Below is a briefing on some interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week.
Website: The Economic Times (India)
Article: Eight ways HR can tap Enterprise Social Network
Link: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-08/news/53691483_1_hr-heads-employee-engagement-esn
Author: Amrita Premrajan
Comment: “Mani Bansal, VP – Product Development, Xavient Information Systems, elaborates the various ways in which HR heads can leverage their [internal social network] for employee engagement.”
Website: Business 2 Community
Article: 8 Facts On Employee Retention That’ll Keep You Up at Night
Link: http://www.business2community.com/human-resources/8-facts-employee-retention-thatll-keep-night-0996962
Author: Jacob Shriar
Comment: The author offers 8 statistics that clearly show how improving employee retention affects the bottom line as well as three ways to improve retention.
Website: David Zinger
Article: Get with it: Are you ready for Employee Engagement 2015?
Link: http://www.davidzinger.com/get-with-it-are-you-ready-for-employee-engagement-2015-18144/
Author: David Zinger
Comment: The author discusses three different approaches to employee engagement: To, For, and With.
Website: WGC Common Sense (blog)
Article: Why Glassdoor is an Excellent Beacon for Seeing (and Improving) Employee Engagement
Link: http://blog.wcgworld.com/2014/09/why-glassdoor-is-an-excellent-beacon-for-seeing-and-improving-employee-engagement
Author: Gary Grates
Comment: “[I]nstead of bemoaning the sometimes negative commentary that shows up on the site, savvy HR executives and Communications professionals would do well to treat such information as a treasure trove of new data that can lead to insight and potential new actions.
Website: CGMA Magazine
Article: Companies aware of, but not acting on, need to alter engagement strategies
Link: http://www.cgma.org/magazine/news/pages/201410883.aspx?TestCookiesEnabled=redirect
Author: Neil Amato
Comment: The author discusses a “recent global report by management consulting firm Hay Group, which interviewed 300 heads of employee engagement at companies around the world. The report mentions six trends that will transform the global business environment and describes how the trends affect workers.” It also “lists five steps organisations can take to “future-proof” their engagement strategies.”
Website: Forbes
Article: Your Company Is Socially Engaged, But Do Your Employees Even Know?
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/causeintegration/2014/09/09/your-company-is-socially-engaged-but-do-your-employees-even-know/
Author: Ryan Scott
Comment: The current state of employee engagement can impact a company’s ability to connect with customers. The article sites a recent LinkedIn and Altimeter Group report “concluded that the top performing companies build relationships with their employees through social media and leverage their core values to empower their employees to be brand ambassadors.”
Website: Business 2 Community
Article: 3 Steps to Building Employee Engagement and Increasing Productivity
Link: http://www.business2community.com/human-resources/3-steps-building-employee-engagement-increasing-productivity-01002035
Author: Michael Meere
Comment: The author offers “3 simple steps you can follow to make sure you have set your staff up for success and, to ensure your staff really want to work for you!”
Website: Blanchard LeaderChat
Article: Not Making Progress on Your Employee Engagement Initiative? 3 Keys for “Moving the Needle”
Link: http://leaderchat.org/2014/09/11/not-making-progress-on-your-employee-engagement-initiative-3-keys-for-moving-the-needle/
Author: David Witt
Comment: The Ken Blanchard Companies identifie[d] “three areas where organizations need to be especially vigilant in the way they approach” organizational engagement initiatives.
Website: Chief Learning Officer
Article: The Value of Engagement
Link: http://www.clomedia.com/articles/5838-the-value-of-engagement
Author: Max Mihelich
Comment: Jim Harter, Chief Scientist and Engagement Expert at Gallup, on “the value of engagement, what factors lead to engaged employees and its potential effect on the bottom line.”
Website: Click Z
Article: Your Employees: The Most Undervalued Asset in Your Company
Link: http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2364590/your-employees-the-most-undervalued-asset-in-your-company
Author: Russ Fradin
Comment: The article notes that direct managers and communication are two of the largest factors in employee engagement. Fixing problems in these areas will have a big impact on engagement and can be accomplished with little to no cost.
Website: Cambridge Network
Article: Five Social Media Tricks for Better Employee Engagement
Link: http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/5-social-media-tricks-for-better-employee-engagement-for-emp2559/
Author: Pure Resourcing Solutions
Comment: This article “look[s] at some of our ideas for enhancing employee engagement through the power of social media.”
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!
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