I’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.
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SPOTLIGHT ARTICLE
John Walter Thompson Inside: Top 10 HR Conferences to Attend in 2016
Comment: “Not only are these conferences great learning opportunities, but it is also a great platform to be an HR influencer. Having a presence at these events, whether its through speaking or exhibiting, will bring recognition to your organization as you help shape and craft the next generation HR professionals.”
Customer Think: 7 Big Benefits of Giving Employees the Knowledge They Need
Comment: “[H]ow does employee self-service knowledge separate the best from the rest? Here are seven key ways: Engagement, profitability, productivity, consistency, churn, culture and customer service.
Tech.co: The Best Tools for Improving Employee Engagement
Comment: “Many leading companies, both in the world and in the U.S., have turned to tools aimed at boosting employee enthusiasm. Here are a few techniques and systems these companies have put into effect.”
Loyalty 360: To the point with Employee Engagement Strategies
Comment: “In the end, employee engagement is dependent upon the company providing each employee with what they need to do their job and fulfill their true potential, while creating an environment that they want to return to each and every day.”
Business 2 Community: How Does Employee Engagement Impact On Your Brand Reputation?
Comment: “Your company’s employee experience has a direct correlation to its customer satisfaction levels. So, when laying the foundations of your employee engagement strategy or piecing together the nuts and bolts of a new brand campaign, make sure you have both your employees and customers front of mind.”
Tiny Pulse: REI’s Black Friday Closure is a Brilliant Employee Retention Strategy
Comment: “Not only is REI closing their doors for the day, but they’re also paying their employees to spend time in the Great Outdoors.”
Forbes: 5 Things You Can Do To Drive Corporate Culture
Comment: “[Jacob Morgan] sat down with Lisa Ower, vice president of Human Resources, to learn the secrets to Enerplus’ success and to see how the principles can be applied to any business.”
Wall Street Journal (blog): Why HR Belongs in the C-Suite
Comment: “Data makes the business case for the significance of the human resources practice. A 2011 study revealed that when companies include strategic HR within their other operations, they experience nearly 40% lower turnover, 38% higher employee engagement and more than twice the revenue per employee than do companies who view HR as a primarily transactional function.”
Huffington Post: Unleashing Human Potential & the Future of Work
Comment: “A colleague and I had the opportunity to attend a unique event last week. The event, Creating New Ways to Work, was sponsored by Virgin Pulse and hosted at Zappos headquarters in Las Vegas. The event consisted of a series of informative presentations, along with an engaging moderated panel, discussing the evolution of the workplace, including innovative, new ways to work.” “Here are some of the key messages from the Creating New Ways to Work event.”
Management Today: Forget engagement, are you flourishing at work?
Comment: “Flourishing at work is different to engagement; it is contextual. It is paying attention to the right things, and making small behavioural changes in order to have a better day and perform at your best. I researched what flourishing people do on their very best days, and revealed six elements that really matter.”
Forbes: The Real Reason To Care About Employee Engagement
Comment: “It’s not about sensitivity. It’s about productivity.”
Talk Business: How to use internal engagement to navigate change
Comment: “Sara Woods, founder and director, Philosophy Design, looks at how to use internal engagement to navigate change and provides her top tips to increase engagement.”
Association for Talent Development (ATD): How to Get Valuable HR Analytics From Your Employee Surveys
Comment: “To get more value out of your employee surveys, you must: 1) ask the right questions; 2) analyze the data cleverly; and 3) create insightful reports.
Tiny Pulse: The Power of Employee Appreciation [Infographic]
Comment: “Socialcast put together an infographic that details some unique findings.”
HR Morning: Exactly how motivated, engaged is your staff? A quick quiz
Comment: “All you need is one minute and your observations of employee behavior to find out if you’ve got a problem brewing.”
Forbes: Would Your Boss Throw You Under The Bus? 8 Side Effects Of Irresponsible Managers
Comment: “To understand the impact of irresponsibility we looked at those who receive negative, low, average, good and top quartile ratings on responsibility. We then looked at overall leadership effectiveness and employee engagement.”
Entrepreneur: When It Comes to True Employee Engagement, No Pain Equals No Gain
Comment: “Here are three difficult, and sometimes painful, steps that every company should take to create true employee engagement within their culture.”
Workplace Savings and Benefits (UK): Five ways to maximise digital employee engagement
Comment: “Mybenefitsatwork have given their top five tips to maximise employee engagement in a digital world.”
Benefits Pro: Most employee engagement initiatives failing
Comment: “A new survey finds little evidence that employee engagement initiatives are effective.”
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Other recent Agent in Engagement data/reports by Agent Gregory F Simpson:
- Veteran Employee Engagement Operative Insights: 10.26 – 2015.10.30
- Glassdoor Employer Branding Summit Recap – Part 4 of 4
- Glassdoor Employer Branding Summit Recap – Part 3 of 4
- Glassdoor Employer Branding Summit Recap – Part 2 of 4
- Glassdoor Employer Branding Summit Recap – Part 1 of 4
- When Engagement Means Life or Death
- Is Holacracy the Answer to Employee Engagement?
