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Say “Hi” to the temp

by Jeff Kortes | Jan 15, 2020 | Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

When this employee retention speaker and employee retention author goes on a tour of a facility with the HR leader or general manager, I can almost always tell who the temporary employees are in the facility. You can feel the “vibe” from the person taking you on the...

Intervention Time

by Jeff Kortes | Jan 13, 2020 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

A part of your employee retention strategies should be to be prepared to intervene when you hear an employee is dissatisfied and thinking about leaving the organization. This employee retention speaker and employee retention author was working with an organization...

Meaningful Work

by Jeff Kortes | Jan 11, 2020 | Careers, Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

This past week, this employee retention speaker and employee retention author was meeting with a colleague that shared an article from WorldatWork that indicated that in a study of 3,500 workers in the US, United Kingdom, Canada and Ireland that “meaningful work beat...

Interview for my current job…are you serious?

by Jeff Kortes | Jan 6, 2020 | Careers, Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

This employee retention speaker and employee retention author was shocked when a colleague mentioned to him that his employer wanted him to “interview for his current job” because my colleague’s organization had two divisions that were being merged so everyone was...

Simple…Not Easy

by Jeff Kortes | Dec 18, 2019 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

Last week, this employee retention speaker and employee retention author presented to an organization on how to build employee loyalty by giving your employees C.R.A.P. (Caring, Respect, Appreciation and Praise). I took them through the fundamentals that are...