Retaining Employees - KIm Seeling Smith

My friend, Michael Arnot, sent this very funny video about \’entitled Gen Z\’s\’ to me (https://www.facebook.com/reel/1887936842031537) and asked me for my thoughts. There\’s a lot to unpack so I shot a video to share my thinking. What about you? Do you think these Gen Zs are entitled? Do you think they are too sensitive? Or

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The Mouse Shuffle

Employee Engagement, Employee Experience, Employee Satisfaction, Future of Work, Leadership, Media, Retaining Employees / By Kim Seeling Smith

Do you know what the \’Mouse Shuffle\’ is? No, it\’s not the latest TikTok craze. It\’s employees gaming the system by using devices to shuffle their mouse so they look productive. 🖱️ Shocking you say? 😱 How about the fact that companies are STILL monitoring productivity by spying on people\’s mice movements or keyboard clicks

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Role Deconstruction

Employee Experience, Employee Satisfaction, Future of Work, Leadership, Recruitment, Retaining Employees, Talent Acquisition, Talent Retention / By Kim Seeling Smith

Have you heard of Role Deconstruction? If you\’ve been following me for a while, you know I\’ve been speaking about this for YEARS! Although I changed it slightly very recently to accommodate the rapid acceleration of AI. The future of jobs will require us to deconstruct roles into component parts. Some of these parts will

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Lack of Timely Feedback Impacts Performance

Employee Engagement, Employee Experience, Employee Satisfaction, Future of Work, HR Trends, Recruitment, Retaining Employees, Talent Acquisition, Talent Retention / By Kim Seeling Smith

We often struggle to give effective feedback. In Australia, it’s the tall poppy syndrome🌱✂, while in the US, it’s overly frequent but too vague. Phrases like “Great job” don’t cut it. After 30 years of studying why people leave jobs, it’s clear the top reasons are feeling valued and career development 🌟📈. COVID has only

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The 9 Currencies of Choice®

Employee Engagement, Retaining Employees / By Kim Seeling Smith

In Wednesday\’s post I told the story of how one manufacturing site used structured 1:1s and the impact they made on their union negotiation. I said that the key is to structure 1:1s. Unfortunately most managers don\’t talk to their people enough about the right things or in the right way. I have 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱

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60% of business strategy fails

Future of Work, HR Trends, Leadership, Recruitment, Retaining Employees, Talent Acquisition / By Kim Seeling Smith

Did you know that according to Harvard Business Review, 60% of strategy fails as well? Even if the strategy involves little or no change. Let’s say 10 businesses develop a strategy to increase their revenue by 10%. Statistically, 6 of those business will fail to do so. It’s not that the strategy isn’t good. It

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Aussies willing to sacrifice wages for work flexibility

Employee Engagement, Employee Experience, Employee Satisfaction, Future of Work, Retaining Employees, Talent Retention / By Kim Seeling Smith

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How Gen Zs are changing our relationship with work

Employee Satisfaction, Future of Work, Leadership, Recruitment, Retaining Employees, Talent Acquisition, Talent Retention / By Kim Seeling Smith

Gen Zs are literally changing our relationship with work. We need to understand why and how to be able to attract and retain them. I\’ve been asked to comment on generational differences since 2004. The first time I was asked about it was from a reporter with the New Zealand Herald (I was living in

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How do you give people a voice without losing control as a manager?

Retaining Employees, Talent Retention, Wellbeing / By Kim Seeling Smith

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On long service leave and getting back to the office

Gen Z at Work Expectations vs Reality