Motivation | Jeff Kortes

We Can’t Stand Her…Promote Her

Jul 15, 2026 | Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Employee Satisfaction, favorites, Goal Setting, Leadership, Learning, Motivation

This employee retention speaker and employee retention expert was talking with a neighbor about work, and he mentioned that they had this person in his department that nobody could stand. She was snarky, gossiped all the time, and was generally unpleasant. No one in...

The Unresponsive Boss

Jul 1, 2026 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Motivation

This employee retention expert and employee retention speaker got a call about a week ago from a former student who I’d had in class more than 15 years ago. He and I have stayed in touch over the years and I have followed his career as he has progressed into the...

These Are My Expectations

Mar 11, 2026 | Culture, Discipline, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Leadership, Learning, Motivation

This employee retention speaker and employee retention expert listen to employers all the time about the fact that, oftentimes, new employees don’t live up to the expectations they have for these new employees. Then, when this employee recruitment expert probes...

The Only Easy Day was Yesterday

Jan 28, 2026 | Culture, Employee Engagement, Employee Performance, Employee Retention, Leadership, Learning, Motivation

Like most organizations, this employee retention speaker and employee retention expert has seen organizations taking it on the chin on both the recruiting and employee retention side when it comes to staffing. Frankly, I’ve seen it happen to my business because of...

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...