2014-04-11-declassified top secret - pixgoodI’m Simpson…Gregory F Simpson, Agent In Engagement.  Below is the latest intelligence briefing on employee engagement. Follow @agtinengagement to stay current with the latest intelligence.

 

 

“These assets have been declassified and should be distributed to fellow “Agents” for review.”

 

 

SPOTLIGHT ARTICLE

Website: Harvard Business Review
Article: How Emotional Intelligence Became a Key Leadership Skill
Link: https://hbr.org/2015/04/how-emotional-intelligence-became-a-key-leadership-skill
Author:  Andrea Ovans

Comment: “An understanding of what exactly constitutes emotional intelligence is important not only because the capacity is so central to leadership but because people strong in some of its elements can be utterly lacking in others, sometimes to disastrous effect.”

 

 

 

Website: Huffington Post
Article: The Seven Habits of Organizations Who Truly Value People
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tj-trent/the-seven-habits-of-organ_b_7190428.html
Author: T J Trent

Comment: “Studies show that top organizations are successful because they make their employees feel valued. They forgo duplicitous words and actions in favor of taking deliberate steps to create and grow relationships. These organizations have transformed the prevailing corporate mindset from creating increase through reduction to creating growth by investing additional resources in people.”

 

 

 

Website: News Max
Article: Jack Welch: CEOs Can Judge Their Success By Employees, Customers and Cash Flow
Link: http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/Welch-CEO-employee-success/2015/05/01/id/642053/
Author: Dan Weil

Comment: “”There are three measurements you need to understand at a business to know if you’re on the right track,” Welch said.”

 

 

 

Website: Trak.in (India)
Article:  The Top Tech Trends in Employee Engagement
Link: http://trak.in/tags/business/2015/05/04/top-tech-trends-employee-engagement/
Author: Zachary Sisco

Comment: “It turns out that what they say is true — there is indeed an app for that. And employee engagement is no exception. In this article, I cover some of the recent tech trends employers are using to make employees happier and more engaged.”

 

 

 

Website: HR Zone
Article: A pragmatist’s guide to employee engagement
Link: http://www.hrzone.com/community-voice/blogs/jasminegartner/a-pragmatists-guide-to-employee-engagement?utm_content=buffer89fa5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Author: Jasmine Gartner

Comment: “Fast forward to 2015, and you can see a major change has taken place. Now the drivers from the Times’ list include work-life balance, employee health, and being honest. But the big give away is that the Times has added a section called “Mission / Vision,” linking it to the section on “Best Workplace Factors.””

 

 

 

Website: Forbes
Article: Stop Asking These Questions On Your Employee Engagement Survey
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/markmurphy/2015/05/04/stop-asking-these-questions-on-your-employee-engagement-survey/
Author: Mark Murphy

Comment: “To judge how effective your current employee survey really is, take a good look at every question on the survey, and ask, “Do I know exactly what actions will fix this issue?” It’s not good enough to be able to guess what might work; you have to know with complete certainty what you will do. If you don’t have a definitive answer, the survey question could cause you real trouble and needs to be dropped.”

 

 

 

Website: Association for Talent Development
Article: Why Improving Leadership Development Is an Organizational Imperative
Link: https://www.td.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2015/05/Why-Improving-Leadership-Development-Is-An-Organizational-Imperative?mktcops=c.human-capital~c.mgmt&mktcois=c.engagement-motivation~c.leadership-development~c.organizational-dynamics
Author: Edwin Mouriño-Ruiz

Comment: “Study after study demonstrates that the main reasons employees leave organizations are poor management and lack of leadership. In fact, a 2013 white paper from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), “The Challenges Leaders Face Around the World,” notes that 56 percent of organizations indicate a lack of leadership would impede organizational performance, and 31 percent predict that a leadership shortage would impact organizations over the next few years.”

 

 

 

Website: Lincoln Journal Star
Article: How Leaders Can Make or Break Employee Engagement
Link: http://journalstar.com/jobs/employer-tips/how-leaders-can-make-or-break-employee-engagement/article_d79ff8f0-f360-11e4-9605-6738015f976b.html
Author: Fred Kiel

Comment: “So what do we know about the conditions that create an engaged workforce? Organizations that engage their workforces have four features in common.”

 

 

 

Website: Association for Talent Development
Article: Employee Engagement Spectrum: Myths Versus Facts
Link: https://www.td.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2015/05/Employee-Engagement-Spectrum-Myths-Versus-Facts?mktcops=c.human-capital&mktcois=c.engagement-motivation~c.perf-improvement
Author: Tracy Maylett

Comment: “Simply stated, engagement isn’t binary. Engagement is a continuum, a spectrum. There are many levels of engagement, and they change over time. In fact, analysis of over 16 million engagement survey responses reveals that engagement can be broken into four basic categories.”

 

 

 

Website: img Zine
Article: Is employee engagement a lead indicator of business performance?
Link: https://www.imgzine.com/en/is-employee-engagement-a-lead-indicator-of-business-performance/
Author: Kelly Verdonk

Comment: “According to the latest research numbers, the UK has an Employee Engagement deficit and the widest productivity gap since 1995. Can we link this productivity deficit to the lack of employee engagement? To explore this question, we spoke to Cathy Brown, Executive Director at Engage for Success, an industry-led movement committed to the idea that companies should release more of the capability and potential of people at work.”

 

 

 

 

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