The Watercooler

The Watercooler Blog is full of workplace tips and trends related to employee retention, engagement, interviewing and more. The Watercooler is frequently refilled, so gather ‘round often.

Protect Your Business from the Coronavirus Outbreak

How are you coping with the coronavirus pandemic and its effect on your business? What are you doing to keep yourself and your employees safe? It’s a new world for the time being, and everyone is learning as they go. As you continue to protect your organization, here are some tips and ideas: Implement Your [...] Read More

Learn How to Improve Teamwork in the Workplace

Teamwork may be one of the most common buzzwords in the corporate world. But that only underlines its importance, as robust teams build morale, productivity, and profitability, and make problem-solving more effective. There are myriad studies on the value of teamwork. In one report, 86 percent of employees and executives reported that workplace failures were [...] Read More

4 Ways to Create an Amazing Company Culture

Your company culture affects virtually every aspect of your business – from recruitment and retention through ongoing employee engagement and, ultimately, higher productivity and better overall results. Recent research shows that 94 percent of executives and 88 percent of rank-and-file workers believe that a positive culture is essential to a company’s success. To make your [...] Read More

How to Help Build Up Your Employees’ Confidence

As you assess your employees’ skills and growth potential, don’t overlook one of the most critical traits of all: confidence. No matter how smart, educated, or talented they are, people will perform below par if they lack self-confidence. Individuals with healthy levels of it can achieve more new goals and develop better ideas. Plus, they [...] Read More

Are Your Employees Stressed? Learn How to Help Them

Why should you invest in stress management for your employees? As noted by experts at Farleigh Dickinson University, the work impact that symptoms of stress can result in include higher absenteeism, turnover, workers compensation and medical insurance costs, lower morale and productivity, and damage to your employer brand, as word spreads quickly about a company [...] Read More