“I deeply resent how we’ve infantilized the workplace. How we feel we have to apologize for having lives. That we don’t trust adults to make the right decisions. How constant […]
All Posts by Julie McCracken
Engaging Remote Employees: Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind
I work from home two days a week. I consider that a huge perk – I live 45 minutes from my office, and am a busy mom to two kids […]
Is Engagement Enough?
Fulfillment matters to employees. Employee engagement is critical to a company’s financial success, to attracting and retaining talent, and to building a strong culture. Duh. People, including us, have been […]
Recruiting and Retaining Employees in a Competitive Market
The U.S. Labor Department recently announced that the unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been since 1969. If you do the math, that’s nearly five decades! To put things in […]
What Employee Engagement is NOT
Employee engagement has become a buzz word of sorts, but true engagement is much more than jargon. We spend a great deal of time working with clients to build and […]
Six Tips for Managing a Multigenerational Workforce
Managing people is hard. Managing people with different generational perspectives – which may influence their communication preferences, loyalty and work styles – is even harder. But today, with a workforce […]
How to Use Performance Goals to Drive Employee Engagement
Performance goals. Key performance indicators. Management by objectives. Regardless of what you call them, if your company is like most, January means you are in the midst of setting company […]
Beyond Ages: Engaging Employees at all Career Stages
For years, we’ve all heard and read about Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and now, more recently Gen Z. We’ve looked at generational similarities and differences for everything from spending habits […]
What Your Employee Engagement Survey Can’t Do
I’ve had several conversations lately about annual employee engagement surveys – it’s about that time of year when people are either reviewing results or preparing to conduct a survey, depending […]
9 Tips to Landing the Perfect Summer Internship
It’s that time of year – spring has sprung (mostly), and college students are hot on the trail of summer internships. As someone who started as an intern 16 (yikes!) […]