Below is a briefing on some interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week.
Website: The Washington Post
Article: Talent Matters: Enabling greater collaboration to acheive an advantage
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/talent-matters-enabling-greater-collaboration-to-acheive-an-advantage/2015/01/02/47f77864-8f73-11e4-ba53-a477d66580ed_story.html
Authors: Brian Kropp and Jean Martin
Comment: “Today, many no longer see engagement as a source of competitive advantage — not because it is irrelevant, but because employee engagement levels are already high.” Really? Instead, the author argues that companies should focus on “Network performance, as we define it, is about how employees collaborate and work together to improve the performance of others.”
Website: Entrepreneur
Article: 3 Simple, Yet Critical Musts for Onboarding Success
Link: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/241293
Author: Marty Fukuda
Comment: “During the first few days of an associate’s career, amid those nervous, impressionable moments, a company should lay the groundwork for a lasting powerful relationship with the person involved.”
Website: Human Capital Magazine (Australia)
Article: Maximising your employee pool potential
Link: http://www.hcamag.com/opinion/maximising-your-employee-pool-potential-195018.aspx
Author: Kim Seeling Smith
Comment: “Like a workplace Neapolitan ice cream, employees typically come in three distinct “flavours”: your Critical People, the Squeaky Wheels and the Fat Middle.”
Website: Forbes
Article: What Businesses Want Out of Giving Back
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/causeintegration/2015/01/04/what-businesses-want-out-of-giving-back/
Author: Ryan Scott
Comment: “The less that companies silo corporate philanthropy as a nice-thing-to-do-if-you’re-in-the-mood and instead prioritize it as an essential component of their business mission and bottom line, the more investment we’ll see in this area.”
Website: Customer Experience Matters
Article: 2015 Is “The Year of the Employee
Link: https://experiencematters.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/8-cx-trends-for-2015-the-year-of-the-employee/
Author: Bruce Temkin
Comment: “I decided that 15 trends for 2015 would be too many to track. Instead, I’ve narrowed down the focus to these 8 key CX (customer experience) trends for 2015.”
Website: Training Journal
Article: Employees not seeing current firms as long-term career prospects, study finds
Link: https://www.trainingjournal.com/articles/news/employees-not-seeing-current-firms-long-term-career-prospects-study-finds
Author: Seun Robert-Edomi
Comment: “A recent study into employee perceptions of how managers and senior leaders are operating in today’s business environment has identified that more than half of today’s workforce do not view their current employers as long-term career prospects.”
Website: Forbes
Article: HR Technology Trends In The Workplace In 2015
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/karenhigginbottom/2015/01/06/hr-technology-trends-in-the-workplace-in-2015/
Author: Karen Higginbottom
Comment: This article looks at the “two major HR technology trends that will emerge in 2015.”
Website: HR – Business and Legal Resources
Article: 3 flaws of employee engagement (Videos)
Link: http://hr.blr.com/HR-news/HR-Administration/HR-Strategy/3-flaws-employee-engagement-Video-equal-input#
Author: Nicole Price
Comment: “Nicole Price of Cy Wakeman explains that there are 3 flaws of employee engagement based on faulty assumptions by employers.” These flaws are presented in short videos: Part 1 (4:12); Part 2 (4:27); Part 3 (4:11)
Website: The Economic Times (India)
Article: Top concerns HR cannot afford to avoid in 2015
Link: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/top-concerns-hr-cannot-afford-to-avoid-in-2015/articleshow/45822421.cms
Authors: Neha Singh Verma & Apeksha Kaushik
Comment: This article provides information on the four things HR must revisit in 2015.
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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