“Quiet Quitting” is the latest buzz word for what has been an age-old problem for organizations – employees who, when they do show up for work, only do the bare minimum to “get bye”. For some employees, it means setting boundaries and not taking on additional work, for others it just means not going above…
Read more
Imagine your organization’s talent pool as a leaky pipe. Regardless of its culture, every organization experiences turnover and when it happens it costs time, money, and productivity. Although you might not be able to stop capable employees (hourly or salary) from leaving your organization indefinitely (after all, people do retire), you can prevent high turnover…
Read more
I recently had breakfast with a friend of mine, a businessman who owns a company with about a hundred employees. Among the many things we talked about that morning was his desire to retire in the near future from the day to day involvement in his company. His longer term plan is to just retain…
Read more
The good news according to The Center for Michigan is that “Jobs are plentiful and wages are booming in Michigan”. The bad news for employers is they can’t find enough applicants (let alone qualified applicants) to fill their open positions. This condition is true for virtually all employers – manufacturing, health care, retail, transportation, financial,…
Read more
Every organization, despite its best efforts in recruiting, hiring, and motivating employees, invariably faces the problem of low performance employees. We all know the signs … tasks which get done, but seldom on time and usually poorly done; absenteeism and tardiness creeping up; and managers who gradually shift some of that person’s workload to other,…
Read more