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
LinkedIn Pulse: Employee Engagement Isn’t Getting Better And Gallup Shares The Surprising Reasons Why
Comment: “I recently met with Dr. Jim Harter, Gallup’s engagement Jedi for the past three decades. I asked him to weigh in on why engagement remains such a critical metric for organizational success, why we have so little to show for all the additional focus that’s been given to improving it – and to share some of the uncommon things high-performing companies have discovered move the engagement needle in a more meaningful way.”
Tiny Pulse: 10 Ways to Ignite Innovation at Work
Comment: “It’s great when creative thinking is supported by your company’s organizational culture. Now you just have to, you know, be brilliant. So here are 10 suggestions for how to shake more of those genius moments loose. All 10 of them are about helping you see things in the fresh way truly new ideas require.”
National Research Corporation: Use Employee Engagement Tools to Bring Joy this Holiday Season
Comment: “In our recent article in Provider Magazine, I discuss the keys behind what makes staff engaged in the post-acute environments (these attributes are applicable in all care settings in some regard). Keeping these attributes in mind, such as giving value to your staff’s work and promoting a quality workplace, are essential in discovering the joy you can bring this holiday season. So instead of the usual Santa visits and white-elephant exchange gifts, try these.”
Bloomberg BNA: Employee Happiness Is Key Predictor of Loyalty
Comment: “Tracking employee happiness can help employers determine which workers are most likely to leave the organization and how to get them to change their minds, according to a report released by Swedish-based employer branding firm Universum.”
Tiny Pulse: Employee Recognition Ideas for Every Single Occasion
Comment: “Recognizing your employees is vital to their happiness, yet many of them feel underappreciated. According to our research, not even one in three employees feels strongly valued on the job.” “To get you started, here’s a list of suggestions for different kinds of teams and different needs. No matter your situation, you’ll find employee recognition ideas that work for you.”
Allen Corporation: Engagement Weekly: Keeping Engagement Levels High During the Holidays
Comment: “Learn about the latest in employee engagement within various industries. This week’s influential authors look into when to give (and not to give) employee feedback, how to keep engagement high before and after the holidays and making thank-you’s in the office more sincere.”
Human Resources Online: The 6 things that great leaders do
Comment: “Aon Hewitt’s Top Companies for Leaders research found that great leaders are doing six things that differentiate them from the rest.”
OnRec: 5 Essential Ingredients for Your Recognition Program
Comment: “Gallup’s research shows that regular recognition increases productivity and employee engagement while lowering turnover and accident rates. Therefore, every company should follow the five tips below to improve their employee recognition program.”
HRM New Zealand: The ‘three Cs’ supporting a top NZ workplace
Comment: Comvita has three core values that drive the way the entire business operates: caring, courage and curiosity.
Loyalty360: How Tools Can Increase Employee Recognition: Part 1
Comment: “This is the first installment of a series of articles discussing some of the tools and methods that are key to the success of your Employee Recognition solution.”
Forbes: Telltale Signs Employees Are Not Engaged
Comment: “The unfortunate reality is that most businesses are not filled with engaged employees. You might wonder how to spot the telltale signs employees are not engaged.”
Tiny Pulse: What Happens When Companies Eliminate Annual Performance Reviews?
Comment: “The Harvard Business Review recently interviewed representatives from 33 companies that have axed traditional performance reviews. Here is some of what they found.”
The Advisory Board Company: Focus on employee engagement.
Comment: “Check out our video [1:18] to learn more about the connection between employee engagement and patient satisfaction, including which engagement drivers present the most opportunity for improvement.”
Information Age: Can gamification save the disengaged workforce?
Comment: “Four ways organisations can solve the employee disengagement crisis with gamification.
Forbes: The Beatings Continue And Morale Fails To Improve
Comment: “The disparagement of poorly managed employees continues unabated, despite the fact that the problem has been well publicized (and well mocked) and the pressure to inflate scores is an open secret in the worst offending firms. This malpractice, which threatens the whole concept of employee engagement, should have ended by now.”
Inc.: 9 Things That Make Good Employees Quit
Comment: “Few things are as costly and disruptive as good people walking out the door. Here’s how to make it stop.”
Tiny Pulse: 4 Overlooked Perks that Every Employee Actually Wants
Comment: “[I]n order for your business to attract top talent and land the best candidates, it’s critical that you offer an extremely competitive benefits package as a part of your recruitment strategies.”
Entrepreneur: Happy or Not, US Employees Are Restless. Use These 3 Tactics to Keep Them.
Comment: “Below are some key insights from Universum’s [2016 Global Workforce Happiness Index] report, which can help you better understand your retention rates — and what to watch out for in terms of attrition.”
Harvard Business Review: Engaging Your Employees Is Good, but Don’t Stop There
Comment: “The foundational elements—call them employee satisfaction—are fundamentals such as having a safe work environment and the tools necessary to do the job. Abraham Maslow taught us that we can’t concern ourselves with higher goals until we have the necessities of life, including security. So it is in the workplace: first things first.”
Business and Legal Resources: 2016: Rethinking employee engagement
Comment: “A lot has been written about on the need to rethink engagement. The process of conducting an annual employee engagement survey, identifying drivers, prioritizing them, and action-planning need to be supplemented if not replaced by a better process focused on the employee.”
Tiny Pulse: The Surprising Cost of Toxic Employees
Comment: “A recent working paper by Michael Housman and Dylan Minor of the Harvard Business School shares the results of their study of toxic workers. They were given access to employment data on nearly 60,000 workers at 11 companies. The researchers’ primary focus was on conduct that caused the toxic employee to be terminated.”
Chartered Management Institute: 6 companies that get employee engagement – and what they do right
Comment: “Companies such as Google and Virgin are prime examples of extraordinary employee engagement reaping real benefits. Find out how these, and other leading companies, are getting the most out of their employees/.”
Blackbook HR: Employee Engagement Trends for 2016
Comment: “Read ahead to learn employee engagement tips that will be helpful in the coming year.”
Loyalty 360: The Employee Rulebook Trap (or, The Difference Between Taxis and Uber)
Comment: “What’s the difference between a taxi and an Uber?” “It boils down to a key fact: Uber drivers are held accountable for the experiences they provide to customers. And Uber is able to do this by building customer feedback into how it manages its drivers and ensures quality.”
Forbes: 4 Ways To Define Trust In The New World Of Work
Comment: “Geographically, demographically, even culturally, how we view trust and what it means has evolved, as have the rituals we use to build it. The same kinds of activities that might have raised eyebrows and closed ranks in the past can have the opposite effect now.”
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Other recent Agent in Engagement data/reports by Agent Gregory F Simpson:
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- Employee Engagement: Is It Just Window Dressing?
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