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Love the One You’re With: Increasing Employee Engagement

Happy, engaged employees are the key to a successful workforce. The employees who love their jobs and their companies are the most productive, effective and loyal. The positive energy these professionals bring to the workplace not only helps to create a cheerful work environment, but also directly affect your organization’s bottom line, service-quality and employee ... Love the One You’re With: Increasing Employee Engagement

Generational Spotlight: Baby Boomers as the Workplace Leaders

This blog entry is part three in Jacobson’s Generational Spotlight Series, which provides a general overview of the generations active in the workforce. While we understand that these overviews may include broad stereotypes that do not apply to all members of that particular breakdown, we believe there is value in looking at today’s professionals from a ... Generational Spotlight: Baby Boomers as the Workplace Leaders

Corporate Citizenship: An Overlooked Talent Solution?

Ten volunteers, a few glue sticks, construction paper and a surprise visit from the one-and-only Cookie Monster are all it took to foster employee engagement and help promote the unique company culture at The Jacobson Group. On October 16th, a group of Jacobson employees visited Chicago’s Harold Washington Library as part of the Insurance Industry ... Corporate Citizenship: An Overlooked Talent Solution?

Generation X: Growing Tomorrow’s Insurance Leaders

The leadership landscape of the insurance industry is poised to undergo monumental changes during the next 10 years. Currently, the fraction of professionals aged 55 and older within the insurance industry is nearly 30 percent higher than that same fraction measured within the economy as a whole. In addition, almost 25 percent of the current ... Generation X: Growing Tomorrow’s Insurance Leaders

Personal Cheerleaders: Should Management Double as Employee Coaches?

The most important part of any organization is its employees. The effective engagement of employees can be the difference between business success and failure. However, as mentioned in a previous blog post, Gallup reports that 63% of U.S. employees are unhappy with their jobs, while 24% actively hate their position. Together, these number reflect a ... Personal Cheerleaders: Should Management Double as Employee Coaches?

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