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What Are the Characteristics of a Toxic Workplace?
The term “toxic” has popped up more recently in conversations about workplace culture, often as a catch-all for any negative experience. However, what we might see as an easy-to-dismiss online buzzword reflects real problems.
There’s abundant evidence that employees’ identification of toxic workplace characteristics strongly correlates with dissatisfaction, poor employee retention, and difficulties attracting new talent.
If ...
How to Rebuild Trust in the Workplace: Effective Strategies for a Stronger Team
How to Rebuild Trust in the Workplace: Effective Strategies for a Stronger Team
We all know that trust is the foundation of our familial, romantic, and friendly relationships, but much less talked about is that it’s the foundation of all interpersonal relationships, including those we have in the workplace.
Human beings are social creatures, and because of ...
The Twelfth Element of Employee Engagement: Challenging Employees to Learn and Grow
We’re coming to the end of our series on Gallup’s 12 Elements of Employee Engagement, so it’s a great time to reveal some troubling statistics from the 2023 survey:
“Employees in the U.S. continue to feel more detached from their employers, with less clear expectations, lower levels of satisfaction, and less connection to its mission or ...
A Guide to the Eleventh Element of Employee Engagement: Prioritizing Progress-Based Feedback
Consider your workplace’s relationship with feedback. Is it treated like an annual obligation that managers have to check off of their to-do lists? If so, you and your leadership team miss countless opportunities to motivate and course-correct.
Employees don’t wait until their yearly performance review to grow and change; you shouldn’t wait until then to let ...
A Guide to the Tenth Element of Employee Engagement: Encouraging Workplace Friendships
In some workplaces—authoritarian ones, namely—there’s a lingering belief that workplace friendships are little more than distractions, pulling employees away from their responsibilities and reducing productivity. These leaders see those strong, personal relationships as a threat to efficiency, but in reality, workplace friendships can have a significant positive impact on collaboration and, yes, even job performance.
That’s ...
A Guide to the Ninth Element of Employee Engagement: A Company Culture of Hard Work
Perhaps one of the most surprising aspects of employee engagement actually has little to do with themselves:
“My associates or fellow employees are committed to doing quality work.”
In any workplace, it doesn’t take long for employees to notice when someone’s not pulling their weight. Whether it’s the colleague who’s mysteriously “busy” every time a deadline looms ...
A Guide to the Eighth Element of Employee Engagement: A Company Mission Statement With Purpose
When was the last time you assessed your mission statement?
If the answer is when you started your business, it might be time for a refresh.
Empirical evidence shows that a large proportion of prospective employees prioritize purpose over salary when job hunting. For example, 44% of them submit a lower wage bid after learning about an employer’s values ...
A Guide to the Sixth Element of Employee Engagement: Encouraging Employees to Grow Professionally
Today marks the halfway point of our ongoing series covering Gallup’s Element of Employee Engagement! To recap on the previous entries, click the links down below, or read on to check out our latest entry:
“There is someone at work that encourages my development.”
James Cash Penney, the founder of J.C. Penney, is quoted as saying, “Growth ...
A Guide to the Fifth Element of Employee Engagement: Caring About Employee Well-Being
The fifth of Gallup’s Element of Employee Engagement states:
“My supervisor, or someone at work, seems to care about me as a person.”
If you’ve been in business for a while, we’d wager that you’ve thought, “How can I encourage my employees to show up for their job because they enjoy the work and the environment, instead ...