declassified - 1415 - top secret crossed outI’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

Why Eliminating The Annual Review Caused A Drop In Performance

Fast Company: “Ditching the dreaded annual review provided momentary euphoria, then a drop in engagement, performance, and communication.”

 


 

 

 

[New Report] 7 Ways to Help Your Employees and Company Thrive

Globoforce: “Helping employees thrive doesn’t necessarily mean spending budget that you don’t have. Here are seven tips from the [new SHRM Foundation report]”

 

 

 

5 Lessons for Values-Based Leadership from Harry Kraemer

Recognize This!: “Harry [Kraemer], former chairman and CEO of Baxter International and current professor of management and strategy at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management MBA program, shared insights on how to be a better leader from his new book From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership. I took away 5 key lessons and reminders from both Harry’s talk and his book, summarized here.

 

 

 

Engagement Weekly: Employee Engagement and Customer Experience

Allen Communication: “Learn about the latest in employee engagement within various industries. This week’s influential authors look at how employee engagement can affect customer experience, the future of employee engagement, the business of engagement surveys and how to boost engagement through the summer slump.”

 

 

 

If Employees Aren’t Engaged, Leaders Need to Take a Hard Look at Their Own Actions

Government Executive: “The articles and reports on engagement focus on managers and their effectiveness as supervisors.  The role of managers is a thread that runs through both this year’s FEVS survey and the Gallup survey.”

 

 

 

Why employee engagement is the route to success

Director (UK): “Employee engagement is essential to any good business, so why do so many businesses treat it as an optional extra, asks author and chairman of Purple Cubed, Jane Sunley.”

 

 

 

11 Common Reasons Companies Don’t Do Employee Engagement

TinyPulse: “Why are so few American professionals engaged at work? The answer could very well be rooted in the fact that many business leaders haven’t yet invested appropriately in engagement efforts.”

 

 

 

Employee Engagement: Start with a Strategy & Measure What Matters

Bersin by Deloitte: “I’m excited to announce that we are publishing a new Bersin blueprint (collection of reports, tools, and case studies) focused on designing and implementing an employee engagement strategy.”

 

 

 

4 Ways to Boost Employee Engagement with Video

Business 2 Community: “[T]oday, I want to talk specifically about how you can use video to cut through the clutter and boost employee engagement within your business.”

 

 

 

10 Tips for Keeping Yourself Motivated at Your Job

TinyPulse: “If you find yourself unmotivated at work, a few simple changes could go a long way toward reigniting the fire that led you to apply for the job in the first place. So here are 10 tricks to keep in mind if you find yourself losing motivation in the workplace.”

 

 

 

 

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Let’s Engage!

I’m Agent in Engagement Simpson…Gregory F Simpson.

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