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Tag Archives: employees
Initiatives to Build Skills for New Jobs
While I’ve been at CALMC there have been significant swings in the Central Ohio job market. We have seen periods where jobs have been plentiful and others of high unemployment. In either case, it is important to plan for ways … Continue reading
2018 – Trends Impacting Labor, Management, and the Workplace in 2018 – Part One
Every year, one of the most read posts on our blog predicts trends in Labor-Management relations and collective bargaining. A couple of weeks ago, we reviewed on our ideas for 2017. This week, we will begin to look at the … Continue reading
Posted in CALMC, Columbus Area Labor-Management Committee, Communications, Conflict Resolution, Data-Based Decision Making, Employee Engagement, Employee Involvement, Labor-Management Cooperation, Problem Solving, Right to Organize, Trends in Labor-Management Relations, Worker Voice
Tagged CALMC, Change Management, Columbus Area Labor-Management Committee, Continuous Improvement, effective leadership, employee engagement, employee involvement, employees, labor management relations, labor-management collaboration, Labor-Management Committees, leadership, Millennials, Problem Solving, process improvement, resolving labor-management issues, working together, workplace problem-solving
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An Example of the Declining Middle Class
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the concerns of bus drivers Columbus, Ohio about the threat of driverless vehicles. Their concerns centered on the potential loss of hundreds of well-paying jobs of bus drivers and other employees and … Continue reading
Did You Know: You Can Make the Difference for Your Team
When working with new teams, we sometimes encounter sceptics. They tell us a team process cannot work in their environment, often because of someone, generally on the other side, who will not support the process. Making real systemic change is … Continue reading
Posted in CALMC, Change Management, Columbus Area Labor-Management Committee, Employee Engagement, Employee Involvement, Labor-Management Committees, Labor-Management Cooperation, Managing Change, Problem Solving, Systemic change
Tagged change, Change Management, climate, Communications, Conflict Resolution, employees, meetings, working together
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Did You Know: How Do Uber and the Sharing Economy Impact Workers (and Unions)?
Have you been reading about the conflict between Uber and its workers? It has the potential to be one of the more interesting labor-management stories this year. Unfortunately, it’s not about labor-management cooperation. I will admit I’ve never taken an … Continue reading
What Impacts Your Job Satisfaction?
What factors are most important to your job satisfaction? Look at the following 6 factors and rate them in terms of their significance to you. Performing Meaningful Work High Pay Sense of Accomplishment Challenging Work High Level of Self-Expression … Continue reading
Go Big or Go Home
What does engaging employees really require? If you want to get the most from the process, it takes a full commitment to involving employees in decision making and creating systemic change. Anything less is not really engagement. A few years … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Engagement, Employee Involvement, Labor-Management Committees, Teamwork
Tagged CALMC, Columbus Area Labor-Management Committee, decision making, effective leadership, employee engagement, employee involvement, employees, labor-management collaboration, Labor-Management Committees, process improvement, resolving labor-management issues, Systemic change, working together
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Labor Day – Remembering the Importance of Workers and Unions
As I am writing this, it is Labor Day in the United States. The holiday is supposed to celebrate the contribution of American workers to the success of the nation. In doing so, we also should remember the role of … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Engagement, Employee Involvement, Labor-Management Cooperation, Teamwork
Tagged CALMC, Columbus Area Labor-Management Committee, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, effective leadership, employees, involvement, labor management cooperation, labor-management collaboration, Leadership Teams, resolving labor-management issues, Systemic change
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