As we started discussing in March, for decades, tech giant IBM has led the way in letting employees work from home, and has bragged about the results: savings and increased productivity. Between 1995 and 2008, the company said it reduced its office space by 78 million square feet,...
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) exists to ensure that Colorado has a safe and efficient highway system by building and maintaining interstates, US highways and state highways. Motorists often believe that CDOT maintains local and residential roads, however, cities and counties are responsible for local and residential roads...
I recently read a great article by Matthew Jones in Inc.com entitled The One Habit All Intelligent People Practice. Jones, a life coach and licensed therapist, says that from studying the behaviors of leaders in diverse fields while earning his doctorate in clinical psychology, he learned that all...
Millennials. Ah, the mere word incites a rash of emotions among parents, employers and marketers. I can’t remember the last time a “generation” of people caused such an uproar. Ironically, a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau has some data to back up the observations of...
Gallup recently honored 37 organizations, which average 14 engaged employees for every one actively disengaged employee, which the Gallup website says is nearly seven times the rate in the U.S. and more than 15 times the rate for workforces globally.
In my book, If Not You, Who? Cracking the Code of Employee Disengagement, I put forth a four-step process to re-engage employees, which serves as the foundation for your culture: hire people whose personal values align with your company’s values, align
Bloomberg recently reported that the battered American retail industry has taken a few more lumps as of late, with stores at both ends of the price spectrum preparing to close their doors.
The Payless Inc. shoe chain recently filed for
Thirty-five percent of employees have changed jobs within the past three years and 91 percent of these employees left their company to do so, according to Gallup’s State of the American Workplace Report. With all of this seemingly unwanted movement,
Last month, 94-year-old Loraine Maurer celebrated her 44-year anniversary working at McDonald’s. Since 1973, Maurer has worked at a number of U.S. locations in Evansville, Indiana. During the winter months, fellow McDonald’s coworkers and loyal customers pick her up and
Glassdoor is all the rage. If you are not familiar with Glassdoor, it’s a website where employees and former employees anonymously review companies and their management. Companies either love it or hate it, depending on their Glassdoor rating. Employees love it