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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: Forbes
Article: True Employee Engagement Requires An Employee Feedback Loop
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucekasanoff/2014/10/26/true-employee-engagement-requires-an-employee-feedback-loop/
Author: Bruce Kasanoff
Comment: A story about David Niu and his Company, “TINYpulse, that offers a service that makes it easy for companies to continually (i.e. every week) survey their employees.”
Website: Biz Times
Article: Engaged employees are effective employees: They want to make a meaningful contribution
Link: http://www.biztimes.com/article/20141027/MAGAZINE03/310269978/-1/MAGAZINE
Author: Aleta Norris
Comment: ““If our CEO (or other executive team members for that matter) does not believe in the value of investing in leadership development, how do we convince him or her?” It may be easiest to help executives understand the importance if we turn to research.”
Website: Miami Herald
Article: Why a culture of respect is good for your company’s bottom line
Link: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/biz-monday/article3366653.html
Author: Nigel Patterson
Comment: “[T]he key is identifying and respecting the inherent differences and motivators in each person.”
Website: Personnel Today
Article: Engagement at work is on the rise, says global survey
Link: http://www.personneltoday.com/hr/employee-engagement-is-on-the-rise-says-global-survey/
Author: Jo Faragher
Comment: “According to the Great Place to Work Institute, which analysed employee engagement in 40 countries over the past five years, most countries have experienced a rise in trust levels at work, with some experiencing a significant increase.”
Website: Business Management Daily
Article: Leadership & Employee Engagement–Case Study Lessons
Link: http://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/41357/leadership-employee-engagement-case-study-lessons#_
Author: Jathan Janove
Comment: “If you’re serious about training your managers to increase employee engagement, what do you need to do?” This article links to an interview with “Jeff Bushardt is Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Comporium Communications, Inc.” and some “reasons why the project was successful.”
Website: Forbes
Article: 3 Principles Leaders Must Follow To Build Employee Engagement
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffboss/2014/10/27/3-principles-leaders-must-follow-to-build-employee-engagement/
Author: Jeff Boss
Comment: “Why do employees become disengaged? Check out these staggering statistics from AtTask ’s 2014 State of Work study and you’ll see why.” “To combat the potential for employee disengagement, here are three principles to remember…”
Website: Huffington Post UK
Article: What a Yolk…
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/emily-perry/what-a-yolk_b_6052670.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-business
Author: Emily Perry
Comment: “[H]ow far should employers go when acting upon employee feedback.” Learn what Google and Facebook are now offering as a result.
Website: Human Capital Magazine Online
Article: How to fully engage staff in 5 easy conversations
Link: http://www.hcamag.com/opinion/how-to-fully-engage-staff-in-5-easy-conversations-193451.aspx
Author: Kim Seeling Smith
Comment: “At best, your employees are bringing their B or C games to work; at worst, their main goal is to keep from getting fired. Kim Seeling-Smith provides some tips to ensure their ‘A Game’ is brought to work every day.”
Website: Harvard Business Review Blog
Article: Rules for Designing an Engaging Workplace
Link: http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/10/rules-for-designing-an-engaging-workplace/
Author: Sally Augustin
Comment: “As today’s companies wake up to the value of workers who are truly engaged in their work — a clear case of trying to encourage certain ways of thinking and behaving – they should probably be paying far more attention to place design.” “A place indicates respect for employees when it supports them as they do their jobs. Workers want to do their work well.”
Website: The Globe and Mail
Article: Five simple ways to drive employee engagement
Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-managing/human-resources/five-simple-ways-to-drive-employee-engagement/article21312053/
Author: David Zimmer
Comment: “Keep employee engagement simple by defining it as ‘good work done well with others every day.’ Here are five things you can do to boost engagement in just five minutes.”
Website: Peter McKelvie
Article: How to Engage Employees in Business Plans – 5 of the Best Simple Strategies
Link: http://petermckelvie.com/how-to-engage-employees-in-business-plans-the-best-simple-strategies/?utm_content=bufferee521&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer#
Author: Peter McKelvie
Comment: “If you feel you need to keep the business planning process and outcomes a secret from your employees, then you should accept you will not have 100% commitment to your plan and you risk it not reaching its full potential.”
Website: Talent Culture
Article: #TChat Recap: Employee Engagement & Its Path To Culture
Link: http://www.talentculture.com/tchat-recaps/tchat-recap-employee-engagement-its-cultural-battle/
Author: Meghan Biro
Comment: #TChat recap with “guest Josh Levine, Director of Strategy and Founder at Great Monday and Co-Founder of CultureLab. Josh’s unique experience and perspective on employee engagement guided our knowledge on the matter and its connection with building great company culture, because culture is only a moment away from being impactful to employee retention and productivity.”
Website: Office Vibe
Article: Improving Company Culture
Link: http://www.officevibe.com/culturetalks/improve-company-culture-culturelab?utm_content=buffer8016a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Author: Jacob Shriar
Comment: Video (28:28) and transcript of an interview. Josh Levine, Co founder of The Culture Lab in San Francisco tells us how companies can improve their culture, and shares the difference between startup culture and culture at bigger companies.
Website: Financial Post
Article: ‘A stick and a carrot at the same time’: Why Costco pays twice the market rate
Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2014/10/30/a-stick-and-a-carrot-at-the-same-time-why-costco-pays-twice-the-market-rate/
Author: Melissa Campeau
Comment: Costco invests in its workforce. Engagement matters. “Higher wages don’t tend to affect engagement on their own.”
Website: Business 2 Community
Article: 5 Simple Steps For Line Managers To Achieve Employee Engagement
Link: http://www.business2community.com/leadership/5-simple-steps-line-managers-achieve-employee-engagement-01052645
Author: Paul Keijzer
Comment: “No one can influence motivation, sense of belonging and emotional well-being as much as the boss.” The author offers 5 steps to help mangers improve employee engagement.
Website:The CSuite UK
Article: Driving Customer and Employee Engagement
Link: http://www.thecsuite.co.uk/CEO/index.php/people-management/126-customer-employee-engagement-4545
Author: Karine Del Moro
Comment: “[B]usinesses and solution providers alike are waking up to the fact that customers and employees are really two sides of the same coin.” “This combined approach measures the Voice of the Customer through the Employee (VoCE) and brings the theory of the close relationship between employee engagement and customer engagement to reality. There are 3 clear-cut reasons why a VoCE programme is the way forward.”
Website: Business 2 Community
Article: Stop Complaining – Take Employee Engagement Into Your Own Hands
Link: http://www.business2community.com/human-resources/stop-complaining-take-employee-engagement-hands-01046091
Author: Paul Keijzer
Comment: “[W]hat can you do to become a highly engaged employee?” The author offers 7 suggestions.
What are your thoughts on these selections? What articles, blog posts, books, etc. can you recommend to other “Agents”? Let’s talk about them in the comments below!
P.S. First time here? Welcome to the Agent In Engagement site. Thanks for taking the time to stop by! I hope you’ll explore the rest of the site. Let me know what employee engagement topics interest you.
Other recent Agent in Engagement articles by Gregory F Simpson:
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- The 1st Tenet of Better Engaged Employees – Customers Make the Rules
- Archetypes of The Hero’s Journey and The Employee Engagement Journey
- The Hero’s Journey and the Employee Engagement Journey
- What Crayons Can Teach Us About Employee Engagement
- Employee Engagement and Opportunity Cost
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