Learn How to Create Effective Surveys

 When people choose your organization over others as the preferred place to work, your organization saves money through increased retention, makes money through increased productivity – as well as becomes more effective as the best of your job applicants choose to work for you. Due to these practical and financial consequences, being an Employer of Choice will continue to be important to organizations for a long time to come.

Our employee survey research has consistently shown that the degree of opportunity in the workplace affects employee attitudes and behaviors. Thus, opportunity plays a major role in becoming or remaining an … Continue Reading…

 People work with others to achieve common goals. Whether the organization is for profit, or non-profit – we typically accomplish more through the interaction with and assistance from other people.

The quality of human relationships (and coworker relationships) allows some teams to be amazingly productive with only a few people and a marginal infrastructure – while other teams are lethargic, despite having an extensive infrastructure, financial resources, and large teams.

Benefits: Good coworker relationships reduce turnover and increase productivity. Organizations that maintain constructive interpersonal relationships benefit financially as well as culturally.

Resolve Problems Early: Disagreements seem to be more disruptive, … Continue Reading…

 From the receptionist at the front door to top executives, people want to be treated fairly. Trap: Understanding fairness can be challenging. An organizational policy can be viewed as fair by some and unfair by others.

Fairness is important. When employees are treated unfairly, they:

• are more negatively affected by their workload
• have lower productivity
• are more likely to quit
• have higher levels of conflict and
• are more likely to resort to collective bargaining to solve their problems.

Symptoms like these are costly to both the employees and the organization. Most often, we create our judgment of “fairness” by comparing … Continue Reading…

 Recently, we hear of companies laying-off employees at the mere anticipation of a market slow-down. Conversely, many employees have become so aggressive in promoting their careers that they “hop” from one company to another at nearly the speed of a video game.

The concept of commitment almost seems old fashioned. Ironically, companies want to benefit from the lower turnover and higher performance of committed employees. At the same time, employees search for companies that are willing to be more committed to them (i.e., organizations who are more sensitive to their needs and who won’t lay them off during economic slumps).… Continue Reading…