How to Make Sure Your Employee Survey is Effective

Company Culture, StrategyAugust 30, 2017employee engagement survey, pulse survey, surveys Comment

Change, Communication, Company Culture, Retaining EmployeesApril 26, 2017company culture, culture, drama, Office politicsComment

Everyday Ethics and Integrity

Company Culture, Leadership, Retaining EmployeesMarch 29, 2017culture, Ethics, Ethics and Integrity, How we treat each other, IntegrityComment

Personal Accountability

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Today more than ever, employers want employees to own what they expect of them. That means acknowledging responsibility for their outcomes. And in return, employees expect their employers to demonstrate ethics and integrity in their actions. When both parties agree to accept these goals, the result becomes a culture of Personal Accountability.

The core of personal accountability is based on a person accepting responsibility for his own behavior and actions. A person may become accountable in business based on a certain position held or accepting a task delegated by a supervisor. But the real accountability happens when the person who is accountable also accepts the consequence—either positive or negative—for the outcome.

Company Culture, LeadershipFebruary 15, 2017culture, culture of accountability, motivation, personal accountabilityComment

Building Relationships

Communication, Company Culture, TrustJanuary 31, 2017building relationships, communication, making time, spending time together Comment

10 Ways to Create Employee Turnover

10 Ways to---, Company Culture, Retaining EmployeesSeptember 15, 2016Employee Retention, Employee TurnoverComment

Where do I fit in? - Non-Family Members in the Family Business

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Family business owners often contemplate who will take over the business when they retire. Revela is now owned by Wayne’s daughter, Andrea Fredrickson. Actually, many owners consider their family members as first options. Leadership teams may consist of spouses, siblings, children, cousins, etc. All the same people that sit around the table at Thanksgiving dinner. But as a non-family member in a family business, sometimes you have to wonder… Where do I fit in?

Sometimes in family businesses, there are non-family employees who feel family members are entitled. They believe that no matter their skill set, those family members will always trump other employees. They watch as family members get promotion after promotion; and all the while, they’re sitting and stewing about it. They’re telling their peers. And then they begin keeping score.

Drama Carriers: Do you know one?

Communication, Company CultureJune 21, 2016communication, culture, drama, leading teams, team cultureComment

Who Cares About Employee Engagement?

Company Culture, Hiring, Leadership, Motivation, Retaining EmployeesApril 12, 2016company culture, corporate culture and employees, effects of corporate culture on managers and employees, employee culture, employee engagement, Employee Retention, engage, engaged employees, engagement, What is employee engagementComment

Whose business is customer service?

Communication, Company CultureMarch 29, 2016customer service, external, internal Comment

Personal Productivity: A New Year's Resolution

Company Culture, LeadershipDecember 2, 2015millennialsComment

The Generational Divide: Working with Millennials

Company Culture, Generations, Leadership, Retaining EmployeesNovember 4, 2015baby boomers, Gen X, Gen Z, Generation X, Generation Z, generational changes, Generational Differences, millennials, next generation, next generation of leaders, what millennials wantComment

The Power of Accountability and Tough Love

Company Culture, Retaining EmployeesFebruary 11, 2015100/0, Accountability, Dr- Izzo, Dr- John Izzo, engaged employees, holding people accountable, John Izzo, no excuses, power of love, responsibility, secret to business success, successful businesses, tough loveComment

Serious Creativity

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Do you ever get bored and look at all the creative ideas on Pinterest? Moms coming up with cute snack ideas for their kids to take to school. Crafty people making their own Halloween costumes. Awesome dinner ideas that you would have never thought of... Then we think… “Are you kidding me? Who has time for this crap? These are impossible. I’m just not a creative person.” That thought has probably crossed your mind. Maybe you’ve even said it out loud.

Company Culture, Leadership, StrategyOctober 29, 2014change your viewpoint, creativity, embracing change Comments