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What Is High-Structure, High-Substance Dialogue? AccountabilityadviceCoachingCommunicationEmployeesExpectationsFocusFundamentalsGuidanceManagementMeetingsMotivationPerformancePerformance StandardsResourcesUndermanagement
November 9, 2024

What Is High-Structure, High-Substance Dialogue?

Our research shows that when things are going wrong in a management relationship, almost always, the common denominator is unstructured, low substance, hit-or-miss communication. With the added complications of managing some combination of remote, hybrid, and…
Hiring Challenges—Short-Term and Long-Term Factors Covid-19 PandemicEmployeesemployer-employee relationshipflexibilityFlexibleGlobalizationHybrid WorkplaceJob securityOrganizationpent-up departure demandPerformanceRecruitingretentionSoft Skillstalent shortagesTalent WarsTechnologyTrainingturnoverunemploymentWorkforce
November 4, 2024

Hiring Challenges—Short-Term and Long-Term Factors

After huge recent fluctuations in the job market—record low unemployment in the months before the Covid-19 pandemic, record job losses during, and record re-hiring in the aftermath—employers are facing more severe talent shortages than any time…
Make Your Management Concrete: Turn Company Values into Actions Employees Can Take AccountabilityCreativityEmployeesExpectationsFocusGuidanceInnovationManagementOrganizationPerformancePerformance StandardsTalent WarsTeamwork
November 9, 2024

Make Your Management Concrete: Turn Company Values into Actions Employees Can Take

Building a strong culture, one that attracts and retains the best talent, is a huge undertaking for any organization. Undoubtedly the most difficult part is aligning the entire company on whatever values—old or new—constitute the core…
When Attraction Doesn’t Equal Retention: How to Make Flexibility Work AccountabilityCareersEmployeesflexibilityFlexibleOrganizationPerformanceretentionTalent Warsturnover
November 4, 2024

When Attraction Doesn’t Equal Retention: How to Make Flexibility Work

Flexibility is the key word in the Talent Wars today: flexible scheduling, flexible location, flexible pay, and even flexible employment itself. The benefits of such flexibility are probably obvious. By allowing employees to set their own…