by Jamie Notter | Feb 8, 2019 | Engagement, Generational Diversity
One of the participants in my Managing Generational Diversity training course once told me an interesting story. Her Millennial daughter came home from work and told the mother that she had quit her job. When the mom asked why, the Millennial daughter replied,...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 31, 2019 | Books and Reading, Engagement
When we set out last year to write The Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement (which launches today!), our first task was to see what others were writing about the topic. And according to just about every article and blog post out there, engagement is “hard to...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 31, 2018 | Change, Culture, Engagement
Since today is the last day of the year, I’m going to boil everything down for you. If I had to give ONE piece of advice to leaders who want to: get the most out of their organizations attract and retain the best talent beat the competition, or even make them...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 5, 2018 | Books and Reading, Culture, Engagement
Maddie and I are BEYOND excited to announce the release of our next book, The Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement (for Millennials, Boomers, and Everyone Else!). It’s part of a series of Non-Obvious Guides that our publisher (IdeaPress, led by the super-smart...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 17, 2018 | Engagement
The HR world loves correlations. Every conference I go to, and every cool HR tool I see shows me some awesome statistic that connects whatever they are hawking to dramatic results. For example, I saw this in an infographic put out, not surprisingly, by an employee...
by Jamie Notter | May 28, 2018 | Engagement, Managing People
I’ve been searching the web for a good definition of employee engagement, and I have to say, I’m disappointed. There are a LOT out there, though I think that is fine. It doesn’t need to be oversimplified into a single definition. And given the amount of money we spend...