Build Companies to Keep Talent – Ep 35 Jamie Pritscher Part 2

Jamie Pritscher by Meredith Binnette (c) 2016
Jamie Pritscher by Meredith Binnette (c) 2016

Question

Do you have a mechanism to build other companies/divisions to keep great talent, when normally your company couldn’t support them?

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Encourage employees to build companies so that they stay. Continue reading Build Companies to Keep Talent – Ep 35 Jamie Pritscher Part 2

Command and Control to Open Focused Team – Ep 34 Jamie Pritscher Part 1

Jamie Pritscher by Meredith Binnette (c) 2016
Jamie Pritscher by Meredith Binnette (c) 2016

Questions

How does your structure or management structure cause your team to be paralyzed because of different directions?

How can you get your management on the same page?

Are you open to change the way you manage your team?

Middle managers – are you willing to step up with solutions?

What kind of small changes could be made that could move your business forward?

Do you have a reliable process to get feedback, to evaluate and then to close it, so that all parties know they’ve been heard? Continue reading Command and Control to Open Focused Team – Ep 34 Jamie Pritscher Part 1

Management Needs to Evolve

Shawn is an author, consultant and podcaster
Shawn is an author, consultant and podcaster

No Question this week – simply buy Shawn’s book, Optimistic Workplace and start working on the worksheets and questions he created at the back.

Notes taken during the editing of the show Continue reading Management Needs to Evolve

Unleash the Unlimited Potential of Your Team

Shawn is an author, consultant and podcaster
Shawn is an author, consultant and podcaster

Questions

Does your company have a set of values that all know to help them be on the same page on how you’re going to succeed as a company?

Does your team feel free to contribute ideas?

Switch and Shift – what does the “human side of business” mean? Continue reading Unleash the Unlimited Potential of Your Team

Mission Accomplished – Employees Satisfied

According to this Society for Human Resource Management (SRHM) report titled, Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement, employee satisfaction is at it’s highest in 10 years. In addition, their measure of engagement shows the workforce is moderately engaged. I guess the mission of this blog/podcast is complete. Sure the number can always be improved. However, I would say I can shut this down…

Maybe not yet. I’ve started reading the 68 page report to figure out how and what they’re measuring. And I would love to hear from someone at SHRM and Gallup to compare their seemingly disparate outcomes on employee engagement. I’m sure there’s more to come. Please take a look at the reports and let’s work through this together.

One thing that stood out to me: “Compensation has increased in importance. Sixty-three percent of respondents cited it as a contributor to satisfaction, the highest level since 2006.

Here’s the Huffington post article, “Apparently No One Hates Their Job Anymore” that inspired this post.