More than a living

Follow me, if you will, through a little scenario.
Let’s say you get a job offer.
This job entails your spending four years attempting to complete a project. You can take longer. You can take less. But four years is the generally accepted amount of time to complete the project.
You’ll be working with a number of other […]

Hippity Hoppity, hippity hoppity… we know this song. But I’m wondering, what is the thinking that motivates job hopping?
I’m a mover, a shaker. Or easily distracted, whatever. I’m not the loyal 20-year man that many managers want. I get in and am ready to fire it up. And then move on when the speed of […]

According to the Houston Chronicle–or as the hip kids like to call it “The Chron”–half of your stellar employees may be looking for a new gig.
No. I’m serious.
Forty-seven percent of your most productive, most creative, most valuable workers are mailing out resumes, going on job interviews, even contemplating other offers.
I know. Take a second to […]

As usual, the pig got me thinking again.
In this entry, Jack is talking about customer happiness and loyalty, but it got me to thinking about employee happiness and loyalty.
Try reading the quote he cites from Fred Reichheld, “the preeminent authority on customer loyalty”:
Don’t get yourself in a dither about customer loyalty. Studies find that while […]