Ok, fine, I admit it – Employee Engagement has become the next HR fad, the next flavour of the month. Generally speaking, it’s already going away. However, it’s not leaving for entirely good reasons. The Employee Engagement journey started out as “Employee Happiness”. Some realists figured out that many employees were all too “happy” flying…
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Author: Brad Lutz
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The Employee Engagement Fad
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Leadership Blind Spots
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Employee Engagement
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Yes, your Leadership Team has Blind Spots they don’t know about (that’s why they’re called blind spots). I was recently in a manufacturing facility and had the opportunity to have an abbreviated plant tour. The manufacturing leader was clearly very proud (and rightfully so) of what had been accomplished and the overall operations looked great. …
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Tim Hortons Cobourg Case – An Alternate Viewpoint
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Sometimes the way things are presented in the media oversimplifies a situation and misses balancing perspectives that help truly understand what’s going on. I’ve recently been following the Tim Hortons Story in Ontario where store owners (in fact, the children of the founder) have changed their employee benefits program to being cost shared instead of…
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28 Sep
Don’t Promote Your Best Employees…
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Leadership
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At the very least, stop promoting your best employees into leadership positions without very, very careful consideration. I speak with so many different employers from different industries, and the story is too often the same. “We have this great employee, best technical person or best performer we’ve ever had, so….we promoted them to Manager /…
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Employee Engagement Has Nothing to Do With Employees
“Employee engagement has nothing to do with employees.” A valued colleague of mine provided this memorable quote at a recent HR event. He’s usually really good at shock value and this quote didn’t disappoint. However, this statement is also true. We are all familiar with the studies; there is powerful data indicating that companies…
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Three Ways to Be a Crappy HR Professional
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Work Too Hard Solve Problems Care About Employees Unfortunately, there are all too many crappy HR professionals out there. Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of wonderful and successful HR Professionals, but there are also many (usually well-meaning) HR pros who make some common mistakes and jeopardize the effectiveness of not only…
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Are You Sure You Want a Lower Turnover Rate?
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It is not uncommon to hear an HR Professional talk about Turnover and how they have a quarterly or annual goal to reduce the turnover rate in their organization. Does HR really have control over this metric? I have found myself asking questions (silently, but sometimes out loud) that imply that HR truly doesn’t have…
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Living Up to My New Hire Announcement
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I will never forget when I joined a financial firm as the HR lead. I was truly impressed with the organization from their reputation and the impression grew through the conversations leading to my time with them. I was engaged, thrilled to get the offer of employment and couldn’t wait to join the team. About…
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26 Jan
Should HR Really Be at the Executive Table?
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Well I suppose that depends if you are an HR fluffy, an HR tactician, or an HR Leader… I am actually tired of hearing HR folks talk as though they deserve a spot at the table, but have yet to do anything that demonstrates that they have something to actually add at the table. …
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