Simple Performance Management Practices that Drive Up Employee Engagement
August 22, 2010 by Team Building Activity Tips
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The following is a guest post by Sean Conrad. Sean is a Senior Product Analyst at Halogen Software, one of the leading providers of performance appraisal software.
Most of us are familiar with Gallup’s employee engagement research and the twelve statements they use to measure it.
When I look at the list, it strikes me that there [...]
Our Weekly People Practices Email Reduces Your Time Managing Employees – Helping Your Bottom Line
August 20, 2010 by Team Building Activity Tips
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On August 4 I told you about our new feature for email subscribers, a weekly people practices email geared toward improving your company’s bottom line. Tom Walter, CEO of our 2010 Top Small Company Workplace Tasty Catering, commented on that post saying it’s a great idea.
This week he shared specifics with me on exactly why he [...]
Five Employee Practices That Increase Competitive Advantage
June 26, 2010 by Team Building Activity Tips
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As Inc. Magazine’s profile on our 2010 Top Small Company Workplace award winner PortionPac Chemical Corp got a lot of attention in terms of showing the payoff of employee engagement at a manufacturer – an industry that has been especially hard hit in this economy, and which is not typically known for great workplace practices [...]
People Practices in a Budgetary Context
June 13, 2010 by Team Building Activity Tips
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At Winning Workplaces, we sometimes hear from business leaders that while they acknowledge that happier employees are more productive – and that, in turn, affects revenue and profitability – it can be difficult to tie team building strategies such as special employee awards or allowing workers to bring their dogs to work directly to the balance sheet.
It [...]
The Virtuous Cycle of Health-Wellness Employee Practices That Saves Tasty Catering Money
June 11, 2010 by Team Building Activity Tips
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In Winning Workplaces’ Top Small Company Workplaces award application, we ask small businesses whether they engage employees as part of a wellness and fitness program and, if yes, to tell us about how this program works in their organization.
Tasty Catering, a Chicago area provider of corporate catering solutions that’s one of our just-announced winners of [...]
