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Cure for the Bad Boss Epidemic
The negative impact that a bad boss can have on an organization, without even knowing it, is scary, and it happens quite often. There are several studies aimed at discovering the main reasons for...
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Job Factors Most Important to Today’s Workforce
Here at Herd Wisdom, we believe that the best way to get information and feedback from your workforce is to ask for it. Pretty simple huh? Well, there are a surprising amount of organization leaders...
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What is Transparency?
Organizational transparency has come to be considered the concept of facilitating public access to corporate information that is traditionally kept private. That’s fine and dandy, but we want to talk...
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The “Other” Worker
When someone feels a sense of being the outlier in a group, they are experiencing what it’s like to be an “other”. The Catalyst Research Centers created a report about workers who feel different, or...
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The Why Behind the Bye: The Formula for Workplace Stress
The average cost of preventable turnover for US employers is $75 million. I think many of us can agree that the keyword in that statistic was “preventable”. These incredible costs are actually...
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12 Ways to Create an Encouraging Work Environment (Part 1)
While the “cracking the whip” method of leadership can usually show immediate bursts of productivity and hard work, this method is not necessarily good for a long-term healthy and productive work...
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12 Ways to Create an Encouraging Work Environment (Part 2)
Here at Herd Wisdom we whole-heartedly believe in consistently measuring employee engagement and using that information to improve the workplace. There are some smaller, thoughtful things that...
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Why You Should Sing “Let It Go” to Micromanagers
We have all had that boss, or even colleague, who just has a tough time letting anything go. The reigns are always taut, and you just want to run up to them and start singing the ultra-popular,...
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The Secret Number in Employee Engagement
If you visit this blog with any sort of frequency you know that here at Herd Wisdom we love a good survey. We believe that if there is something you want to know about your workforce, the best way to...
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8 Ways to Make People Happier at Work That You Haven’t Tried
You’ve probably got all the common bases covered like bonuses, recognition or company picnics. Those are great, but the day-to-day of our workplace routine can get a little dull, and no amount of...
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8 Ways to Manage Holiday Stress in the Workplace
Holiday stress is coming for your workplace culture, and it won’t be pretty. Workplace stress during the winter months is the residual outcome of personal responsibilities combined with year end...
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Warm Up Your Office with These 7 Employee Engagement Tips
What you want to achieve in your organization and how you accomplish those goals are dependent upon the engagement of your employees. How? In order for company goals to be met throughout the...
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Your Company Values: Hire for Them—Reward for Them
When you hire employees who already display the traits and behaviors your company values, you increase the likelihood that they will remain engaged, that they will work well with their colleagues and...
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How to Tell Your Employees They Suck (nicely)—Tips on Improving Performance...
If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all. I don’t know about you, but those words belong to my mother, they don’t belong to a manager. A manager needs to give their employees...
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Your Company Values: Hire for Them—Reward for Them
When you hire employees who already display the traits and behaviors your company values, you increase the likelihood that they will remain engaged, that they will work well with their colleagues and...
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How to Tell Your Employees They Suck (nicely)—Tips on Improving Performance...
If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all. I don’t know about you, but those words belong to my mother, they don’t belong to a manager. A manager needs to give their employees...
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