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Juiceboxes and Nickelodeon reruns? Nope – try again. Generation Z, also known as iGen or homelanders, is all grown up. Entering the workforce. And changing how job satisfaction is defined. Just what does gen Z want at work – and how can you deliver it? Let’s start by understanding what makes them different from older…

Your organization had a great Q1 – congratulations! Now do it all over again. No pressure there, right? Creating short bursts of high productivity is relatively simple to accomplish: offer a cash bonus or some other type of highly desirable, tangible reward, and employees will typically boost their efforts. Temporarily. But how do you sustain…

Ever notice how some employees do the absolute minimum required to keep from getting fired, while others consistently go above and beyond your expectations? The difference in their performance is called “discretionary effort.” In simplest terms, discretionary effort is effort employees can give to go above and beyond requirements – when they want to. If…

Summer is just around the corner. And you know what that means… Vacations. Kids are out of school and July is typically the peak month for family travel. Unplanned absences. Mysterious, spontaneous employee “illnesses” increase during the summer months. (In other words, employees are likely to take impromptu “mental health” days.) Surges in business. For…

“This customer is going to be really upset if we miss this deadline.” “You’re going to have to pick up the pace.” “C’mon, you can do it…” When your company is up against it, do your attempts to motivate really energize your team – or do you just sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher? Endlessly repeating…