Personal illness accounts for just over one-third of unscheduled absences. Why? Family issues and caretaking, personal needs, stress, burnout, an “entitlement mentality” and probably a host of other (unreported) reasons.
According to the 2007 17th annual CCH Unscheduled Absence Survey by Harris Interactive:
Most people today are juggling the demands of busy personal and professional lives, and [...]
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The main Data Dome web site still requires top priority, so here are a few of the more interesting posts on our kinds of topics. Enjoy!
After finding almost 40 headlines in 21 days that showcased matters relating to corporate fraud or incompetence (or both), Jim Kissane “wonders” if fraud and incompetence can be considered a [...]
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The 2007 Top Fifty Companies for Diversity® were announced in March at DiversityInc.
Here are the top 10:
Bank of America
Pepsi Bottling Group
AT&T
The Coca-Cola Co.
Ford Motor Co.
Verizon Communications
Xerox Corporation
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York
JPMorgan Chase
PepsiCo
See the rest.
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Quotes of the day – on selecting and retaining the right employees:
If you’re losing employees, you’re losing customers.
On average, American companies lose half of their employees every four years, and half of their customers in five years.
This suggests that employee attrition may have a significant impact on customer loyalty.
While every loyalty leader’s strategy is unique, [...]
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