Cultural change, or cultural transformation, is essential to align employee behavior with company goals, though it is challenged by resistance to change, lack of motivation, and complacency....
Facing declining global engagement, companies must prioritize a strong corporate culture built on clear, actionable values to boost retention and productivity....
Due to the unprecedented stress of the past year (tripled anxiety, quadrupled depression symptoms), employee mental health is critically suffering, impacting productivity and costing the U.S. economy billions....
Effective onboarding should last at least three months, ideally extending throughout the entire first year, to maximize employee retention and engagement....
A well-designed onboarding program is essential for employee retention (significantly reducing resignation risk) and productivity (boosting it by up to 62%)....
Companies with positive corporate cultures have significantly lower turnover (13.9% vs. 48.4%), proving that employees prefer a pleasant work environment....
In social networks, intention—the goal to act, buy, or grow—is the driving force. Companies must adopt this model, viewing the workplace as a social community where people with diverse skills align their individual ambitions with the corporate culture to succeed and foster innovation...
HR managers often worry about achieving credibility and relevance. A key pitfall is focusing on processes over business alignment, exemplified by an HR department halting a manager's simple, culture-building initiative—the collection of employee birthdays and contacts—due to an internal complaint....