2015 Outlook Survey January 2015 Presented by: Insight Performance and The Smaller Business Association of New England The Small Business and Human Resources 2015 Outlook Survey was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2014 to identify trends regarding business conditions, compensation and employee programs. This summary report is intended to offer key highlights of the […]
Lessons in Loyalty from the Market Basket Standoff
With the ousting of former CEO Arthur T. DeMoulas, thousands of Market Basket employees in New England have walked off the job, refusing to return to work until their former leader has been returned to his post. Now, almost four weeks into this standoff, Market Basket employees have been told to return to work by […]
Do You Need An HR Policy About Being Friends?
How do you feel about friendships in the workplace? Do you think a pro-friendly organization offers a superior work environment? As a manager, do you find friendships in the workplace help foster employee engagement? Do you care at all about friends in the office? Are there risks to having employee friendships? Chatting over lunch is […]
Does Your Recruiting Process Ensure Your Hires are the Right Hire?
Guest Blogger, Nicole Grosso, HR Consultant Regardless of the type of job opening, entry level or experienced, hiring the right people for your business is crucial. Good hiring decisions directly affect the bottom line in terms of business success, employee morale and employee productivity. With a wealth of candidates out there, it may seem easy […]
Employee Retention – Tips of the Trade
Guest Blogger – Paula Barrett, Sr. HR Business Partner A company’s strength comes from their employees. They service the customers, they build the products, and they create the business. Retaining happy employees is not only good for employee morale, but also good for business and the company’s success. Recruiting, hiring and training new employees is costly and time consuming for companies. Typically it takes […]
Winning Recipe for Employee Productivity and Employee Morale
LaVallee’s Bakery Distributors opened in 1977 and has built a reputation for amazing tasting breads coupled with their top notch service. They achieve this success through what they refer to as “LaVallee’s Dozen: 12 Values We Live By.” Their values include – trust and respect, teamwork, empowerment, personal growth, optimism, customer service, commitment, dependability, quality, […]
Love, Or At Least Like Your Job to Increase Employee Productivity & Morale
During the industrial revolution, it’s fair to say that many people didn’t love their jobs. But, they did it; five days a week, from 9-5, no questions asked. We’ve come a long way from the daily grind and the bar has been raised. In order to attract and retain employees, company’s must do what they can […]
2013 “Workolutions” Will Increase Employee Productivity and Morale
The words “new year” are synonymous with “resolutions” for most people. Even though you might not come out and verbally declare anything that you will regret committing to later (next week), you have probably thought through some of the popular resolutions as 2013 commenced. Exercise more, eat less, save money, volunteer, etc. But every year […]
A Stay Interview is Effective in Employee Retention
Human Resources best practices tell us that doing exit interviews are a good idea. Interview an employee when they’re leaving and they’re more likely to tell you everything; the good, bad and ugly. But, at that point, we’ve lost them. There’s nothing in that exit interview we can say to keep them. If we had […]
HR Carnival – Exceptional Workplace
Insight Performance is so excited to be hosting our first HR Carnival. There is an amazing group of HR bloggers out there and this carnival will not disappoint! The topic for this carnival is exceptional workplaces. Beyond legal compliance and day to day HR operations, one goal of human resources is to motivate and improve the […]
