Categories: Employee Engagement

Having a good employee workforce is one thing, and keeping them happy is another. High rates of employee turnovers is a bad sign for a number of reasons. It breaks up teams and becomes costly to keep training individuals for new positions. Managers are always looking for ways to keep their employees happy and encourage…

There are two types of learners when it comes to employee learning; active and passive. An active learner is the learner who wants to actually learn the material and only makes up about 10% of your company. The passive learner is the one who will say they are learning even though they are not retaining…

With salesforce training it’s certain that employees are the most important asset of any company, playing a central role in its growth or failure. However, improper feedback – or a lack of feedback at all – can severely damage the entire work environment. To prevent this from happening, it is crucial to adopt mechanisms that help workers…

This is a guestpost by David Zahn is the President of ZAHN Consulting, LLC, the third and final article in a 3-part series which looks at the connection between training and employee engagement.  For the previous articles, please read The Importance of “Pre-Training Event” Activities in Gaining Employee Engagement and How to Engage Employees Within the Training Event. Post-Training…

This is a guestpost by David Zahn is the President of ZAHN Consulting, LLC, the second in a 3-part series.  For the previous article, please read The Importance of Pre-Training Event” Activities in Gaining Employee Engagement. How to Engage Employees within the Training Event On any given day, across numerous company conference rooms, hotel meeting spaces, and…

This is a guestpost by David Zahn is the President of ZAHN Consulting, LLC, the first in a 3-part series.   The Importance of “Pre-Training Event” Activities in Gaining Employee Engagement If Senior Executives and Human Resources Professionals were able to eavesdrop on their employees when they were talking about their frustrations with the company, one of…

Motivating staff is a very timely topic for managers and directors of organizations. While recognizing the importance of this topic, there exist some misconceptions or myths regarding personnel’s motivation. Here are the 5 most common myths regarding employee motivation: Myth no. 1 – “I can motivate people” Actually, this is not completely true. Employees must…