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What Drives Employee Happiness? Here are Few Facts
This year, Finland grabbed top position in the list of world’s happiest countries, followed by Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland. On March 14th, 2018, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations released the World Happiness report giving top ranks to the happiest countries in the world. According to the report, countries were ranked … Read more
Do Frequent Feedback Conversations Guarantee Employee Performance Improvement?
In the past few years, the term “Performance feedback” has become as important as Client Satisfaction. Feedback sessions are essential to keep employees informed about their strengths and weaknesses. Feedback provides guidance, lead people to perform better. Providing constructive feedback is imperative. Having meaningful and insightful conversations with subordinates to discuss their performance and behaviour … Read more
Is Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) a Boon for Employees?
According to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) 1993, the covered employers must give their employees up to 12 weeks of job-protected unpaid leave for their qualified medical and family reasons once in a year. FMLA is a federal law that gives enough time to employees to take care of their own health or … Read more
How Internet of Things (IoT) Will Impact HR?
Internet of Things (IoT) As defined by Wikipedia, the Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and connectivity which enables these objects to connect and exchange data. Each thing is uniquely identifiable through its embedded computing system and can inter-operate … Read more
7 Ways to Improve People Management
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”—Gen. George Patton People management is not a cake walk, it is tricky and challenging. One of the best things an employer can do to their managers is – give them the freedom to work and … Read more
Top 7 HR Challenges in 2018
Human Resource professionals wear many hats and manage a variety of responsibilities – from recruitment to retirement. It rarely happens that a day in an HR department passes slow. Managing human resource department and enforcing policies in an organization have always been a constant concern for HR. But the job doesn’t end here. The department … Read more
8 Ways to Empower Employees In 2018
“Employees are the most important asset of an organization.” You must have heard this catchphrase before. In fact, some of you are already tired listening to this age-old phrase repeatedly. But hold on and think for a moment! What have you done to nurture and retain this asset? Does your organization offer best work culture … Read more
Problems in the Workplace? 5 Ways to Boost Employee Morale
If you’re noticing some evident issues in the workplace, you may be wondering just how you can help resolve them. There are some common problems you’ll likely encounter at work – one of them being a lack of employee morale, which can lead to further complications down the line. Fret not, though – here are … Read more
Why Good Employees Quit and How to Stop It?
What’s one thing that keep managers up all night? The fear of losing good employees. We all know, Job hopping has become a norm today. Employees don’t hesitate to quit their current employer, if they are around situations or people they dislike. The above conversation highlights the need of a good employee retention plan. Understand … Read more
Employee Productivity Improvement: Managing Business Performance Introduction: This article addresses one of the major concerns of a CEO: ‘How to improve employee productivity?’ It is to be read in continuation with my previous article on ‘Organizational Climate: Managing Business Performance’. The approach below is based on experience and suggests the launch of corporate initiatives based … Read more
