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 updates.
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SPOTLIGHT ARTICLE
IBM and the Great Divide in HR
HR Executive Online: “IBM’s recent foray into improving the experience of individual employees highlights just how big a break a personalized approach would be from the past ideal of simply treating everyone equally.”
Trust in Employee Engagement: Data Reveals Employee Trust Divide
Edelman: “For the first time in the 16 years of our TRUST BAROMETER research, we examined the state of trust between employers and employees and today are issuing the 2016 Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report on Employee Advocacy.”
What’s Your ROI?
NACS Online: “The sixth and final video installment of the NACS Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council (NACS/CCRRC) study on employee engagement in convenience retailing features managers who’ve done the work to change the culture in their stores and achieved incredible results.”
Visual Storytelling Vital to Workplace Engagement
No Jitter: “Barco X2O explains how a visual communications platform utilizing content channels keeps employees motivated and inspired.
Employers Rank Employee Engagement as a Strategic Priority
EHS Today: “The connection between high employee performance and employee engagement is well established, with over 80 percent of employers listing engagement as a priority.”
Leadership Can’t Afford to Be Foolish About Employee Engagement
Business 2 Community: “When it comes to Employee Engagement, organizations simply cannot adopt a harebrained approach and expect to be successful. As highlighted below, the cost of workforce disengagement in terms of productivity and profitability are not something even the most good-humored leadership can jest about in the boardroom.”
4 Steps to Build a Human Workplace
Recognize This!: “Research points to the importance of a caring and purpose-driven culture, leadership support, and values-aligned recognition in creating a human workplace.”
8 Overlooked Areas Where Employee Retention Saves Companies Money
Tiny Pulse: “A scary statistic thrown around is that turnover costs an organization 150% of an employee’s salary to replace them — and even more if that employee skews toward the senior side. But it isn’t just a corporate urban legend. Employee turnover really can be that costly, or even more so.”
6 Surprising Data Points About Recognition
Globoforce: “[I]t’s becoming more important than ever that HR leaders tie their recognition programs back to bottom line results.”
5 Impressive Leadership Traits to Model
LinkedIn: “[P]eople want to follow leaders who are honest, forward-looking, inspiring and competent. Below is my definition of each of these characteristics. I also added the fifth area that often determines how consistently successful a leader becomes.”
Can Paying People to Quit Actually Drive Better Employee Engagement?
ERE Media: “What do you do with an “adequate” employee — the type of person who puts in just enough effort to get the job done, but is clearly only in it for the paycheck? The answer, as strange as it may seem, might be to pay them to quit.”
Engagement Weekly: Who is Responsible for Employee Engagement?
Allen Communication: “Learn about the latest in employee engagement within various industries. This week’s influential authors look into who is really responsible for better employee engagement levels, counterproductive myths about corporate culture and three elements of true employee engagement.”
Fewer employers spending on employee engagement efforts
Benefits Pro: “A new study by TalentKeepers, a firm that researches and analyzes employee engagement, yields both encouraging and troubling trends about U.S. employers’ attitudes towards worker engagement.”
How to Boost Employee Performance with Recognition
Bonusly: “Just like any powerful tool, recognition’s impact is closely related to its application. To get the most out of it, there are a few key factors to keep in mind.”
Ditch Annual Performance Reviews, Improve Workforce Performance
Ignite Global: “I’ve put together a white paper on how Adobe, Deloitte, Accenture and GE (among others) have blown up their annual performance reviews and what they are replacing them with.”
The Science Behind Monday Blues — And How to Start Off Your Week Right
Tiny Pulse: “According to science, we feel most miserable on Monday mornings for a variety of reasons. Here are some of them”
The Value of Engagement
ATD: ‘The evaluation of engagement has evolved over several decades and generally involves three major categories of research. Beginning with a logical analysis, research has moved to exploring relationships between engagement and other variables, and then on to ROI analysis where the monetary benefits of engagement are compared to the costs of engagement initiatives.”
Engagement Still Top HR Concern
HR Executive Online: [G]oing by Human Resource Executive®’s latest “What’s Keeping HR Up at Night?” survey, keeping employees engaged and productive is still the hands-down leader among all other headaches.
Employee Engagement Is Not Just A State Of Mind
Forbes: “Some of the ways employee engagement grows are through the prioritization of recognition, planning, communication, and contribution. These four initiatives bring the topic to the surface and ultimately drive results.”
8 Inexpensive Ways to Implement Professional Development
Tiny Pulse: “Luckily, professional development doesn’t have to involve hiring a guru who demands a five-figure speaker’s fee. There are plenty of easy, cheap ways to help your employees stay at the cutting edge.”
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Other recent Agent in Engagement data/reports by Agent Gregory F Simpson:
- Veteran Operative Employee Engagement Insights: 2016.04.04 – 2016.04.08
- Get in the Driver’s Seat and Shift
- Not Focusing on Employee Engagement is Madness
- Are You Committing Fouls or Scoring Employee Engagement Points?
- 16 Sweet Ways You Can Score With Employee Engagement
- What Can You Learn From the Superboss Playbook?
- March Forth on Employee Appreciation
