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How To Be A Green Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Thursday, October 28, 2010 How To Be A Green Leader You can be a green leader at work and help save the planet and money for your business, by following these practices and instilling these habits with your employees: Photocopiers: Use the "standby" button on your copiers and that will lighten your energy load by 70 percent.

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How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls

Eric Jacobsen Blog

So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls. These are in what I consider is the best chapter of the book The Essential HR Handbook , that she co-authored with Barbara Mitchell. Clustering everyone in the middle performance-rating categories 2.

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Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Employee pay often is not the most important driver for employee retention. To learn more about employee retention and the reasons employees decide to leave an organization, read Overland Park, KS author Leigh Branhams book, The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave. In fourth place is an organizations financial stability.

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Great Business Quote

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Saturday, August 7, 2010 Great Business Quote Heres a great quote from author and speaker Harvey Mackay : "When a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience ends up with the money, and the person with the money ends up with the experience." How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Sunday, September 26, 2010 How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, recently completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies. Been looking at this book for awhile.

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Engage Your Employees.Especially Now

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Monday, April 26, 2010 Engage Your Employees.Especially Now Im a big fan of the books authored by Leigh Branham. Re-Engage is co-authored by Branham and Mark Hirschfeld and the authors worked with Quantum Workplace on the research for the book. big and small improvements, new ideas and suggestions for innovation.)

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5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Friday, November 12, 2010 5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers I really like author Paul R. Timm is the author of, 50 Powerful Ideas You Can Use To Keep Your Customers. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). What else could we do to better serve you?