Culture | Jeff Kortes

I Don’t know my Co-Workers

by Jeff Kortes | Apr 22, 2019 | Careers, Culture, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Goal Setting, Leadership, Learning

As an employee retention speaker and employee retention author, I am always struck by how little leaders know about the people they work for, those they work with and the people that work for them. This amazes me in that we spend probably a minimum of 8 waking hours...

Take a Good Hard Look at Yourself

by Jeff Kortes | Jul 30, 2018 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

Taking a good hard look at yourself. Doing that is really tough. Trust me. As an employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer, I speak to groups and facilitate workshops all the time. The toughest part of these events is waiting to hear the feedback. ...

Employee Involvement is the Answer

by Jeff Kortes | Jul 10, 2018 | Culture, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Leadership

As an HR leader, I came up during a period of time that employee involvement in quality was starting to take hold. We were running task forces and problem-solving teams in order to primarily deal with issues of quality but also got into the areas of productivity,...

What are Your Values?

by Jeff Kortes | Jul 30, 2017 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

As an employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer, I tell my audiences that hiring for fit is one of the most important elements in your employee retention strategies. Unfortunately, many organizations have never thought through what their value system...

Continual Training…Continual Growth

by Jeff Kortes | Jan 13, 2012 | Accountability, Careers, Culture, Employee Performance, Employee Satisfaction, Goal Setting

Who should be responsible for the training and growth of an employee? Ultimately… the responsibility lies with the employee. But, it also lies with several others as well. The immediate supervisor and the organization itself also have an obligation to provide...

Performance is a Function of Leadership

by Jeff Kortes | Jan 5, 2012 | Culture, Employee Performance, Leadership

When I hear leaders talk about the poor performance of people on their team I like to listen closely. What I generally hear is a lot of blame because “they don’t care,” “they have no work ethic,” “they haven’t learned the system,” and on and on and on. The manager...