Bad mistakes that make good employees leave

It’s tough to hold on to good employees, but it shouldn’t be. Most of the mistakes that companies make are easily avoided. When you do make mistakes, your best employees are the first to go, because they have the most options. If you can’t keep your best employees engaged, you can’t keep your best employees. While this should be common sense, it isn’t common enough. A survey by the Corporate Executive Board found that one-third of star employees feel disengaged from their employer and are already looking for a new job.

When you lose good employees, they don’t disengage all at once. Instead, their interest in their jobs slowly dissipates. Michael Kibler, who has spent much of his career studying this phenomenon, refers to it as brownout. Like dying stars, star employees slowly lose their fire for their jobs.

The Evolution of HR

HR is undergoing a major overhaul. Advances in data mining technology and the emergence of mobile workers are creating a tectonic shift in the way companies manage their workforce in the field and the way employees get work done. Not only that, but it is also having a major impact on the way companies are meeting staffing and hiring needs.

Managing a Mobile Workforce

Mobile, on-demand workforce are on the rise and while they provide flexibility for both the employer and employee, with them come a new set of challenges, such as managing where your employees are at any give time. Questions HR managers often ask themselves pertain to productivity and whether their employees are completing the task at hand in a timely manner.

The power of authentic relationships

American self-help author and motivational speaker, Dr Walter Wayne Dyer, said in one of his lectures, “The mantra of the ego is What’s in it for me? and the mantra of the higher self is How may I serve?”
Jon M. Huntsman said, “Selfless giving unto others represents one’s true wealth”.
Madeline Bridges said, “Then give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back to you”. How do you apply these quotes in your business relationships? I have provided some examples below. 

Sorry Recruiters! My salary history is none of your business

As you move along in your career you'll find that more and more often, the obstacles and limitations you run into are under your control. 

We can complain about the worst aspects of the working world -- and believe me, there are plenty of them and I document them in my columns -- but it is not satisfying for very long to wring our hands about the way things are.

Do we really have to work from 8 to 5?

“As a child, I often found myself standing in front of the house many evenings, waiting for my dad’s return from work. Sometimes, he got home at about 8:30pm. Most times, he got home after I had gone to bed and in the mornings, he left home at around 6:15 am just so he could get to the office by 8 o’clock. That

is how I grew up; barely seeing my dad’s face during the day except for some holidays. I used to complain, however, now, I am working and guess what, I have the same routine; getting to work by 8 o’clock and closing at 5 o’clock” -

Samuel Fosuhene, a young university graduate. The question of “How long should we work in a day?” has for long been given little attention

basically due to the belief that people who desire to work less hours are lazy.

Data Archiving must stand the test of time

Today, almost every organisation archives at least some of its data. Some do so to

comply with industry regulations, while others use archiving to facilitate their internal business requirements. Regardless of an organisation’s reason for archiving data, the process can be trickier than it might appear at first. Unlike a typical backup, archives must be able to stand the test of time. Given the rapid pace at which IT evolves, longevity can be a tall order. The following list of considerations will help you improve the long-term usefulness of your archives.