Culture | Jeff Kortes

Adapt What Worked Before

by Jeff Kortes | Sep 23, 2020 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Goal Setting, Job Satisfaction, Leadership

Things that this employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer heard as a member of a discussion group he was invited to at a local chapter of a national association were: We don’t celebrate success like we used to. Even though we used to celebrate success...

I Want More Flair

by Jeff Kortes | Sep 10, 2020 | Adversity, Careers, Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

The Covid-19 pandemic has served to highlight the fact that people love appreciation and praise. How do I know that? More people tell me at events that they aren’t getting appreciation and praise like they used to because it seems everyone is “grumpier” and, for...

They Just Didn’t Listen

by Jeff Kortes | Sep 9, 2020 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

This employee retention speaker and employee retention author listened intently as the guy explained that he has essentially been doing the same thing every day for the past year. They have him making calculations on projects that are the equivalent of doing math...

Find Reasons to have Lunch

by Jeff Kortes | Aug 14, 2020 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Motivation

When this employee retention speaker and employee retention author works with clients, I tell them to be creative. With this client, that’s not necessary. He is innovative and creative and always seems to find ways to get things done. When they do lunches, they...

Employee Retention Lessons from my Veterinarian

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

It happens that my cat is an old guy…almost 20 years old. Until recently it was the standard visits but in the last several months, he developed diabetes. Yes…a diabetic cat. He needed to go on insulin (I know what you’re thinking….is this guy nuts?) so because the...

Being Selfish Works

by Jeff Kortes | Jul 30, 2020 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, Job Satisfaction, Leadership

This employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer loves to conduct training and do workshops on employee retention and employee loyalty. When doing them for clients, the clients often ask how they know if what I teach works. I just tell them, to look at...