Research shows that perceptions of inequity are associated with lower job satisfaction, engagement, performance and mental health, as well as higher turnover. The opposite is true when workers feel they are treated equitably. Clearly, managers don’t want their employees to perceive they are being treated unfairly, so what should a supervisor do?
Sidnee Peck, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, provides employers with guidelines on how to approach and constructively critique an employee that is performing at less than expected/optimal levels.
Valentine’s Day is both loved and hated, but regardless of where you stand, you’re well-aware of its influential marketing power. For the second quarter, how can you transform your business into the “Valentine’s Day” of products or services?
“Mindfulness,” defined as “the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally to the unfolding of experience moment by moment,” has the potential to better our lives. It also can make you a better leader at work and home.
Michael Tipsord, vice chairman, president and chief operating officer of State Farm Insurance Companies, addressed the Economic Club of Phoenix, sharing information about the company’s growth and how it will benefit customers, employees and the Phoenix area.
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act provides stockholders with a way to express their displeasure when a CEO’s compensation seems outrageously high. But, only a tiny percentage of corporations and their CEOs have been on the losing end of so-called “say-on-pay” votes. New research by Associate Management Professor Matthew Semadeni explains why.
