Restricted Declassified stamp - pixgood.comI’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

Avatar Solutions: Resolving to Increase Your Own Employee Engagement

Comment: “This year, consider focusing your resolutions on your own employee engagement in the workplace. While resolving to improve your work environment, your outlook, or your overall engagement can be challenging, if you think outside the cubical, it might not be as difficult as it seems.  Here are some ways to support your own employee engagement in 2016 and beyond.”

 

 

 

 

Tiny Pulse: What Workplace Bullying Costs You and Your Company

Comment: “ [Q]ualiaSoup offers an eye-opening overview of workplace bullying and what a smart company can do to stop it. Watch.” (Video 12:30)

 

 

 

AG Professional: Motivating employees to embrace change

Comment: “Done right, change management can actually strengthen employee engagement. So, how do you bring your employees along rather than have them digging in their heels or, worse yet, heading for the nearest exit? Below are some fundamental guidelines that Peppercomm has developed in working with ag companies and in other industries that are experiencing similar challenges.”

 

 

 

CGMA Magazine: 3 ways to motivate disengaged employees

Comment: “Companies need to create new ways to advance and develop their people if they want to stay competitive and reverse the ‘quitting in seat’ trend.”

 

 

 

Tiny Pulse: 7 Things About Employee Recognition Your Boss Wants to Know

Comment: “Managers want to know: what works, how they can make you feel valuable, and what that looks like in reality. Supervisors already know that employee appreciation is crucial, but when it comes to how to enact policies you as employees want, sometimes they’re in the dark. Here are the seven things that your bosses want to know.”

 

 

 

Tiny Pulse: 10 Tricks for Developing the Leader Within You

Comment: “Don’t wait until a promotion comes to start working on your management skills. By taking the proactive steps to improve these necessary leadership qualities, you increase the likelihood your boss will recommend you for the next management position that opens up. Here are 10 ways you can do that.”

 

 

 

AllenComm: Engagement Weekly: Engagement Tactics For the New Year

Comment: “Learn about the latest in employee engagement within various industries. This week’s influential authors look into organizational game plans for the new year, the benefits of consistent feedback and how to give employees the belief that their work matters.”

 

 

 

BlessingWhite: Shared Responsibility of Employee Engagement

Comment: “Employee Engagement responsibility is shared between the individual, manager and executive.” “This video [3:30] contains a detailed explanation of the shared responsibility.”

 

 

 

Forbes: The Five Loudest Messages You’re Sending Your Employees

Comment: “[B]efore you dig into an upgrade for your employee handbook or evaluate your employee engagement activities, it’s smart to look at the messages you’re already sending your employees.”

 

 

 

Virtual-Strategy: Survey Reveals 98% of CEOs Ignore Annual Employee Engagement Survey Results

Comment: “In a Motivosity survey of Inc. 5000 companies, we found that less than 2% of CEOs will review annual employee survey data more than once.”

 

 

 

PC Magazine: 4 Ways to Boost Employee Engagement

Comment: “Plenty of HR tech vendors sell software and services to help companies of all sizes build engagement. But you don’t have to spend a lot to keep staff feeling connected and appreciated. Here are four ways to start (or improve upon what you’re doing).”

 

 

 

LinkedIn Pulse: How to Motivated the “Unmotivated”

Comment: “[T]he #1 question I still hear from supervisors, managers and leaders is ‘How do I motivate people?’ Isn’t it obvious?

 

 

 

Tiny Pulse: 5 Unique Ideas for Alcohol-Free Work Social Activities

Comment: “The great news is that work social activities do not have to center around — or even include — alcohol. There are five great workplace “party” ideas in particular that leave alcohol behind.”

 

 

 

Huffington Post: 10 HR Trends You’ll See In 2016

Comment: “To understand what the future holds for HR professionals around the world, at P World, we spent the last month talking with over 60 international HR experts, discussing their ideas and predictions for the year ahead. The conclusion- 2016 is going to be one of the most complex years in the global HR world.”

 

 

 

Chief Learning Officer: Five Common Leadership Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Comment: “These management mainstays can mean the difference between employee satisfaction and employee retention or performance issues.”

 

 

 

Association for Talent Development: Gaining Support for Employee Development

Comment: “There are no easy solutions for getting managers to embrace development. However, here are some insights and strategies that will help agents of change to forge momentum.”

 

 

 

Business News Daily: Being Bored at Work Might Be Bad for Your Health

Comment: “The research from Gallup found that “actively disengaged” employees — defined as those who are not only unhappy, but also act out their unhappiness by undermining what their engaged co-workers accomplish — are significantly more likely to experience physical pain and stress on any given day and have been diagnosed with high blood pressure, high cholesterol and depression.”

 

 

 

Globoforce: Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015

Comment: “As you may have noticed on our social channels, these past couple of weeks we’ve been taking a look back at our most popular blog posts from the past year. From work-life balance and mindfulness to social capital and The Power of Thanks, we explored the many facets of the human workplace. More than ever before, 2015 showed us how important purpose, appreciation, and respect is for employee well being and business success—and how social recognition can help get us there.”

 

 

 

Forbes: Key Management Trends For 2016? Here Are 6 Research-Based Predictions

Comment: “As this is 2016 there were 16 predictions in all, but I was drawn to 6 of them, which in my opinion also tell a surprisingly linear story about the changing face of management.”

 

 

 

Tiny Pulse: 2014 vs 2015: How Employee Engagement Has Changed in One Year

Comment: Highlights of the 2014 and 2015 Employee Engagement Report and what they have in common.

 

 

 

 

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