We all know how important employees are to any company. Payroll is often your biggest expense. It takes A-plus employees to build a successful business, and if you’re going to spend most of your waking hours at work, why not spend it with people you enjoy? I think hiring great talent is absolutely critical to […]
Gallup has released compelling evidence that the most important factor for employee engagement and productivity can be summed up in one simple word: managers. In fact, writes Sam Walker in The Wall Street Journal, after a decade of data from nearly 2 million employees, Gallup has proven that managers don’t just have a small influence […]
Salesforce, Timberland, Patagonia, and IBM are among the companies that currently offer paid volunteer abroad opportunities to their employees. Gallup reports that workers who spent 60-80% of their time away from the office had the highest rates of engagement. “While working remotely and employee volunteer programs are both on the rise, there are still many […]
Employee well-being can’t thrive without a supportive culture. Why? Because a company’s culture sets the foundation for employee health, happiness and success. While a company might have a workplace wellness program in place, if they don’t have a supportive corporate culture, many employees won’t utilize the program or benefit from it.According to Virgin Pulse’s fourth-annual […]