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Understanding the Core Values Index Report

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
October 8, 2018

When you purchase the Core Values Index, you receive a 17-page report customized specifically for you. This article describes the breadth of content and tremendous value this report provides.

Employee Turnover Causes Client Turnover

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
September 24, 2018

This is the true story of a professional services company struggling with a serious hiring problem. People are their product and they've experienced a major issue with hiring the wrong candidates and the negative impacts that has caused. As they've learned the hard way, employee turnover causes client turnover.

Feel the Power of a Well-phrased Goal

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
September 10, 2018

One of the most powerful pieces of advice we can give to those wishing to be more effective at setting and achieving their goals is to choose and use a system. If you begin setting and defining your short-term objectives and long-term goals using the advice we've presented here, you will see measurable improvements and success almost immediately.

Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Death of High Turnover

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
August 27, 2018

Unhappiness and disengagement is one of the leading reasons people leave a job. If the pay is relatively equal between two jobs but one drains your soul, it's easy to understand why workers can be eager to jump ship and work for the competition.

Hiring Without Interviews, 32-Hour Work Weeks, and Looking Forward to Performance Evaluations

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
August 13, 2018

In this article, we cover three hot topics. First, we discuss the process of hiring without conducting an interview. Then, we move onto a controversial policy by a New Zealand professional services firm that pays their employees for a 40-hour work week but only requires them to work 32 hours. And finally, we discuss the possibility of actually looking forward to performance evaluations.

What is Your Four-minute Mile?

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
August 6, 2018

Each of us has a collection of mental or emotional barriers we feel are insurmountable. Sometimes we are fully aware of our capabilities and limitations (imagined or real) but more often we are unaware of our true strengths. Because of this, we pursue life paths that may not be compatible with our innate, unchanging nature.

The Principle of Fueling Performance

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
July 9, 2018

A great algorithm or principle needs a set of tools that implement its objectives in an efficient way. The Performance Fuel application provided by eRep.com takes the performance fuel formula and turns it into a powerful reality.

Can You Hear Me Now? Effective Communication is Crucial to Employee Success

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
June 11, 2018

When employees are engaged, they not only outperform their peers, they become motivated and inspired contributors to the company mission instead of jumping to the next opportunity with the competition. With today's tight job market, lowering turnover through effective communication may be the most important area of concern for business leaders today.

Performance Reviews Must Die

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
April 2, 2018

Employees despise them. Supervisors dread them. The antiquated and ineffective annual performance review needs to die.

What Every Employee Fears: Failure to Meet Expectations

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
February 19, 2018

I always dreaded getting annual performance reviews, even though they usually went well. This one was different. "I gave you a ‘failure to meet expectations' score because you didn't achieve your objectives for the year," my boss told me. The problem was I had no idea what my objectives were.

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