UK plc: some HR policies to make Britain great again
hr If the UK were a company, what should its people policy be? Here are some strategic HR approaches to help CEO David Cameron and his board identify UK plc’s core competencies and kick-start growth
View ArticleCreate a Work Environment That Encourages Employee Engagement
Today may be my day to annoy some of my readers because my views about employee engagement are quite like my views about employee satisfaction - that it is largely ...Read Full Post
View Article5 Practical ways to address employee engagement issues.
Why? Because we're not waving but drowning! In what many would see as a "no s**t Sherlock" declaration, the CIPD announced today that there's seemingly an age-related engagement issue undermining UK...
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Leveraging what you have: talent engagement & retention
With the economic recovery and expansion of the job market, leaders are beginning to fear an exodus of star talent. Employee engagement has significantly decreased in the past five years and executives...
View Article5 High Impact Approaches to Employee Development & Growth
Development Planning, Performance Reviews and 360 Feedback are all examples of tools that many organizations utilize to increase an employees development, performance – and ultimately employee...
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Happiness…It's Not Just About Chocolate Anymore
I have a friend (we all have this friend) who is successful, financially comfortable and yet not terribly happy. It makes you wonder, because these friends always seem to have it all - why wouldn’t...
View ArticleInnovation Returns
Everyone today is looking for optimal solutions, not ideal solutions. Life is about making acceptable trade-offs and being “innovative with efficiency”- not an oxymoron, apparently. AT Kearney...
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Employee engagement defies age of austerity, as workplace pride increases,...
HR Magazine UK workers are combating austerity blues and economic woes with a renewed sense of purpose, according to a new study revealed exclusively to HR demonstrating levels of enthusiasm and...
View ArticleEmployers continuing to struggle to fund wages that keep pace with inflation
Good management to support employees and maintain employee engagement is more important than ever Despite welcome news today that inflation dropped to 3% in April, the Chartered Institute of Personnel...
View ArticleBrain Training Is Becoming the New Push in Employee Wellness
Not only is employee well-being an essential component of overall wellness efforts, researchers say a healthy brain is crucial to employee engagement.
View ArticleBig Companies Leverage Gamification For Big Wins
Dell is using gamification. Siemens uses Plantville, a computer game that simulates the running of a manufacturing facility. This fosters greater problem solving and efficiency among their workforce,...
View Article"How" We Work as Important as "What" We Accomplish
Recognise This! – Focusing only on the “what” (results) can lead to unintended consequences. Kevin Kruse (author of Employee Engagement 2.0) recently presented in Forbes the idea of Feedforward....
View ArticleWhat Career Conversations Do Employees Want?
Year after year, surveys find enterprise employees dissatisfied with how they are being supported in their careers. In fact, most of them not only do not feel supported, they often feel downright...
View ArticleHow Leaders Are Creating Engagement In Today's Workplaces
If there's one topic that continues to persist in the minds and radars of most leaders today, it's the issue of employee engagement. Specifically, how do we go about fostering an engaged workforce...
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GEN Y STORY. It's all about connection
Gen Y places a high value on connections. In fact, a recent Cisco report found that roughly half of students and young professionals surveyed considered access to the internet nearly as important as...
View ArticleMotivating Middle Performers (aka "The 70%")
Most leaders assume that middle performers are already doing the best they can, and so dismiss taking any action to improve their performance. Middle performers, in turn, internalize this assumption...
View ArticleHow to Use Social Media to Drive Employee Engagement & Organisational...
Traditionally when implementing recognition programmes it has been a challenge to encourage momentum and create engagement with employees, particulary in relation to the aspirational organisational...
View ArticleHR departments are increasingly prioritising employee wellbeing
Wellbeing schemes are not new. But since they initially emerged much has changed. They have evolved from seeing wellbeing as health and safety guidelines that seek to do no harm, to a wide range of...
View ArticleWhy Worry About Employee Engagement?
With all the numbers and statistics that pass across executives’ desks, it’s no wonder that the employee engagement score feels like one drop in a very large ocean. But...
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4 Reasons to Improve Employee Engagement
With all the numbers and statistics that pass across executives’ desks, it’s no wonder the employee engagement score feels like one drop in a very large ocean. But it’s not. Employee engagement is a...
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