Careers | Jeff Kortes

Expect the Best…Want the Best

Aug 26, 2026 | Careers, Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

This employee retention speaker and employee retention author is always amazed when he hears employers or leaders say they “expect the best” from their employees. They want excellence from their employees. However, as the discussion continues it becomes apparent,...

Gruff But Caring

Aug 12, 2026 | Accountability, Careers, Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Leadership, Learning

This employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer was intrigued by listening to one of the foremen in the workshop. This foreman was a gruff, crusty old leader who had been with the organization for over 25 years. On the surface that is what came...

Why Didn’t You Apply?

Jul 29, 2026 | Careers, Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

This employee retention speaker and employee retention expert was talking with a colleague whose son works in the restaurant business. He works as a line cook in a VERY nice, high-end restaurant. His ability to cook, his work ethic, and his personality are such...

Fear will Destroy Your Employee Retention

Dec 17, 2025 | Adversity, Careers, Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

This employee retention speaker and employee retention author has seen fear decimate an organization’s employee retention. Once fear takes hold in an organization it is incredibly hard to reign it in and when that happens the organization will find it loses one...

I Met the President

Sep 10, 2025 | Accountability, Adversity, Careers, Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, favorites, Goal Setting, hiriing, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Learning, Motivation, Open For Business, Recruitment, Winning

The task force was in the process of looking at how to assimilate new hires into the workforce to cut down on the turnover of new hires during their first six months on the job. This is an initiative that, if successful, will put a huge dent in their employee...

Paperwork or People

Aug 27, 2025 | Careers, Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention

She is relatively new to the profession and was talking about how incredibly busy she is and even though she is new in her role she already noticed that she was being consumed by an avalanche of paper. As this employee retention expert told her, “Welcome to HR!” ...