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5 Effective Tools to Enhance Employee Engagement and Retention

HR Digest

Among the various tools for employee engagement, this one in particular aim to improve the process of surveying employees by providing tools to bring anonymous feedback to the team level, allowing workers to provide direct input to their managers. Managers can track and acknowledge their direct reports’ progress toward targets.

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It Is Helpful to Listen, Agree, Cooperate. Discover Different Viewpoints :: Resistance to Change

Mike Cardus

The managers did not find value in the content and initial management field assignment. I was called back in for an emergency meeting with the managers + their managers + the Human Resources director. It is helpful to listen, agree and cooperate. Make failure and learning part of the objectives.

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Instead of Making People More Anxious. Make the Learning Easier :: Resistance to Change

Mike Cardus

It is helpful to listen, agree and cooperate. Talk to discover slightly different viewpoints for cooperation. Make failure and learning part of the objectives. This proved to be counter-intuitive to the Human Resources person that was working with me. How to work with this? It is NOT helpful to fight and argue.

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Eliminate Slogans, Exhortations and Targets

Deming Institute

Edwards Deming’s list of 14 points for western management : Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets for the work force asking for zero defects and new levels of productivity. Inside a meeting often no-one will object. If so, you should examine your management system. Point 10 on W. And it is also a common condition.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. Emotional control – successful anger and/or frustration management. Cooperation – willingness to collaborate.

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What Circuit City Learned About Valuing Employees

Harvard Business Review

What excited Sam was McGregor's clear and compelling articulation of the personnel (today, we say "human resources") policies in which he instinctively believed. From the day he opened his first TV and appliance retail store in Richmond, Virginia, Sam understood that management means getting results through the efforts of other people.

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How Your Company Can Better Retain Employees Who Are Veterans

Harvard Business Review

Because they aren’t always familiar with corporate language, managers may see them as less competent or cooperative, and may have trouble connecting with them. Educate managers, recruiters, and leaders about military culture and language. You can’t expect veterans to do all of the adapting.