In Harvard Business Review, Susan Peppercorn highlighted five questions to help you retain your employees. Today I want to talk about her third question, “What do you need from me to do your best work? Employees need to know that you are there to serve them. By giving your employee the opportunity to share what is hindering their progress, you ...
In Harvard Business Review, Susan Peppercorn highlighted five questions to help you retain your employees. Today I want to talk about the second question, “Do you feel a sense of purpose in your job?’ Many employees do serve meaningful roles in your company. But if they don’t know how to connect their work to your mission, work likely feels like ...
With inflation increasing wages, and employers struggling to find new employees, employee retention has become critical. Executive coach and speaker, Susan Peppercorn, developed a list of five key questions to help you retain key employees. The first question is “How would you like to grow within this organization?” Two-thirds of people leave jobs due to a lack of career development ...
As I’ve reviewed dozens of job applications lately, it’s not uncommon to see applicants with five jobs in just a three-to-five-year period. Brevity of time on a job reflects in part our cultural changes to loyalty. There was a time when loyalty was valued by both the employer and the employee. My father was loyal to General Motors for his ...
My son lives in a residential home with five young men who all have some form of special needs. The young men get along great most of the time, but occasionally, the parents are a different story. For a while there was a parent who constantly complained and gossiped about the staff or other parents. It made for an unhealthy ...
Miles Walker owns an auto repair store in Georgia. Mr. Walker refused to pay his employee, Andreas Flaten, his final paycheck, until forced to by the Department of Labor. When Walker learned Flaten had called the government, Mr. Walker retaliated. Mr. Walker retaliated by paying Flaten with pennies! Walker dumped over $900 worth of oil covered pennies in Mr. Flaten’s ...
Rachel began with UBN as an intern, but her amazing skills resulted in her eventual advancement to Operations Manager. Unfortunately for UBN, Rachel’s longer-term plan was to enter public accounting. Rachel helped me identify an amazing replacement. Then, she developed and executed an onboarding plan to assure that our new Operations Manager had the knowledge and tools needed to excel ...
According to Labor Department data, the percentage of workers who are now self-employed stands at 5.9%, the highest level in 11 years. The CEO of Upwork Inc. claims that “A new type of career path has emerged, with half of the Gen Z talent pool actually choosing to start their careers in freelance rather than full-time employment.” God pointed towards ...
Recently, I attended an event featuring Dr. Tony Evans. Dr. Evans described God’s preferred role for Christians in the race relations struggle by using a football analogy. During a football game, there are two teams who are in conflict by design. The referees, however, work for the National Football League. On the field, they are required to set aside their ...
During my first summer in public accounting, my CPA firm assigned me to work much of the summer in Georgia. Our Atlanta office needed dozens of staff people for a government audit. Instead of assigning me three straight months in Georgia, they graciously allowed me to work for two weeks, then home for two weeks, throughout the summer. This enabled ...
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