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
People Don’t Want to Be Compared with Others in Performance Reviews. They Want to Be Compared with Themselves
Harvard Business Review: “Why are employees so frustrated about the way they are evaluated, despite all the time and money being spent on these evaluations? What are organizations missing? We believe that one clue lies in the fact that 71% of the American employees thought that their evaluations had problems in the domain of fairness.”
Predicting Glassdoor scores with engagement data
Culture Amp: “At Culture Amp we use customer data in aggregate to form our yearly benchmark analysis. We thought it would be interesting to compare our data with Glassdoor’s and see if we might be able to predict Glassdoor rankings from our employee engagement data.”
Director Of Stanford’s New Big Data Program Gives Insight Into The Gig Economy, Big Disruptions Coming In The Future Of Work, Reasons Why AI Is Not The Biggest Threat To Jobs And More
The Future Organization: “Today’s podcast guest is Paul Oyer, Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Director of Stanford’s new Big Data program. If you think AI and automation is the biggest threat to jobs, think again. As you will hear in today’s episode, there are a few other big disruptions coming and they are further up on Paul’s list of things to worry about than job loss from AI. We also discuss the gig economy, shifting demographic trends in the workplace and big data.”
Why HR should think about positive psychology
Human Resources Director Australia: “Virtues in Action (VIA) is an approach to defining personal strengths that has recently been implemented at AccessEAP. “VIA has been developed by leading figures in Positive Psychology and charts 24 traits that fall within six categories,” said Slepica.”
This Week in Employee Engagement: March 23, 2018
Maritz Motivation Solutions: “The utter explosion of digital content presents countless opportunities for learning. Start here to narrow down your search each week in the often overwhelming landscape of employee engagement thought leadership!”
3 Simple Elements For Measuring Employee Engagement
Forbes: “So why is it so difficult to consistently engage the team? It falls into the “simple but not easy” category.”
Christine Comaford on the Recipe for Emotional Engagement at Work
Globoforce: “Globoforce had a chance to talk with Christine [Comaford, New York Times best-selling author and former Buddhist monk,] about the importance of emotional engagement at work, how leaders can foster trust in the workplace, and how her time as a monk positively influenced her work and life. Read the transcript below or listen to the podcast above.
The One Thing Exceptional Leaders Never Forget
Tanveer Naseer: “[T]he way we challenge ourselves to believe in a brighter future is not by fear of regret, but in the hopeful aspirations of who we can become.”
8 HR Metrics to Start Tracking in 2018
Reflektive: “The most important human resources metrics are the ones that tie into the company’s high-level goals and bottom-line numbers. Executives want to get a pulse on the company culture, they want to know how efficiently the HR department works, and they want to know where revenue is being lost and where it could be gained. Here are some HR metrics examples that speak to executives.”
Reframing Accountability in the Workplace
Bonusly: “But what if there was a different framework through which we could view accountability — what if we could approach accountability as an exceptionally positive, healthy, and motivating influence that helps further both individual growth and organizational goals? If that sounds too good to be true, let’s take five minutes to talk through it.”
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Other recent Agent in Engagement data/reports by Agent Gregory F Simpson:
- Veteran Operative Employee Engagement Insights: 2018.03.19 – 2018.03.23
- Q1 2018: ATD NYC – This Is the Thought Leadership You Are Missing
- Talking Employee Experience over Brunch
- How Did I Not See This Coming?
- Top Employee Engagement-Related Articles of February 2018
- Takeaways from When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
- Companies Demonstrate “LOVE” to Their Employees
