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
Halogen Software Talent Space Blog: Solving the Employee Engagement Equation
Comment: “Many of us are puzzled trying to solve this engagement equation: Work + ? = Employee Engagement. I’d like to guide you through some of the proposed solutions, and encourage you at the end of this post to write your own equation to solve employee engagement.
Tiny Pulse: Telltale Symptoms Employees Are Being Worked to Death [Infographic]
Comment: “This infographic by Hello Schedule brings to light some alarming statistics regarding work’s impact on your health and how organizations can improve the situation.”
The Denver Post: Workplace Coach: Cultivating employee engagement pays off in retention
Comment: Learn how a focus on employee engagement benefited the City of Centennial.
Tiny Pulse: Employees Want More Negative Feedback From Their Managers
Comment: “According to a study published in the Harvard Business Review, nobody really likes to give a negative review. But more than half of us — 57%, to be exact — love to receive it, compared to 43% of us who enjoy hearing positive feedback only.”
OnRec: Want Satisfied Employees? Focus on Management Style
Comment: “Providing the best environment for productivity is within the realm of management, and management practices can either hurt or help how employees do their jobs. If you would like to see employees involved and fully engaged in their tasks, you must apply the right strategy for both motivating them and rewarding Employee Engagement their efforts.”
Business Standard (India): Technology to drive Employee Engagement
Comment: “While a majority 77 per cent respondents believe technology-enabled instant employee feedback will replace employee engagement surveys within five years, there seems to be a disconnection when Indian companies are looking to appoint a survey partner as technology ranks fairly low in their decision making process.”
Tiny Pulse: 10 Best Practices for Onboarding an Executive
Comment: “To succeed, it’s imperative that your organization focuses on integrating a new executive as seamlessly as possible. Here are 10 best practices you can implement to ensure new executives feel right at home quickly.”
OnRec: Motivate me or i’m changing job!
Comment: “The psychological force of employee motivation will not only determine the direction of a person’s behaviour in an organisation, their effort and their persistence, but its impact on the business as a whole. More than ever in our rapidly changing workplace, managers need to understand employee motivation and act on it before loyalty is lost, according to cognitive neuroscientist and business psychologist Dr Lynda Shaw.”
Smart Company (Australia): The one New Year’s resolution business leaders should make, according to this famed former CEO
Comment: “Business leaders should make improving employee engagement their number one priority during the New Year, according to one management expert.”
LifeHacker (Australia): Questions Business Leaders Should Ask To Improve Employee Engagement This Year
Comment: “As the holiday period winds down and people trickle back into work, business leaders should make employee engagement a top priority as they kick off the new year at work, according to a management expert. Here are some important questions for leaders to ask themselves in order to improve their relationships with their workers.”
Globoforce: The New Science of Stress
Comment:”[N] ew research shows that organizations can use stress to their advantage. Stress can actually increase feelings of social connection, bond teams together, and add more meaning to our work.”
Tiny Pulse: 11 Ways a Nightmare Work Culture Sucks the Life out of Employees
Comment: “Here are 11 ways a terrible work culture can deplete employee engagement.”
Business 2 Community: In 2016, Let’s Make Work Culture Great
Comment: “It’s the first work day of the new year, so together, let’s resolve to make work culture even better in 2016. Here are a few tenets to keep in mind along the way.”
Chartered Management Institute: How to stop your best workers jumping ship in 2016
Comment: “A competitive salary and the opportunity to work for a well-known brand are no longer the only major incentives for attracting, hiring, and retaining the most talented workers.”
Tiny Pulse: 18 Hacks for Being Happy at Work
Comment: “If you find yourself ruing the day you first stepped foot inside your office, consider the following 18 tips that should help you drive your own employee engagement — and therefore more productive (not to mention more pleasant to be around) — at work.”
Tiny Pulse: What to Expect at Work From Generation Z
Comment: “They’re called “post-millenials,” the “iGen,” and, most commonly, “Generation Z.” They were born in the 15-year period starting around 1995, which makes them anywhere from 6 to 21 years old. There are roughly 60 million of them in the U.S., slightly more of them than millennials. And it’s time for some intergenerational understanding as Generation Z begins to assume its position in the workplace.”
Business 2 Community: Low Morale is All Your Fault: 5 Ways Managers & Employers Can Stop Driving Employees Away
Comment: “The latest research on employee engagement and morale shows some disturbing trends. By some accounts, worker engagement is at its lowest in almost 10 years, with a whopping 17.5% of employees actively disengaged, essentially “checked out” and merely putting in the time with minimal effort.”
Training Journal: Career frameworks deliver positive return, reveals Mercer study
Comment: “Unprecedented numbers of companies are seeking to ‘build from within’ and career frameworks are heralded as a cornerstone of success, according to new research.”
The Economic Times (India): HR leaders on the talent buzzwords of 2016
Comment: “Four HR leaders talk about the buzz that will get stronger in the coming months.”
Business News Daily: 5 Ways You’re Demotivating Your Employees
Comment: “If you’re not taking the time to check in with your group, you may be inadvertently demotivating your employees. Here are a few key behaviors and tactics to avoid as a leader.”
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Other recent Agent in Engagement data/reports by Agent Gregory F Simpson:
- Veteran Employee Engagement Operative Insights: 01.04 – 2016.01.08
- Top 5 Most Viewed Agent In Engagement Posts of 2015
- Cheers to Engaging in Twenty Sixteen!
- Give Yourself the Gift of Productivity
- The Gift Your Employees Really Want!
- Employee Engagement: Is It Just Window Dressing?
- Spoiler alert! I’m faking it. I’m disengaged.
