Employee Engagement

If you don’t know, you don’t know.

By Howardco on Jul 29, 2021 in Change Management, Employee Engagement, Managing People | 0 comments

If you don’t know, you don’t know. Why getting feedback is important. We can give and receive feedback on several different levels within an organisation, from strategic company-wide feedback, operational staff or customer surveys, and even down to tactical feedback such as exit interviews. These different forms of feedback help you understand the ‘boots on the...

Resilience and Agility

By Howardco on May 27, 2021 in Employee Engagement | 0 comments

Resilience and agility in the new normal Covid is not over, and it has not gone away. What we have learned in the last 15 months is that resilience and agility are key to business survival in times of ongoing uncertainty. And what we have seen some remarkable examples of businesses that have been able to adapt and thrive in adverse situations.   Resilience...

Working from home: We’re in this together

By Howardco on Mar 26, 2020 in Change Management, Covid-19 resources, Employee Engagement, Managing People | 0 comments

Suddenly working from home presents its own unique set of challenges for everyone who has been thrust into it. At Howardco, we hear you! We want to make sure everyone is coping, making the best of it and most of all staying productive and positive. Business will continue and adapting to our new environments is key. We took some time away from our work yesterday to...

Feedback. Where would we be without it?

By Howardco on Aug 1, 2019 in Employee Engagement, Managing People | 0 comments

When I think about feedback, I am reminded of that saying that goes “if you always do what you’ve always done you will always get what you’ve always got”. So, if you are happy with the way things are in your business you can use feedback to encourage more of it. But if you are not happy with the way things are going you can use feedback to make corrections, so you...

Boost Company Culture through Employee Development

By Howardco on May 2, 2019 in Employee Engagement, Managing People | 0 comments

Increasing competition and rising consumer demands call for flexible and adaptive organisations equipped with the right people with the super skills to compete. In their latest CEO survey, PWC discovered that ‘reducing the skills gap’ is a key concern for CEO’s. “75% of Australia’s CEOs (and 79% Globally) are concerned about the availability of key skills.”...

Don’t manage performance

By Howardco on Apr 4, 2019 in Employee Engagement, Managing People | 0 comments

Lately, we have had a number of occasions to assist our clients with performance related matters and this is an area in which many business owners feel totally at sea, in particular fearing they might ‘do the wrong thing’. Performance management is all about getting the best out of your employees and not just when things go wrong, though many people only consider...