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Our mission is to help you achieve this goal.Insightlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10536002773702956813noreply@blogger.comBlogger775125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1066127131063999009.post-25922260818483200552022-09-20T00:34:00.001-07:002022-09-20T00:34:57.537-07:00Want to contribute a blog<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" class="nl2go-body-table" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="r0-c"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="r1-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class=""> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="r2-c" align="center"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="r3-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr class="nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="20" style="font-size:20px;line-height:20px;background-color:#ffffff"></td> </tr><tr><td class="r4-i" style="background-color:#ffffff"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><th width="100%" valign="top" class="r5-c" style="font-weight:normal"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="r6-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="r7-i"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="r0-c" align="left"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="r1-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class=""> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="r0-c" align="left"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="r1-o" style="table-layout:fixed;width:100%"><tbody><tr class="nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="15" style="font-size:15px;line-height:15px"></td> </tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="r8-i nl2go-default-textstyle" style="color:#3b3f44;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left"> <div><p style="margin:0">Hi there,</p><p style="margin:0"><br/>I hope you are doing well on that side!! 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How do you go about measuring employee satisfaction and engagement? Wee Pulse? Itsy-Bitsy Pulse or Rapido-Speedo Pulse? Big Data? Ginormous Data or Mega-Humongous Data? Artificial Intelligence or just Fake Intelligence? SurveySquirrel? SurveySnake? or maybe SurveySoothsayer? The choices are dizzying and unless you have focus and experience, the fads will inevitably lead to analysis paralysis. The plain truth is, traditional employee surveys are a tried and true research methodology that still work. The assumption being, of course, that you have a skilled survey writer at hand and a solid model for analysis of the results. You have that, right?<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1066127131063999009.post-27205364075181813452019-04-22T17:02:00.004-07:002019-04-22T17:03:44.213-07:00Does Anonymity Matter in Employee Surveys?<br />
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Employee turnover is too expensive for entrepreneurs to ignore. What small business leader has $15,000 to spare every time an employee disappears? How many have 10 hours to spend on new hire paperwork? Worse, how many can afford to wait up to two years for a new hire to reach full productivity? Turnover happens for plenty of reasons, some of them unavoidable. The truth, though, is that <a href="https://www.insightlink.com/blog/calculating-the-cost-of-employee-turnover.cfm">around 50 percent of voluntary turnover is preventable</a>, according to research by Insightlink Communications.</div>
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Insightlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10536002773702956813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1066127131063999009.post-76780060863909833362018-02-15T11:15:00.000-08:002018-02-15T11:16:20.286-08:00Guide to Successful Employee Surveys<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">As a result, the results were often not regarded highly enough outside of HR for any positive action to be taken. It's quite a different situation today, with employee surveys now being seen by many large and small organizations as a major business improvement tool.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1066127131063999009.post-24682806460936933342016-07-28T16:47:00.000-07:002019-04-30T16:25:47.883-07:00How To Make Employee Surveys Less of a Headache<div class="WordSection1">
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Time and time again we hear from HR professionals that they dread the annual employee survey. It’s either work with some expensive consultant (and some of them are ridiculously expensive!) or try to do it all in-house with SurveyMonkey or Qualtrics and save the company a bunch of money (assuming your own time is worth about $2 per hour). Since 2001 we’ve been offering companies a better way. It’s all about fast and easy without compromising on quality. We’ve got the expertise, the goods and the know-how and we won’t soak you on the costs. <span style="background: white; color: black;">We help companies of all sizes make sense of survey data and we can help you too.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.insightlink.com/"><span style="background: white; color: black;">Let us show you how</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black;">.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black;">Rock your culture. Keep employees engaged, impassioned and happy. <a href="https://www.insightlink.com/">Insightlink's 4Cs Employee Survey</a> delivers the actionable data you need to make good decisions and build happy teams. </span>Clients love us. <a href="https://www.insightlink.com/clients.html">Find out why</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1066127131063999009.post-72614196735826809702016-07-13T14:51:00.000-07:002016-07-13T15:06:57.469-07:0033 Books Every Entrepreneur Needs on Their Reading List Right Now<div class="WordSection1">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1066127131063999009.post-12551844917319058552016-06-28T13:08:00.000-07:002016-06-28T13:13:32.623-07:00Remote Working Tips and Tools<div class="WordSection1">
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And we’re not alone in these habits. In the 2015 <a href="http://go.pgi.com/gen-genspec-15telesur-SC1129" target="_blank">PGi Global Telework Survey</a>, a whopping 79 percent of surveyed knowledge workers around the world worked outside the office. And the trend of working remotely – whether as an employee, an entrepreneur, or a freelancer – is only <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2013/02/18/one-in-five-americans-work-from-home-numbers-seen-rising-over-60/#7f17bcff4768" target="_blank">expected to grow</a> in the next decade.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></div>
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Only 22 percent of Japanese workers have “a great deal of trust” in their employers, which is way below the average of eight countries surveyed, according to a <a href="http://www.ey.com/US/en/Newsroom/News-releases/news-ey-research-reveals-less-than-half-of-full-time-workers-surveyed-globally-trust-their-employer-boss-or-colleagues-a-great-deal" target="_blank">new report</a> by EY, the global accounting and consulting firm formerly known as Ernst & Young. And it's not just the companies: Those employees are no more trusting of their bosses or colleagues, the study found. By contrast, about two-thirds of workers in India and Mexico had a great deal of trust in their employers. </div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">As a result, many companies are scrambling to implement targeted strategies that will attract and retain the generation’s top talent. The focus has been in the development of benefits and programs that speak directly to the oft-discussed ideals of millennials with regards to community involvement and positive social impact.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;">However, engineering an organization’s culture to attract a specific demographic is a dangerous game that could result in an unstable foundation. Instead, the culture must be driven by what the firm values, and must be rooted in its vision and business purpose. <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/leadership-lab/how-a-values-driven-culture-will-help-your-business-attract-and-retain-the-top-talent/article30417785/?cmpid=rss1&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed">Read more on Globe & Mail</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1066127131063999009.post-54898847689310566472016-06-14T09:22:00.000-07:002016-06-14T09:26:19.830-07:00Engagement and Purpose-Driven Work - A Natural Fit! <div class="WordSection1">
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So the desire to have a purpose for all this time away from family – beyond the paycheck – is extreme in an increasing number of employees. “I know my job is to tighten this screw on this doohickey, and do it well, but why am I doing it? Why is it so important? That word – important – is what is paramount to these employees. They want to believe they are doing something important. Bringing home a dino for the family was very important but tightening screws, maybeeeeee not so much. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/engagement-and-purpose-driven-work-a-natural-fit">Read full article on Examiner.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether you know it or not, your employees feel immense pressure to be committed to their jobs--and available 24 hours a day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You might, at first, be happy about this. What kind of founder doesn't want a hard-working staff? But the reality is more nuanced. While you might think your team is devoted 24/7 to work, in truth, most of them are finding ways to deal with your company's inclination toward workaholism. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In fact, according to research published yesterday<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><b><u><a href="https://hbr.org/2016/06/managing-the-high-intensity-workplace" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt none; padding: 0in;">in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Harvard Business Review</span></em></span></a></u></b>, your employees are likely to cope with the pressure to be perpetually available in one of three ways...<a href="http://www.inc.com/ilan-mochari/managing-high-stress-workplaces-employees-work-life-balance.html">Read on Inc.com</a></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1066127131063999009.post-82895532995214774092016-05-18T09:44:00.000-07:002016-05-18T10:18:55.200-07:003 Dysfunctional Ways We've Adapted To The Hell Of The 24/7 Workplace<div class="WordSection1">
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How do you deal with the “cult of busy”? That’s the term Erin Reid uses to describe today’s work-first culture in which ideal employees are expected to put their jobs first, work all the time and be constantly available to the boss.<br />
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In the <a href="https://hbr.org/2016/06/managing-the-high-intensity-workplace" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">June cover story</span></a> of Harvard Business Review, “Managing the High-Intensity Workplace,” Reid and coauthor Lakshmi Ramarajan describe how workers adapt to these demands. It’s not a good look for anyone.<br />
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“Our research shows that being always available is actually dysfunctional for everyone at some level,” Reid, an assistant professor at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, told The Huffington Post.<br />
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Recall the recent portrayal of employees at Amazon, where work culture is so bruising that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/technology/inside-amazon-wrestling-big-ideas-in-a-bruising-workplace.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">The New York Times</span></a> reported workers were crying at their desks. In the company’s warehouses, workers <a href="http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/life-and-death-amazon-temp/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">collapse</span></a> from exhaustion.<br />
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It’s not just employees who suffer. When companies create a work-first culture, turnover is likely higher — people quit, and the cost of replacing them is high.<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/adapting-to-modern-workplace-hell_us_573a001ee4b060aa781ad5de?nh55niwuk0kq33di"> Read more on Huffington Post</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1066127131063999009.post-2000852615391028172016-05-04T10:31:00.001-07:002016-05-04T10:34:38.394-07:00Employee Engagement the UPS Way<div class="WordSection1">
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Would you like to transform your “me” culture into a “we” culture?<o:p></o:p></div>
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In his new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Lessons-UPS-Driver-Delivering/dp/1626566887">Leadership Lessons from a UPS Driver: Delivering a Culture of We, Not Me</a>, former UPS International president and one-time driver, Ron Wallace, reveals how to establish quality employee engagement that builds strong, unified teams for lasting business success.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wallace knows a thing or two about leadership and team building: during a career of nearly 40 years, he served as a UPS driver for six years and eventually became the president of UPS International, leading more than 60,000 employees and overseeing the operations of UPS in more than 200 countries. Drawing on decades of experience leading one of the most well-known and successful companies in the world, in his new book, Wallace shares essential tips for growing the best team of inspired employees to make any business thrive.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the book, Wallace gives several tips on how leaders can build a “we not me culture” and deliver exceptional results. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-kruse/employee-engagement-the-u_b_9824144.html">Read more on Huffingtonpost</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1066127131063999009.post-27059176676906991812016-04-28T10:00:00.000-07:002016-04-28T10:09:03.340-07:00Why Trust Motivates Employees More than Pay<div class="WordSection1">
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Now, with the release of a new study from ethics and leadership advisory firm LRN, we are getting closer to proving a link between the two. The 2016 edition of The How Report, provided exclusively to Fortune, has some surprising--and mostly encouraging--findings. The most compelling: Organizations deemed “self-governing”--defined by LRN as companies in which “employees are inspired by a desire for significance and encouraged to act as leaders regardless of role”--really do outperform their peers. That outperformance is measured by a yardstick that combines market share, customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and the longer-term sustainability of the business. Says LRN founder and CEO Dov Seidman: “What were once considered ‘soft skills’ are becoming the new hard currency.” <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-trust-motivates-employees-more-110037111.html">Read on Yahoo</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1066127131063999009.post-15275406266366060832016-03-22T10:13:00.000-07:002016-03-22T10:16:47.648-07:00Why Employees Quit<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white'>It has long been said that a company’s assets go up and down the elevator daily. Most employers tend to hire fast and fire slow, which is the exact opposite of what they should be doing. If your employees are your most important asset, then once you have made the decision to hire someone, you probably want to keep them in your employ as long as possible. In most cases, employees continue to learn and become more valuable to your business every day. <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20160321/COLUMNIST/160329989/2656/opinion090118?Title=Why-employees-quit">Read more on Herald-Tribune</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1066127131063999009.post-9872314222153559622016-03-17T11:23:00.001-07:002016-04-28T10:10:56.944-07:00How Technology Is Changing Market Research<div class="WordSection1">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQkHa8vEV-lh4hjqVmoVpnAv6bRZR-pUxHLYsomqjpSW1D2yJdo0B8lpyVqTL9OddiHHInicIG7E3hUqupNZiJpt2UXyQmnEAllYu0Q_TUy-TEYnyr-cvlEN6bLE4df2yVV4qWamHBg/s1600/image001-730252.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6263088945252972994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQkHa8vEV-lh4hjqVmoVpnAv6bRZR-pUxHLYsomqjpSW1D2yJdo0B8lpyVqTL9OddiHHInicIG7E3hUqupNZiJpt2UXyQmnEAllYu0Q_TUy-TEYnyr-cvlEN6bLE4df2yVV4qWamHBg/s320/image001-730252.jpg" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Marketresearch.com asked a wide variety of market research professionals, executives, and consultants to explain how technology is changing market research. As you may suspect, we encountered conflicting points of view on this topic. While most responded positively, using words like “exciting,” “faster,” “cheaper,” and “easier” to describe the effects of technology on market research, a few others fell on the opposite side of the spectrum, citing reliability and quality concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1066127131063999009.post-47822531663094021612016-03-04T09:46:00.001-08:002016-03-04T09:46:58.587-08:00Top 10 Tech Solutions to Help You Overcome Your Engagement Woes<a href="https://www.recruiter.com/i/employee-engagement-top-10-tech-solutions-to-help-you-overcome-your-engagement-woes/#.VtnJ1c6jz30.blogger">Employee Engagement: Top 10 Tech Solutions to Help You Overcome Your Engagement Woes</a>: Given the severity of the employee engagement crisis, we thought now would be a good time to highlight 10 solutions that can help you engage employees at work.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0