DECLASSIFIED - Wikimedia CommonsI’m Simpson…Gregory F Simpson, Agent In Engagement.  Below is the latest briefing on employee engagement intelligence. Follow @agtinengagement to stay current with the latest updates.

 

 

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SPOTLIGHT ARTICLE

Eight Steps Fortune 500 HR Leaders Must Take To Embrace The Employee Experience

Forbes: “Though 2018 has been dubbed “The Year of the Employee Experience (EX),” many Fortune 500 HR leaders are still playing catch-up in understanding and embracing that EX is just as important — if not more so — to their bottom line than customer experience (CX).”

 

 

 

Why You Need to Map the Employee Journey

CMSWire: “This isn’t to say organizations should de-prioritize the customer experience, but rather that the customer experience and the employee experience are inextricably linked, and you can improve both if you take the tactics you use to manage the customer experience and apply them to efforts to engage employees.2 Here are six steps you can take to map the employee journey.”

 

 

Vistaprint’s CEO On How To Modernize Your Organization, Why They Stopped The Annual Review, Dealing With Rapid Growth, And Much More.

The Future Organization: “This week’s guest is Trynka Shineman, CEO of Vistaprint.  Join us as we look at how to modernize an organization and some things Vistaprint has been doing to shake things up. Some of the topics we touch on include getting rid of the annual performance review, using Kanban boards, implementing Vista Breaks, rearranging their office layouts, implementing agile methodologies in HR, and much more. Whether you are a small company that is scaling fast or a large organization trying to keep up with the current pace of change, this is a great episode to listen to.”

 

 

Employee engagement: How behavioural economics can help

Financial Express: “Engaging and motivating employees to sustain optimum job satisfaction, promote ethical judgement and drive a result-oriented work culture have become the focus of HR heads. This calls for more than just a strong leadership team, appropriate work environment, and a standard rewards and recognition programme; organisations need a keen understanding of human behaviour.”

 

 

This Week in Employee Engagement – May 25, 2018

Maritz Motivation Solutions: “Here is our weekly roundup series to help you stay connected to the often overwhelming landscape of employee engagement thought leadership. Start here to narrow down your search each week.”

 

 

7 Tips for eLearning Success in Your Organization

Allen Communications: “Does your idea of eLearning success involve a steady increase in customer service scores? A reduction in employee attrition? Your sales team hitting their monthly targets? In this article, I’ll share 7 tips that will help you define eLearning success in your organization.” 

 

 

Does Leadership Development Actually Drive Profitability?

Forbes: “What is astounding however is how little is covered on the subject of how leaders actually improve – how they become better leaders. In their outstanding new book How Leaders Improve: A Playbook for Leaders Who Want to Get Better Now, John Gates, Ph.D., Jeff Graddy, Ph.D. and Sacha Lindekins, Ph.D. answer this exact question.”

 

 

Take It From a Futurist: How Technology Will Change the Value of Humans in the Workforce For the Better

Cornerstone On Demand: “It’s crucial for corporate leaders to empower their employees as “technology takes a more central role in the way we work, [Joanna] Bloor [founder of The Amplify Lab] says. We sat down with Bloor to discuss how companies should rethink the way they approach engagement (from job post to tenured employee) in order to prepare for the technology-driven future of work.”

 

 

If you want to increase engagement, develop your managers

CultureAmp: “Culture Amp’s latest benchmark survey found that these 3 factors mattered most when it comes to keeping people for the long term, with leadership (33%), alignment (33%), and learning and development (31%) predicting commitment in a data set composed of employees in 1200+ companies.”

 

 

[Infographic] Wasting Time At Work

Hppy: “The reality is wasting time at work is commonplace, with time being spent on Facebook alone costing the UK economy £25 billion, and with 35% of people spending more than an hour on the site alone every day.” “So what can you do to help reduce the amount of time that is wasted at your workplace?”

 

 

 

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