A good manager can make or break your experience at an organization. I bet if you thought back on all of the positions you’ve held, you stayed longer at the ones where you liked your boss. So it’s just silly when organizations blame their employee attrition on compensation alone. That just seems like a cop-out and isn’t doing your organization any favors. According to a Gallup poll, at...
The top choice to fill your vacant marketing director position just accepted your job offer. You can finally relax and take a breath because your job is done. Or is it? An often overlooked step in onboarding is the critical time frame from the moment someone accepts the position to their first day. Sometimes called preboarding, this is a crucial aspect to make sure that your new hire actually...
It’s likely that you remember the most recent criticism you received more clearly than the last praise you received. Industry leader, Chester Elton discusses the need for more recognition than criticism and why it’s important that recognition comes not only from leadership and management but also from peers. The benefits of peer recognition Peer recognition can improve employee satisfaction,...
Ginger Powell was recently named the recipient of our Mission, Vision and Guiding Principles award for Q4 of 2017. Anyone who has had the pleasure of working with Ginger knows that this award is well-deserved. Awarded each quarter, the Mission, Vision and Guiding Principles program began as a way to recognize employees who embrace our guiding principles. CKR employees are encouraged to...
Last Thursday, Facebook announced it would be updating the News Feed to prioritize posts from friends and family over content from businesses, brands and media. As you can imagine, this sent marketers into a frenzy with some calling it the “Facebook apocalypse.” But before you start to panic, there are still a lot of unknowns about what the update will mean for brands and we aren’t likely to get...