The emphasis on how HR uses information has become much more strategic and in this economic climate the use of information may form the distinction between the organisational winners and losers. Does your employee survey stack up? Data should provide insight not just information Nick Kemsley in Personnel Today...
These days, organisations are keener than ever to measure employees’ wellbeing as well as their employee engagement. The two are inextricably linked, of course. But as wellbeing specialists like Dr Bridget Juniper point out: …emerging research suggests that organisations that focus only on those areas associated with conventional engagement...
Whilst reading some recent articles around employee engagement, I came across a paragraph from Linda Dulye, who has written an article on Fox Business. “In the end, engaging employees to give their best starts with top bosses sharing the game plan, followed by managers ensuring great two-way communication. After...
A recent study by the Society for Human Resource Management has put some hard figures on the effectiveness of tracking employee engagement. The study (of 770 HR leaders) had some very interesting outcomes. 76% of companies with a formal recognition programme report an increase in productivity. Where employee engagement...
Employee engagement research specialists chosen We are delighted to announce that Places for People has chosen us to work alongside them in the delivery of their ongoing employee engagement survey. With in excess of 60,000 homes, 13 businesses, c 3000 staff and assets of over £3 billion, it is...
These days, most organisations have wised up to the fact that an engaged workforce leads to greater productivity and less staff turnover — and creates a happier, healthier place to work. And while it can sometimes be hard to spot the signs of employees who are becoming less engaged,...
Our friends over at HR Zone have kindly published our latest article on an oft forgotten aspect of employee engagement. Click to read more about talking less and listening more…
Gallup’s insight that ‘people join companies, but leave managers’ is as true today as it has ever been. Recent research underlines the fact that a person’s immediate line manager is the single biggest influence on their engagement — and whether they decide to stay. Given how much it costs...
I’ve been travelling quite a bit recently and I’ve experienced (not for the first time) that unnerving feeling of arriving at a destination but not really being sure how I’ve managed it. A large part of the journey is a bit of blank – my mind had wandered. Apparently...
We’ve seen quite a bit of evidence from research conducted over the past 18 months that employees and organisations are moving towards an ‘email culture’. What this means in practice is not just that email is a medium of communication but it is rapidly replacing others forms of interaction,...
