Learning | Jeff Kortes

Dealing with a Flood of Newbies

by Jeff Kortes | Apr 30, 2019 | Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Goal Setting, Leadership, Learning, Recruitment

As an employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer, I regularly see my clients go through tremendous periods of growth where they have an infusion of new people into the organization on their production floor. You walk out onto the floor and see ALL...

Employee Growth Discussions Require Three Questions

by Jeff Kortes | Apr 24, 2019 | Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Learning, Motivation

This employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer is amazed at how few organizations and leaders have discussions with their employees about where they see themselves going and growing in an organization. This is particularly important with the...

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...

You Do A Lot for Us

by Jeff Kortes | Dec 17, 2018 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Learning

One of the most fun things for this employee retention speaker and employee retention author likes to hear is success stories from clients. It’s so gratifying to hear what we try to do works. I’m a huge proponent of C.R.A.P. (Caring, Respect, Appreciation and...

Tell Your People You have a Turnover Problem

by Jeff Kortes | Dec 10, 2018 | Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Goal Setting, Leadership, Learning, Motivation, Recruitment

As an employee retention speaker and employee retention author, I can tell you that most organizations view their turnover as a deep dark secret that they don’t want their employees to know about. Guess what! They DO know about it. They may not know the exact...

Where do You See Yourself Going?

by Jeff Kortes | Dec 6, 2017 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Learning, Motivation

As an employee retention speaker and employee retention author, I realize how tough it is to keep people in general but millennials in particular. I have heard that millennials will have some crazy number of jobs during their career. They have seen their parents...