Best practices in conducting employee surveys

Written by Natalia Nistor on September 9, 2014. Posted in Articles, Individual Performance, Trending

Employee satisfaction and employee engagement are aspects that organizations focus on and try to assess in order to determine how employees feel about different issues related to the organization, its activities and their own job, issues that employees would not otherwise point out due to fear of compromising themselves or losing their job. A useful tool that can help managers look into employee satisfaction levels and collect information in this respect is the employee satisfaction survey.

Office design can drive employee performance

Written by Cristina Mihăiloaie on September 2, 2014. Posted in Articles, Individual Performance, Trending

According to the International Academy for Design and Health, the physical working environment can impact employee productivity up to 30%. A smart office design can enhance employee performance. In its article ”Top 20 most awesome company offices”, Income Diary presents some of the most impressive offices around the world.

Managing Employee Turnover

Written by Alexandra Blaga on August 26, 2014. Posted in Articles, Individual Performance, Trending

Employee turnover represents a process that consists in the actions taken to replace one employee with another, no matter the reason for which this change is necessary. Related to this specific process, it is essential that the employee turnover rate is viewed as a key performance indicator, as it reveals the percentage of employees that an organization had to replace within a given time frame.

Innovative business cultures: starting at the individual level

Written by Alexandra Blaga on August 14, 2014. Posted in Articles, Individual Performance, Trending

Current dynamics and globalization have brought on companies that include innovation in their core values. A commitment for innovation is more and more often part of corporate culture and values. Companies emphasize hiring people through whom they can achieve innovation, more specifically, they are looking for those traits that are aligning with actual corporate values.

Training courses: useful or useless for employee development?

Written by Alexandra Blaga on August 13, 2014. Posted in Articles, Individual Performance, Trending

While activating in a company, employees attend several training programs, which can be general or specific in nature. Even if a training is general, specific, technical or targets soft skills development, it can be either truly helpful or insignificant for the same employees, all this depending on the future actions taken.