Employee Performance | Jeff Kortes

We Don’t have time to Train…We’re Too Busy

by Jeff Kortes | Mar 26, 2020 | Careers, Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction

This employee retention speaker and employee retention author heard the mantra, “We don’t have time to train…we’re too busy.” They were referring to their first-line leaders and managers. So, what you get is a group of leaders who are ill equipped to deal with the...

The Tsunami is Coming

by Jeff Kortes | Mar 24, 2020 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

This employee retention speaker and employee retention author has the unique perspective of also being a “headhunter” in the manufacturing sector. This gives me the opportunity to hear first-hand what people are thinking and to understand their emotions. Like 9/11...

Show Some Pride

by Jeff Kortes | Mar 12, 2020 | Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

Just the other day, this employee retention speaker and employee retention author was meeting with a prospect that was thinking about having me come in to do a workshop with several dozen supervisors on how to give their employees C.R.A.P. (Caring, Respect,...

Bar Stool Talk

by Jeff Kortes | Mar 11, 2020 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

This employee retention speaker and employee retention author always sits at the bar when he is traveling on business and is having dinner because it’s THE best place to hear what is going on in the workplace. People love to talk about work. The best places to hang...

The Best of Both Worlds

by Jeff Kortes | Mar 5, 2020 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

This employee retention speaker and employee retention author was recently speaking at a conference and the question came up of how to deal with people when they are spread over multiple locations. I was a bit shocked by that as I came from some large organizations...

We have to Retain these people…they are Mission Critical

by Jeff Kortes | Mar 3, 2020 | Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention

Recently, this employee retention speaker and employee retention author was in the line at the grocery store and heard two people talking about an employee retention situation. Because I’m not the bashful type, I said, “Excuse me, I couldn’t help overhearing and I’d...