3 Surprising Reasons Great Supervisors Focus on Feedback

Two businessmen talking at a desk providing feedback to each other.

Supervisors are familiar with giving feedback. It’s part of the job to provide both formal and informal feedback regularly. But how often do supervisors ask for feedback on their performance? It can be difficult to give unsolicited feedback to others. It’s less awkward if a person opens the door by asking how they’re doing. By…

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How to Use Hiring as a Powerful Tool to Transform Culture

As we sail through summer, we must remember that fall tends to be one of the peak times during the year for employee turnover. As busy business owners, executives, and supervisors who are responsible for hiring, every minute of your day is spoken for.  So, filling open positions quickly with capable, independent employees is crucial.…

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How to Build an Effective Employee Survey

Last week’s article sang the praises of employee satisfaction surveys.  It busted a few myths about them and discussed why surveys are an essential business tool. Since the article ran, I’ve been asked, “What questions should a survey include?” This article will give you some things to consider when selecting survey questions.

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Are Your Employees Really Happy?

Happy employees having fun at work

Since technology and social networking is available to almost everyone, the chance of dissatisfied employees leaving to find a new job is extremely high. Even more frightening for supervisors is when a dissatisfied employee decides to “quit and stay,” meaning they mentally or emotionally check out of their job but don’t physically leave. So how…

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