by Joanie Connell | Oct 28, 2022 | Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement and Retention, Leadership
It seems like work should be back to normal by now, but everyone keeps saying it’s not as fun as it was before the pandemic. People seem less friendly and more impatient. And, what’s scary for managers is that employees are less engaged and are more willing to quit if...
by Joanie Connell | Aug 15, 2022 | Employee Engagement and Retention, Flexible Work, Generations
The pandemic took the existing problem of low employee engagement and made it even worse. Remote work has enabled trends such as quiet quitting, in which an employee decides to do only the bare minimum, ghosting, in which employees actually quit their job without...
by Joanie Connell | Jun 20, 2022 | Assessment, Employee Engagement and Retention, Leadership
“I wish she would get a flat tire on the way to work,” he said about his former boss. “I don’t generally wish people harm, but in this case I do.” He was that angry at her for how she had treated him. He was one of the rare tech leaders I’ve worked with who had...
by Joanie Connell | May 15, 2020 | Blog, Employee Engagement and Retention, Remote Management
Help! My employees are experiencing quarantine fatigue! My employees are disengaging! How do I motivate my team remotely? Shortly after school went online, my daughter said to me, “They’ve taken away all the good stuff from school and made the bad stuff even...
by Joanie Connell | Jan 8, 2020 | Blog, Leadership
There’s so much pressure to perform these days that it’s tempting to keep control over projects and minimize room for failure. Why do managers resist delegating? “They’re not ready.” This is a typical reason leaders give to keep doing the work themselves instead...
