Business Leadership Today

The 5 Toughest Challenges of Leadership Today (and How To Overcome Them)

The toughest challenges of leadership today are setting achievable goals, delegating effectively, building trust, maintaining transparent communication, and managing change. When leaders overcome these challenges, they are better able to meet the challenges of employee engagement and retention. 

Why Organizational Culture Is So Difficult to Change

Organizational culture is so difficult to change for these reasons: lack of commitment, fear of change, results are valued over respect, values are not defined, observable, or measurable, it’s a long process, lack of planning, lack of accountability, high turnover, and lack of culture alignment in recruitment. 

The 14 Drivers of Employee Engagement

The 14 drivers of employee engagement are clarity of expectations, having the tools required to do one’s job, doing work that leverages one’s strengths, recognition, growth, feeling heard, meaningful work, excellence, belonging, feedback, autonomy, trust, well-being, and feeling cared for by leaders.

How To Measure Employee Engagement in a Way That Improves It

There are several ways to measure employee engagement to gauge how well engagement strategies are working: Annual employee engagement surveys, Pulse surveys, Employee Net Promoter Score surveys, 1:1 meetings, Exit interviews, Stay interviews, and Retention rate

14 Employee Engagement Strategies for a Winning Culture

Here are 14 employee engagement strategies for a winning culture: maintain clarity, provide needed tools, leverage strengths, recognize work, commit to growth, listen, emphasize purpose, foster excellence, create belonging, exchange feedback, offer autonomy, build trust, support well-being, and demonstrate care.

Why Employee Engagement Is Important to Employees

Employee engagement is important to employees because it improves job satisfaction, gives their work purpose, makes them feel valued and that their individual contributions are essential to organizational success, and improves their professional and personal well-being.

 A Leader’s Guide to Implementing an Effective Employee Experience Strategy

An employee experience strategy is a collection of policies that companies can implement to improve employees’ perceptions of their roles and work environment. These policies improve the employee experience by addressing employee needs, helping them stay motivated and productive, and supporting their well-being.