Tag: Employee Motivation

February 7, 2023

It’s no surprise that employee confidence has been shaken with the recent spate of corporate layoffs nationwide. Indeed, 31% of professionals responding to LinkedIn’s Workforce Confidence Survey are now concerned about their companies cutting budgets or staff. Their anxiety should […]

October 6, 2021

We’ve all been around leaders who inspire and motivate us. They consistently demonstrate a positive and optimistic sense of energy and enthusiasm for others to follow and are usually the first ones in the office every day. They are constantly […]

December 2, 2019

How would your employees rate their leaders? A recent survey of 1,000 full-time employees in the United States sought to understand precisely how employees feel about their boss in a very detailed way. The report, called the “The Boss Barometer […]

October 21, 2019

There is a well-known phrase that says people don’t leave companies—they leave managers. Let’s take that notion a step further: People don’t leave companies—they leave environments where energy absorbers thrive under poor managers. Or even worse, they leave energy-absorbing managers. […]

June 12, 2019

In times of low unemployment, employers are especially wary of losing good employees to other opportunities. Almost as risky is facing a situation in which the best employees lose their motivation and, thus, become less productive; eventually, they may also […]

May 24, 2019

As an engineer, I am obsessed with efficiency. Even my name is efficient: My full name is Andrew, but I go by Drew because it’s only one syllable. But through my work with organizations around the globe, I’ve learned that […]

May 16, 2019

ICAR’s report focused on supply chain transparency, but such efforts can have similar benefits when applied to other aspects of business. A company’s brand can hinge on its reputation and commitment to transparency. Layoffs, for example, should be approached openly, […]

March 4, 2019

Carmen is a new hire with lots of potential. Her last employer described her as a star performer, even right out of college. “She can handle anything,” her previous manager raved. “Whatever we threw at her she accomplished—and she did […]

February 14, 2019

During the mid-1980’s, United Technologies Corporation (UTC) ran a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal with the headline: “Let’s get rid of Management.” At the time more and more employees were being classified as “knowledge workers,” a term coined […]

February 11, 2019

Companies today are increasingly aware that the traditional annual performance review is ineffective when it comes to actually increasing employee performance. In fact, just 12% of respondents to a Deloitte survey indicated that this process was highly effective in driving […]

November 9, 2018

Inferiority complexes run rampant in organizations. Truth? It isn’t the organizations that create the issue but rather the structures that reinforce it. Consider the fact that school systems teach rules. Rule number one: Put authority figures (teachers, parents, guardians, etc.) […]

November 7, 2018

Most of us have experienced burnout, whether personally or having witnessed it among coworkers or subordinates. As a manager, one of the biggest challenges can often be keeping employees motivated. A lack of motivation can sometimes seem like a problem […]

September 15, 2017

Employee motivation. Not an easy thing to tackle. But we know just who to ask for help. Saba was pleased to have international speaker and researcher David Meade over to host a free webinar on workplace motivation. Co-hosted by Saba’s […]