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Archive for category: Engagement
Want to Keep Your Top Talent? Give Them a Reason to Stay!
Karen Colligan, company culture, Engagement, Leadership, People, employee satisfaction, leadership, people, 0The job market is looking pretty good these days, which means many employees – especially those whose skills are...
Leading to a Great Company Culture
Karen Colligan, company culture, Engagement, Leadership, communication, leadership, values, 0We hear a lot about the importance of company culture and its role in attracting, engaging and retaining employees....
Resist “Flavor of the Month” People Initiatives
Karen Colligan, Communication, company culture, Engagement, Leadership, People, communication, people, 0One of the common concerns among the leadership teams I work with at various organizations is – “How do...
Why Employees Stay
Karen Colligan, Communication, company culture, Engagement, Leadership, employee satisfaction, people, 0A lot has been written about why employees leave – poor leadership, lack of advancement, compensation, and increasingly, work/life...
Retention Begins at Hiring – 5 Tips for Doing it Right
Karen Colligan, Communication, company culture, Engagement, Leadership, People, communication, leadership, people, 0I’ve worked with several organizations recently who were preparing for major hiring efforts in anticipation of launching a new...
5 Best Practices for Giving Effective Feedback
Karen Colligan, Communication, Engagement, Leadership, Performance, leadership, people, 0An essential part of your role as a leader is to develop your employees, both by coaching to their...
Forget Ropes Courses and Mandatory Dinners – Let Teams Develop Naturally
Karen Colligan, Communication, Engagement, Teams, Uncategorized, professional and team leadership, team diversity, 0Oh, the dreaded team event. Am I really going to have to balance six feet in the air and...
Let’s Talk about Organizational Health
Karen Colligan, Engagement, Leadership, Life, Organizational health, People, Teams, Work-life balance, employee satisfaction, leadership, people, 0Personal health is a hot topic these days, with myriad applications and devices to record our steps, our calories,...
Invest in Your People – Invest in Your Future
Karen Colligan, Engagement, Leadership, People, Performance, Professional development, Succession planning, Uncategorized, bench strength, employee satisfaction, leadership, people, 0Employee engagement has been a hot topic for awhile now, with some pretty staggering statistics around engaged vs. disengaged...
Professional/Career Development – Key to Keeping Your Employees Engaged
Karen Colligan, Career, Engagement, Leadership, People, Professional development, Career, leadership, people, 0Now would be a brilliant time for organizations to be thinking about how to engage their employees, and keep...
Leading in the Age of Peanut Butter
Karen Colligan, Engagement, Leadership, Management, People, Teams, employee satisfaction, leadership, people, team, 0Talk to just about anyone in Corporate America today and they’ll tell you that their team is spread pretty...