling.” It started me thinking about that word. This article compares the yelling style with telling and selling.
Implementing a Results Only Work Environment
Recently, Best Buy’s corporate office implemented a Results-Only Work Environment, following focus group sessions which revealed that employees most wanted TRUST from their leadership team. Best Buy has benefited so far from reduced voluntary staff turnover, a 35% increase in productivity, and immense improvements in employee satisfaction. Use our Employee Satisfaction Survey to get started on this path.
Want to Know the Biggest Source of Stress at Work? Check the Office Next Door
Employee satisfaction is at an all-time low. Less you think it's all about the economy, a survey of 5000 workers revealed that the major sources of dissatisfaction had to do with the job itself and, in particular, the immediate supervisor.
You Don't Need An Expert
You don't need an employee engagement expert to confirm what you already know and Gallup polling substantiates: the majority of employees are disengaged at work. You don't need an employee survey to tell you why discretionary efforts are tamed, passions for work are fleeting, and ideas are tethered. And you don't need a consultant to explain why cynicism is up, enthusiasm is down, and trust is the new workplace currency.

Few Employee Surveys Work
If you are tired of dealing with employee satisfaction surveys because they do not work, you need to read this article. In it you will find 10 tips to improve the effectiveness of any employee satisfaction survey.
After Your Engagement Survey: 24 Considerations to Turn Insight Into Action
Conducting an engagement survey is a good start. The value in the exercise though, comes in the action and dialog that follows the survey. The conduct of the survey should be considered a promissory note to your staff: they've delivered candid feedback - it's your turn now to deliver the data, and a plan for improvement.

Don't Do A Survey
Many leaders turn to an employee satisfaction survey to identify improvement opportunities. I believe there are more accurate and direct ways to gather the needed information. This article explores the dynamin and offers a soultion.
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