From
the Desk Of...
Jenny
Sherman, Senior Manager, Employee Relations/Training & Development
Legal
Briefs
Learn
more about wage payments and election day information in this
issue's Legal Briefs.
Working
Today: Understanding What Drives Employee Engagement
Building engagement is a process that never ends. And it rests
on the foundation of a meaningful and emotionally enriching work
experience.
Accident
Prevention and Reporting
It is the policy of PSU to protect the health and safety of
our employees, students, and visitors. Injury and illness losses
from accidents are not only costly but can be preventable. The
Facilities and Planning Occupational Health and Safety/ Environmental
Services has adapted fundamental health and safety concepts that
will reduce and prevent injury and illness due to hazards.
Uplifting
Employees
Building
trust for managers is a regular occurrence. The good news is
it’s the little things that count the most.
Make
Meetings Less Dreaded
Ineffectively
run meetings cost companies hundreds of thousands of dollars
each year and become career stoppers for managers.
People and their time are your company’s resources, and
it’s your job as the manager to maximize the value of both
to the organization. Meetings that reflect these best practices
become valued opportunities to communicate and learn instead
of resented gauntlets we’re required to run.
Manage
Performance With Ongoing Feedback
Feedback—the
exchange of information about the status and quality of work
products—can be used to motivate, support,
direct, correct and regulate work efforts and outcomes and ensures
that managers and employees are in sync and agree on the standards
and expectations of the work to be performed. But don’t
confuse feedback with a performance appraisal. While there may
be some small similarities between the two, they fundamentally
differ.
In
Brief …
To
See Ourselves as Others See Us-A 2006 survey by a staffing
firm found that most managers think pretty highly of their
management skills. Fully 92 percent of those surveyed said
they are excellent or good bosses. But when you ask their
direct reports, you get a different story: Only 67 percent
of employees surveyed gave their managers a good rating.
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