Tag: employee

The Right Ratio of Carrot-to-Stick When It Comes to Incentivizing Your Employees

By Stu Sjouwerman As a leader, you’ll figure out pretty quickly that most people are more willing to do what you ask them to do if you give them the right carrots—that is, incentives and rewards. Both psychology and economics back up this approach with nudge theory, which involves presenting positive alternative choices and aiming leaders away…


Winning Includes Putting People First in Your Business—This Is How You Do It

By Victoria Maitland It may not sound like breaking news, but it bears repeating that treating staff members like humans is great for business. What might actually be shocking to readers is that company owners still far too often overlook that fact, usually for the sake of a bottom line. Of course, every decision has…


Hire Employees for Your Business and Make Sure They Stay

The past year or so has been a rough period for small businesses. COVID-19 limited interactions with customers—quashed sales, and shrunk the workforce to new lows. Many small businesses did not make it out of the wreckage. Those that survived are now attempting to regain their footing. It’s time to hire employees for your business….


Tips for Retaining Employees and Promoting a Culture of Learning

Many factors contribute to a workplace culture that attracts and retains the right employees. In nearly every industry, employees are looking for an encouraging environment and opportunities for advancement. People want the room to learn and grow professionally. You’ll want to work on tips for retaining employees while promoting a culture of learning. Tips for…


How Effective Employee Communication Boosts Productivity

By James Jorner Effective communication amongst members of the workforce is capable of scaling business whether small or large. Irrespective of your industry, your business needs not just good but effective communication. According to statistics, effective communication can increase your organization’s productivity by 25 percent. In view of this, having the right means of communication in…


The Future of Work Is Really About the Future of Talent

By Vivek Sharma In 2020, the global pandemic forced every single company in the world to make major changes to its operating structures and processes in a matter of weeks or months. It was a dramatic change and a challenging year, but technology companies, by and large, weathered the storm. Many companies in traditional industries…


Rite Aid Employee Fatally Shot After Confronting Thieves

LOS ANGELES—A Rite Aid employee was fatally shot Thursday while confronting two shoplifters in Los Angeles, according to police and the union that represents workers at the store. Two men were trying to leave the drugstore in the Glassell Park neighborhood of Los Angeles around 8:45 p.m. with unpaid merchandise when the victim tried to…


Salon Owner Sells Business for $1 to ‘Worthy’ Employee

NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Salon owner Pio Imperati took a chance and hired hairstylist Kathy Moura right out of technical high school 15 years ago. It has worked out so well that Imperati sold her his venerable New Haven, Connecticut, business for $1. “She’s a good hairdresser, a good barber, she’s very nice,” Imperati told the New…


10 Tips to Boost Employee Productivity and Skyrocket Performance

By Saurabh Kumar A company’s success and productivity are directly related to the productivity of its employees. If you are willing to achieve your goals, set higher targets and get the desired traction, you need to make sure that your employees achieve their targets and bring productivity to the company. The management must keep track of employee…


4 Reasons Why Empathy in the Workplace Makes Business Sense

By Sara Caroline Sabin Empathy has started to be one of those words bandied around a lot more since the pandemic started, which is a good thing that it has become part of the conversation. However, like any other buzzword, without the action to back it up, it is meaningless. It needs to be deeply rooted into the…