As organizations face a highly competitive job market, they also face new hiring, development, and retention challenges. Employers are thinking outside the box regarding unique employee benefits. Coaching is on the rise as a powerful method for 1) employee development and more job satisfaction and 2) preventing performance issues and workplace conflicts. It can support…
Do you meet with employees who are voluntarily leaving your organization for their next opportunity? There have been historically high turnover rates over the past year, so the opportunity was indeed present. If not, your organization is genuinely missing an incredibly powerful feedback loop. Why bother to spend time? You know why an employee is…
The CROWN (Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Act and similarly named laws are spreading across our country to stop discrimination based on someone’s natural hair style and texture. These laws ban hair bias, which has affected millions of black people, particularly women and girls, in the workplace and schools. This discrimination…
Many managers delay difficult conversations to avoid the potential for conflict and any related emotions. However, avoidance rarely resolves anything. And the longer you wait, the more challenging the conversation and the harder it is to solve. Early intervention is always the key to more effective feedback and performance improvement. If you find yourself in…
Check out the amazing complimentary events sponsored by HR ROI Consulting! In March, we have an incredible nonprofit peer group event on nonprofit benefits and a desclating violence event open to everyone. In April, our nonprofit peer group will experience “Schoolhouse Rock” NH-style and all employers will have a chance to learn the top ten…
Transformation is needed in U.S. organizations today. There is a disconnect between what businesses are doing and what employees need, combined with the reality of a long-term talent shortage. That puts you at risk of losing people — either figuratively because they are no longer engaged, or literally as they walk out the door. You…
Everything we have experienced since March 2020 has irreparably changed us, and we’ll continue to see that impact indefinitely in the workplace. Employers spent much time experiencing the Great Resignation in 2021. Now it’s time to pivot to solutions and evolve into an environment focused on retention. As Albert Einstein once said, “Life is like…