An Employee Recognition Blog | Employee Engagement (32)

Lend a Helping Hand

Before I came to work at Baudville, I will have to admit that my volunteer experience was dismal. I had always fallen back on the excuse that I was too busy or just filled my weekend with other plans, as I am sure most of us are guilty of.

Can We Talk About Who (and How) You’re Hiring?

There's a saying out there in the business world: "hire slow, fire fast." Sounds a bit cold, maybe, but I'm thinking if you adhere to the first part, you may never be in the unpleasant situation of facing the second part.

RecogNation: Can We Talk About Why We’re Here?

True story: In the somewhat distant past, I had a superfreakout at work. I was tired. I was feeling stretched a little bit (maybe a lot bit) too thin. And, in that moment of weakness, someone told me I needed to add one more thing to my schedule. I shouted, I complained, and I tried to negotiate a way to say no. Futile was my resistance, and there I was doing the one more thing I couldn’t imagine myself accomplishing. Yes, I was doing it, but I wasn’t very happy about it and everyone knew it. (Not a proud moment for me, by the way). It wasn’t until we really started discussing the potential positive impacts of this project that I began to understand that this wasn’t a task built to make me miserable, it was a strategic initiative meant t o move the needlefor my company.

Improve Employee Engagement at Your Workplace with the Latest RecogNation!

Are you at work right now? If so, look around you… Is it possible that two out of every three of your colleagues is, on some level, not engaged? What does lack of engagement look like? Would you know it if you were looking right at it? Sometimes it's obvious, and sometimes it's not.