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How Managers Confront Us/Them Thinking and Win
Us/them thinking comes naturally to everyone, even children. Imagine giving blue shirts to one group of children and yellow to another. Us/them thinking will animate perception quickly. Children think, ‘My group is better than your group.’ One researcher proved this. “Kids started to think the...
Don’t Hire a Former Employee Before Asking These Questions
Many employees are on the move, looking for that next opportunity. Perhaps they want a bigger challenge, more money, or believe they need to leave their current company to advance their career. But what if they leave your company and realize the new opportunity wasn’t as great as they thought, or...
U.S. Employment Costs Climb by a Solid 1% After Record Third-Quarter Gain
U.S. employment costs rose at a robust pace for a second straight quarter, wrapping up the strongest year of labor inflation in two decades as businesses competed for a limited supply of workers. The employment cost index, a broad gauge of wages and benefits, advanced 1% in the fourth quarter,...
Desperate for Workers, Small Companies Pump Up Health Coverage
New Orleans dining spot Boucherie heavily touts its new health-care plan when it recruits staff. Combined with a 30% pay hike, it’s helped the restaurant survive the Great Resignation and attract new workers. The two-site company, which includes fine dining Boucherie and the Bourrée at Boucherie...
These are the Workers You Especially Don’t Want to Lose and How to Get Them to Stay
A marketing leader at Ingram Micro North America maintains that retention strategies aimed at stopping the bleed or keeping the top brass fail to grasp what’s at least as scary. Everywhere you look, the specter of the Great Resignation looms large. Executives, navigating a business climate of...
How to Gossip Like a Leader
Everyone gossips. Slander and backstabbing are destructive, but there’s a healthy side to gossip. When you say, “Your reputation precedes you,” you acknowledge the power of gossip. Gossip is one reason businesses grow or fail. Researchers define gossip as talking about someone who isn’t present....
This is the Biggest Reason People Quit and it’s 10 Times More Important Than Pay
Business leaders spent the bulk of 2021 managing record turnover during what’s become known as the Great Resignation, with a big focus on people quitting for higher-paying jobs, better working conditions and attractive benefits. But according to one analysis published in the MIT Sloan Management...
What Employees Want
When Jamal Arnold graduated from Western Oregon University with a bachelor's degree in business administration and management, he had more than $50,000 in student loan debt. After he started working at Chegg, he learned about the company's student loan repayment benefit. "It's the best thing...
Three Ways to be Ready to Lead
Show up like a kid peeking over the fence. Better to live on your toes than stumble back on your heels. Successful leaders are prepared for action. They show up READY.Three ways to be ready to lead: #1. Ready to say YES: Consistent results require stable environments. ‘No’ protects the status quo;...