Discipline | Jeff Kortes

My Job is Overstuffed

Sep 24, 2025 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

In the article, they discuss if job descriptions have become moot because of the Covid-19 pandemic. What has apparently happened is that employers have loaded a host of extra/different duties into many employee’s roles. So, roles that used to have a somewhat narrow...

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!” ...

Loyalty Exists…In Some Organizations

Jun 18, 2025 | Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

This employee retention speaker and employee retention author likes to talk to everyone about employee retention and how long people have been at their current employer. Then this employee retention trainer will then probe deeper. Often times, people look at me as...

A Company of Recruiters

Jun 4, 2025 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

This employee retention speaker and employee retention expert always says “hello” to the greeter and because of that, her and I often chat for a moment. Today, as this employee recruitment expert started talking with her, she commented that she often sees me at all...

I’m Tired of Being Disrespected

May 7, 2025 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

Earlier this week as this employee retention speaker and employee retention expert was on the road conducting workshops for a client in Iowa, I went to dinner and, like usual, I sat at the bar because it is the best way to engage in conversations with a variety of...