Human Resources
Starting Fresh in the New Year
The holidays often provide a welcome opportunity to take a break, remind each other how important they are to us, and rest. As the new year begins, though, it’s an opportunity to embrace new habits and set intentions for the next year that will take you – and your team – to the next level….
Human Resources
Three Ways to Thank Your Employees at the Holidays
The holiday season can be intense in any business. There are fewer working hours in the month, for some industries the workload increases considerably, and there’s a lot competing for the attention of your employees and your customers. Let us not forget, however, the magic of the holidays amidst the chaos of the season. As…
Human Resources
The Value of Engaged Employees
If you’re looking to improve your bottom line and your workplace culture, employee engagement is the place to start. When you’re aiming to increase employee engagement, however, it’s incredibly narrow to equate that with employee satisfaction or happiness, although an engaged employee may also be happy and satisfied at work. Employee engagement is the level of buy in…
Human Resources
How Digital Signage Supports HR
Digital Signage can typically seem like a marketing or even an IT solution. Unless you’re already using digital signage in your company, you may be missing opportunities to unify your messaging to your employees in an efficient, effective way that saves you time and money. We live in an age where everyone has infinite…
Human Resources
Developing a Culture of Gratitude
Amid the daily hustle and bustle, it can be easy to overlook opportunities to show your team how critical they are to your business. As we settle into the holiday season, however, it’s increasingly critical to remind your team that they’re important and valued by both the customers and the company’s leadership. Expressing gratitude to…
Human Resources
Onboard well!
Onboarding a new employee is one of the most important steps to building a successful team. More often than not “bad hires” are actually good employees who started on the wrong foot. During employee onboarding, you have the opportunity to give a new employee a sense of belonging as a part of your team, as well as…
Human Resources
Increase Your Employee Retention with These Three Tips
There is way more at play than money, when it comes to employee retention. We all know it’s hard to keep our best people, and it costs a lot more to hire a new employee than it does to retain a good one. But, when our employees begin to disengage, they take their first steps…
Human Resources
What Your Bulletin Board Isn’t For
If you’re trying to communicate with a busy workforce, time is of the essence. There’s only one of you, so the best thing you can do to ensure that your message gets across is to utilize effective communication strategies. Most offices employ a bulletin board to assist with getting the word out, but here’s the…
Human Resources
Three Factors Impacting Your Employees’ Attention
In the communication age, what should be easier – communicating – feels frustrating and it’s wasting a lot of time in your week. But it’s not, is it? In fact, you probably spend more time than ever repeating yourself and trying to roll out new policies. Why is it so much harder to communicate with…
Human Resources
The Solution for Workplace Frustration
We’ve all been there. The problems aren’t big, but they’re frequent and persistent. Each day, you head home feeling irritable, exhausted, and drained. When the road is bumpy with you team, frustration is an emotion that can overtake not just you, but your entire culture. Frustration in the workplace is a symptom of a bigger…
Human Resources
5 Ways to Encourage Your Employees
We’ve all been there. The workload is heavy, the work feels monotonous, and going to work just feels like a slog. When you’re in a funk, you need something to disrupt the daily grind, something that helps you remember why you’re there in the first place. Disheartened, tired employees need their leaders to step into…
Human Resources
9 Ways Digital Signage Helps HR Managers
As the creators of Retriever Digital Signage, we work with an array of businesses who are using digital signage to get their message across to a number of audiences, in a number of ways. But, when we look at our customer base, we see a major trend of people for whom Retriever has been a…
Human Resources
Make Your Employees Happy
The HR landscape has changed a lot over the last decade. Thanks to modern technology and improvements in communication, the job of the HR representative has transitioned into a role far more concerned with recruitment, retention, and shaping the culture of the business itself. As a result, the HR representative, more now than ever, is…
Human Resources
Do You Have a Communication Gap?
When you’re communicating with a large workforce, you have a lot of options. And, chances are, you’ve tried it all: bulletin boards, email, paycheck memos, text messages – the list goes on. And, even more frustrating: what worked for you just a few years ago isn’t working anymore. Despite the fact that we are currently…
Human Resources
The Secret to Employee Satisfaction
We all want to create a workplace culture that adds to our employees’ lives. We all want happy, satisfied employees who do great work, stick around, and find joy in their work. But, depending on the size of your business and the type of work your employees do, striking this balance can be a challenge….
Human Resources
Improve Your Communication, Improve Your Employee Retention
In manufacturing, one of the biggest and most frustrating challenges is employee retention. For HR leaders in the field, their job requires constant energy spent in recruitment, onboarding, and communicating… and re-communicating. When the labor pool is small, employee retention is all the more critical: when you find good, qualified employees, you want to keep…