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Cross-Department Collaboration is a topic of concern for most companies who want to improve overall employee engagement. Our consultants identify some reasons why working together isn’t always easy or natural. MORE
Why Your Organization Still Struggles with Top-Down Communication. Cecily Jorgensen. •. July 2, 2019. Did your employee engagement survey come back with a low score in “top-down communication?” If it makes you feel any better, you’re not alone. MORE
Measuring employee engagement is tricky. After all, how do you get people to tell you how engaged they are in their work when they might not even understand the concept very well? MORE
A new CEO is hired, and your employee engagement scores decline across the board. The answer is simple. A new leader has introduced a challenging wildcard into your employee experience (EX) – uncertainty. Of all the engagement killers we know of, uncertainty can be one of the most damaging. MORE
Engaged employees fully invest their best selves in the work they do. But what is employee engagement and how is it created? MORE
During the Vietnam War, pilots report that they risked lives and equipment for the attainment of an immediate result (as defined by a number or metric), rather than an end goal of winning the war (achieving peace, promoting humanitarianism, etc.). MORE
An organization’s culture consists of the values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that employees share and use on a daily basis in their work. MORE
More organizations today are aware of the benefits of engaged employees. But most are going in circles by addressing just half of the employee experience equation. MORE
Download the PDF. Consider the following recommendations when determining your employee survey philosophy: 1. Remember the Purpose. The primary goal of a survey is to make the organization more SUCCESSFUL , not simply to gather data. MORE
Are you set on achieving goals in 2020? Goal-setters, beware! Those very goals may hinder more than they help. Caution, managers and 360 coaches. You may want to re-think those SMART goals you’ve been inflicting on your employees and coachees. These measurements may be holding them back. MORE
Download the PDF of this Infographic. Employee engagement surveys are great at helping you find the cracks in your company. They help you measure a number of things, but some of those items cost you more money than others. Take your managers. MORE
Some mistakenly confuse the term “Employee Experience” with other popular terms like “talent management,” “human resources development,” or “employee engagement.” While Employee Experience (EX) is certainly related, it’s not synonymous. MORE
Understanding your Employee Value Proposition can tell you why your employees work for you (and why they might choose to leave). Do you know why your employees work for you? Suppress the desire to roll your eyes and respond with the no-brainer statement/question, “Uh… because they get paid?!”. MORE
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”. – Ernest Hemingway. In the mid-1990’s, two psychologists working at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, coined a new term for a long-observed phenomenon. The term was, “post-traumatic growth”, or PTG. MORE
When an employee leaves an organization, they take a lot of valuable information with them. Not only the insights about their work responsibilities or customers, but also valuable intel about their experience and the culture of the company. MORE
In this podcast episode, DecisionWise Sr. Consultant and Executive Coach, Dan Deka, discusses what it means to have a strong customer focus. As a business, you don’t exist without customers. It’s absolutely imperative to build and maintain a strong relationship with them. MORE
With most new jobs, we enjoy a certain “honeymoon phase.” We gush about the modern décor, our cool boss, the great benefits, or the fascinating work we do. We may even be accused of excessive PDA on LinkedIn, but we can’t help it! We are excited about the new opportunity. MORE
A few days ago, Jordan Yadoo at Bloomberg reported that employees will give up big pay raises in exchange for job perks. The reported statistics were eye-catching, with the headline teasing that “Americans Are Willing to Forgo a 56% Pay Raise for Best Job Perks.” MORE
Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory. Many managers mistakenly think that employee satisfaction can increase employee motivation. MORE
Download the PDF version of the Infographic. It’s apparent that employee engagement increases the organization’s bottom line and performance, but what about the individual? MORE
Employee Engagement is viral, and new research shows that the manager may be “ground zero.”. Managers are the sergeants of the organization. You, as a manager, have a powerful effect on how engaged your organization will ultimately be. You are on the front lines of a company’s culture. MORE
Think back to your very first job. Was it at the local taqueria as a hostess? Was it delivering newspapers? Or were you a lifeguard at the community pool? You were probably doing the job for a couple of reasons: money and experience. MORE
In 1995, author Gary Chapman published The Five Love Languages to help couples improve their relationships by showing them how their communication needs differ. For example, love might be felt by one person through acts of service, while another person may prefer words of affirmation. MORE
Recently the president of a non-profit organization reached out to ask if I would join his board. He led with several kind compliments about his confidence in my ability to be an effective board member. He then said something that seemed very inclusive: “We need your demographic.” MORE
Understand and Embrace the Employee Voice. As a leader in your organization, you must move beyond listening and understand and embrace the employee voice. You’ve probably taken some steps to listen to your employees. You care. You really do. MORE
It may, at times, feel difficult to get your company’s leadership to listen. Sometimes problems exist with colleagues. Members of your team may not respond to e-mails or avoid speaking face to face. MORE
Make sure you have the right process in place to allow your new employees to get up to speed and bring their best selves to their work. Download the PDF version. Is your onboarding process being consistently observed? You may not have a set onboarding process. MORE
We gathered our consultants together in this roundtable to discuss the power supervisors wield on the employee experience. Supervisors can either rally the troops for the cause of an organization or contribute to an all-out mutiny! This may be a touch dramatic, but you get the gravity of the issue. MORE
Manage Your Organization's Stress Better. Cecily Jorgensen. •. October 11, 2019. Would you like to help manage your organization’s stress better? The feeling’s mutual. This desire ranks quite highly among our own clients. MORE
The IKEA Effect is a cognitive bias that describes a fascinating human behavior. The effect was first identified and described in the Journal of Consumer Psychology by Michael Norton, Daniel Mochon, and Dan Ariely in their article, The IKEA effect: When labor leads to love. MORE
Decision-Wise
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Cross-Department Collaboration is a topic of concern for most companies who want to improve overall employee engagement. Our consultants identify some reasons why working together isn’t always easy or natural.
Decision-Wise
DECEMBER 9, 2019
During the Vietnam War, pilots report that they risked lives and equipment for the attainment of an immediate result (as defined by a number or metric), rather than an end goal of winning the war (achieving peace, promoting humanitarianism, etc.).
Decision-Wise
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Are you set on achieving goals in 2020? Goal-setters, beware! Those very goals may hinder more than they help. Caution, managers and 360 coaches. You may want to re-think those SMART goals you’ve been inflicting on your employees and coachees. These measurements may be holding them back.
Decision-Wise
DECEMBER 9, 2019
In this podcast episode, DecisionWise Sr. Consultant and Executive Coach, Dan Deka, discusses what it means to have a strong customer focus. As a business, you don’t exist without customers. It’s absolutely imperative to build and maintain a strong relationship with them.
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The 2019 Best-in-Class Benchmarking Analysis explores what top employers are doing differently to stand out in healthcare cost control and HR management. Use these insights to build a better workplace and confidently position your organization for success.
Decision-Wise
AUGUST 20, 2019
Recently the president of a non-profit organization reached out to ask if I would join his board. He led with several kind compliments about his confidence in my ability to be an effective board member. He then said something that seemed very inclusive: “We need your demographic.”
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Decision-Wise
JUNE 4, 2019
A new CEO is hired, and your employee engagement scores decline across the board. The answer is simple. A new leader has introduced a challenging wildcard into your employee experience (EX) – uncertainty. Of all the engagement killers we know of, uncertainty can be one of the most damaging.
Decision-Wise
DECEMBER 3, 2019
An organization’s culture consists of the values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that employees share and use on a daily basis in their work.
Decision-Wise
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
We gathered our consultants together in this roundtable to discuss the power supervisors wield on the employee experience. Supervisors can either rally the troops for the cause of an organization or contribute to an all-out mutiny! This may be a touch dramatic, but you get the gravity of the issue.
Decision-Wise
MARCH 26, 2019
Download the PDF version of the Infographic. It’s apparent that employee engagement increases the organization’s bottom line and performance, but what about the individual?
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Decision-Wise
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Understand and Embrace the Employee Voice. As a leader in your organization, you must move beyond listening and understand and embrace the employee voice. You’ve probably taken some steps to listen to your employees. You care. You really do.
Decision-Wise
MAY 21, 2019
Think back to your very first job. Was it at the local taqueria as a hostess? Was it delivering newspapers? Or were you a lifeguard at the community pool? You were probably doing the job for a couple of reasons: money and experience.
Decision-Wise
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Engaged employees fully invest their best selves in the work they do. But what is employee engagement and how is it created?
Decision-Wise
JUNE 11, 2019
The IKEA Effect is a cognitive bias that describes a fascinating human behavior. The effect was first identified and described in the Journal of Consumer Psychology by Michael Norton, Daniel Mochon, and Dan Ariely in their article, The IKEA effect: When labor leads to love.
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You get a job perk! And You get a job perk! Everyone gets job perks! While these perks may have helped get that stellar candidate’s foot in the door, this dynamic of severely low unemployment combined with a historically high job open rate continues with no immediate end in sight. Employers will do well to zero in on one lever many have been avoiding pulling: the almighty salary increase.
Decision-Wise
JULY 2, 2019
Why Your Organization Still Struggles with Top-Down Communication. Cecily Jorgensen. •. July 2, 2019. Did your employee engagement survey come back with a low score in “top-down communication?” If it makes you feel any better, you’re not alone.
Decision-Wise
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
Download the PDF of this Infographic. Employee engagement surveys are great at helping you find the cracks in your company. They help you measure a number of things, but some of those items cost you more money than others. Take your managers.
Decision-Wise
JULY 30, 2019
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”. – Ernest Hemingway. In the mid-1990’s, two psychologists working at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, coined a new term for a long-observed phenomenon. The term was, “post-traumatic growth”, or PTG.
Decision-Wise
NOVEMBER 17, 2019
Measuring employee engagement is tricky. After all, how do you get people to tell you how engaged they are in their work when they might not even understand the concept very well?
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As we approach 2019, major shifts in the work environment will continue to affect the ways companies do business. Companies that are looking to attract, engage, and retain top talent should leverage these trends to create workplaces where employees thrive.
Decision-Wise
OCTOBER 11, 2019
Manage Your Organization's Stress Better. Cecily Jorgensen. •. October 11, 2019. Would you like to help manage your organization’s stress better? The feeling’s mutual. This desire ranks quite highly among our own clients.
Decision-Wise
JANUARY 22, 2019
More organizations today are aware of the benefits of engaged employees. But most are going in circles by addressing just half of the employee experience equation.
Decision-Wise
SEPTEMBER 29, 2019
It may, at times, feel difficult to get your company’s leadership to listen. Sometimes problems exist with colleagues. Members of your team may not respond to e-mails or avoid speaking face to face.
Decision-Wise
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
When an employee leaves an organization, they take a lot of valuable information with them. Not only the insights about their work responsibilities or customers, but also valuable intel about their experience and the culture of the company.
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Natural disasters can result in evacuations, work stoppages, and other disruptions for your employees. With advanced planning, employee benefits can help sustain the overall wellbeing of your workforce before, during, and after a natural disaster.
Decision-Wise
OCTOBER 19, 2018
Some mistakenly confuse the term “Employee Experience” with other popular terms like “talent management,” “human resources development,” or “employee engagement.” While Employee Experience (EX) is certainly related, it’s not synonymous.
Decision-Wise
OCTOBER 31, 2018
Employee Engagement is viral, and new research shows that the manager may be “ground zero.”. Managers are the sergeants of the organization. You, as a manager, have a powerful effect on how engaged your organization will ultimately be. You are on the front lines of a company’s culture.
Decision-Wise
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
A few days ago, Jordan Yadoo at Bloomberg reported that employees will give up big pay raises in exchange for job perks. The reported statistics were eye-catching, with the headline teasing that “Americans Are Willing to Forgo a 56% Pay Raise for Best Job Perks.”
Decision-Wise
APRIL 23, 2018
Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory. Many managers mistakenly think that employee satisfaction can increase employee motivation.
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CFOs are losing faith in HR’s ability to solve problems with data. Discover the metrics your HR team needs to measure to become more data-driven.
Decision-Wise
JUNE 25, 2019
Make sure you have the right process in place to allow your new employees to get up to speed and bring their best selves to their work. Download the PDF version. Is your onboarding process being consistently observed? You may not have a set onboarding process.
Decision-Wise
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Understanding your Employee Value Proposition can tell you why your employees work for you (and why they might choose to leave). Do you know why your employees work for you? Suppress the desire to roll your eyes and respond with the no-brainer statement/question, “Uh… because they get paid?!”.
Decision-Wise
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Download the PDF. Consider the following recommendations when determining your employee survey philosophy: 1. Remember the Purpose. The primary goal of a survey is to make the organization more SUCCESSFUL , not simply to gather data.
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It’s a question as old as the recruiting profession itself: How many reqs should one recruiter handle at a time? Even in our data-driven age of hard metrics and objective assessments, the answer is: It depends. Download this White Paper to discover the key factors that go into finding your answer to the req load question.
Decision-Wise
MARCH 26, 2019
In 1995, author Gary Chapman published The Five Love Languages to help couples improve their relationships by showing them how their communication needs differ. For example, love might be felt by one person through acts of service, while another person may prefer words of affirmation.
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