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4 Links to inspire innovation during employee appreciation week—and all year long

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Organizations have the opportunity every day to promote a culture of recognition and inspire innovation from employees. How Adobe kickstarts innovation from its employees – Fortune. How are you recognizing your colleagues for Employee Appreciation Week? How to create a culture of innovation – Fast Company.

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How to Protect Your Company from High Employee Turnover

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From the employee point of view, it’s important to realize that in 2015, almost 25 percent of American workers left their jobs voluntarily. One-third of all employees know within the first week at a new job whether they will stay with the company for the long term. Make room for personal work styles.

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How to Spot Who’s Going to Quit Next

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To this end, it is important to focus your onboarding program on how to engage employees as quickly as possible to avoid high turnover. It’s also helpful to be aware of which industries have the highest percentage of employee turnover. The average turnover rate in 2015 across all industries was 16.7

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Employee Engagement: How to Measure What Matters

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Aon Hewitt, in an influential 2015 paper advanced the “Stay, Stay, Thrive” framework for the variety of desired Employee Engagement outcomes. Studies have shown that highly engaged employees are: 21% more profitable; 17% more productive, and; Enjoy 20% higher sales than industry peers with average engagement. Say, Stay, Strive.

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How Neglecting Employee Development Affects Your ROI

Achievers

Impact on Employee Retention. One of the biggest effects of neglecting the development of your employees comes in the form of staff turnover. Those Fortune 100 organizations saw their ROI manifested in increased employee retention; they had 65 percent lower staff turnover than other businesses in the same sector.

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For Recognition to Have an Impact, Make It Strategic

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Achievers’ 2015 “ The Greatness Gap ” survey of the North American workforce found that most employees are far from satisfied with how, when, or why they receive recognition — if they do at all. She is a regular contributor at Forbes, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur and several other media outlets.

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12 Traits That Make a Great Manager

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A strengths-based workplace culture offers measurable advantages: Gallup’s 2015 Strengths Meta-Analysis presents the “powerful connections between employee strengths development and business performance.”