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Below is a briefing on some interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week.
Website: LinkedIn Pulse
Article: Job Changing intentions near record highs and employers are not responding
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/job-changing-intentions-near-record-highs-employers-todd-d-palmer
Author: Todd Palmer
Comment: “America’s Workforce: A Revealing Account of What U.S. Employees Really Think About Today’s Workplace garnered the following results and sheds insights as to why so many employees are open to new job opportunities.” “New research from the UK’s Ashridge Business School provides some answers as to how CEO’s are contributing to the problem of lack of employee engagement within their organizations.” The article concludes with “some simple and effective ways to make an immediate impact.”
Website: Forbes
Article: Your Brain on Games
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/sylviavorhausersmith/2014/12/29/your-brain-on-games/
Author: Sylvia Vorhauser-Smith
Comment: “In an era characterized by technology-fluent millennials who grew up with Xboxes, PlayStations and Wii’s, the gamification of business processes to improve participation and engagement is beginning to gain traction. In fact, more and more companies are getting in on the gaming action – 32% of the $242 million games market was spent on enterprise games in 2012.” “But enterprise gamification isn’t all just fun and games. In fact, there’s sound science behind why games work in the workplace.”
Website: Naples Daily News
Article: Down to Business: Seven ways to improve employee engagement
Link: http://www.naplesnews.com/community/collier-citizen/down-to-business-seven-ways-to-improve-employee-engagement_72535113
Author: Andrew Singer
Comment: “As the manager of a business, you and your team have a direct impact on employee engagement. It’s essential you have a strategy in place to assure employee engagement. Survey after survey shows us that happy and engaged employees work harder and work smarter.” “Here are seven ways to improve employee engagement at your organization.”
Website: Gigaom Research
Article: Outlook: The Future of Work in 2015
Link: http://research.gigaom.com/report/outlook-future-of-work-in-2015/
Author: Stowe Boyd
Comment: Executive Summary about the three trends expected in 2015: Artificial Intelligence, Mobility, and “the heightened awareness of costs associated with a disengaged workforce.”
Website: Business 2 Community
Article: Why Employee Engagement Is So Hard To Quantify
Link: http://www.business2community.com/human-resources/employee-engagement-hard-quantify-01108129
Author: Jacob Shriar
Comment: “Employee engagement is so hard to measure accurately.” The author offers two CultureTalk videos containing information on proxy questions (Kevin Kruse, 33:39) and data & metrics (Shawn Murphy, 31:39)
Website: The Economic Times (India)
Article: Imagineering 2015: Turn work into a game
Link: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-01-02/news/57611661_1_gamification-employee-engagement-jive
Author: Jose Esteves
Comment: “One approach to improving employee engagement, which 70 per cent of the world’s 2,000 largest companies have already adopted, is game-type thinking, or enterprise gamification.” The author offers several examples of how companies are using gamification.”
What are your thoughts on these selections? Which was your favorite? What articles, blog posts, books, etc. can you recommend to other “Agents”? Let’s talk about them in the comments below!
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Other recent Agent in Engagement articles by Gregory F Simpson:
- Employee Engagement Quotes from December 22 – 26, 2014
- Infographic – The 10 Tenets of Better Engaged Employees
- The 10th Tenet of Better Engaged Employees – Honor Your Customer
- The 9th Tenet of Better Engaged Employees – Be More, Better, Faster, Different
- The 8th Tenet of Better Engaged Employees – Create Value
