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Employee Retention Comes from the Heart

by Jeff Kortes | Nov 19, 2019 | Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

This past week as this employee retention speaker and employee retention author was doing training for a client, the topic came up about where leadership comes from. My immediate answer was, “from the heart.” There was no doubt in my mind. It’s really about...

Great Erasers

by Jeff Kortes | Nov 13, 2019 | Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Job Satisfaction, Recruitment

This employee retention speaker and employee retention author is a huge believer in praise…when someone exceeds expectations. Praise should not be doled out for every little thing that a person does. Praise is different than appreciation which should be given out...

Tell Them They Matter

by Jeff Kortes | Nov 11, 2019 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Motivation

As an employee retention speaker and employee retention author, I tell supervisors and managers of clients that it’s so important that people understand how they matter to the business. Most people see themselves simply as cogs in the wheel…even in relatively small...

Where do you see yourself going in your career?

by Jeff Kortes | Oct 30, 2019 | Careers, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Goal Setting, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Motivation

This employee retention speaker and employee retention expert was asked that question very early in my career. I was 25 at the time and I was blessed to have an incredible mentor who I worked for. When he asked me the question, like most people who are 25, I saw...

Stop Generalizing and Instead Ask

by Jeff Kortes | Oct 28, 2019 | Careers, Culture, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

This employee retention speaker and employee retention author recently had the honor of being asked to speak on the topic of employee retention at a world-wide conference. As most of my speaking is confined to North America, I didn’t realize that turnover is becoming...