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I’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

How to Build and Maintain a Successful Employee Recognition Program

Bonusly: “Implementing a successful employee recognition program can give your organization a decisive competitive advantage. Employee recognition has been shown to improve engagement, reduce turnover, increase productivity, and more. You want a recognition program, but where do you start?”




Enough About Employee ‘Engagement’! Focus on the Digital Employee ‘Experience’ Instead.

Entrepreneur: “While employee engagement has long been a buzz phrase for companies, recently employee experience has become the new, trending focus. Think: a holistic approach that covers engagement, culture, performance management and career ownership, all rolled into one.”



What Is Emotional Intelligence And Why Is It A Skill You Need To Focus On Now?

The Future Organization: “This week I am joined by two guests, Dr. Marc Brackett and Dr. Robin Stern from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Our discussion today centers on emotional intelligence–what it is, why it is so important, how we can practice it and much more. This is a conversation everyone needs to hear because emotional intelligence is critical for leaders and individual contributors. It affects every aspect of the workplace including collaboration, communication and engagement not to mention aspects of our personal lives as well. I hope after listening to our conversation you will be able to implement some of the ideas and concepts we talked so that you can improve your own emotional intelligence.”



Everyday Abundance: Why We Must Invest In Finding Purpose

Forbes: “The truth is, all of us, without an exception, at some point in life find ourselves asking existential questions that are often inspired by our deepest thoughts, aspirations, and experiences. All of us struggle with connecting to our purpose and finding meaning at times. For this, it may be fair to say purpose is one of those most known and unknown phenomena in life. The lack of awareness and understanding of it results in chaos, miscommunication, dysfunction and formation of unproductive communities. The dominance of it may be felt in value conflicting situations causing individual suffering when one doesn’t have emotional agility to navigate through it.”



DisrupTV: Employee engagement and microlearning with David Ossip and Carol Leaman

ZDNet: “Recently on DisrupTV, its host Vala Afshar, chief digital evangelist at Salesforce, and myself, a guest host for the week in place of R “Ray” Wang, interviewed two seasoned executives in HR and microlearning. We discussed the future of employee experiences, training, and engagement. Here, I’ll highlight a few takeaways from each of the segments. Don’t forget to watch the replay of the show for the in-depth discussion.”



27 Inspiring Employee Engagement Quotes [2019 Update]

Grosum: “We have conducted a lot of interviews on Employee Engagement with HR thought leaders. Today we are sharing some of our favorite employee engagement quotes by HR industry leaders. I’ve included 27 best employee engagement quotes from a range of CHROs, corporate speakers, writers, and HR consultants.”



Recruiting Lessons From the 80’s That Will Help You Improve Quality of Hire Now

LinkedIn Talent Blog: “By embedding old-fashioned, high-touch concepts earlier into the process, technology can be used to hire for performance and fit rather than skills and efficiency. Here are some ideas our clients have used to successfully make this transition.”



Improve your employees’ experience in 2019

IT-Online: “’Three key elements which impact an employee’s experience in the workplace are the culture of the company, the employee value proposition and overall employee engagement levels.’”



Employee Engagement Trade Secrets Revealed: An Interview with Joelle Kaufman of Dynamic Signal

HR Technologist: “The Chief Marketing Officer of Dynamic Signal, Joelle Kaufman, talks to HR Technologist about how to create a winning strategy for better employee engagement. When it comes to addressing talent managers’ questions – employee engagement appears as the number one issue to grapple with. Dynamic Signal is a leader in employee communication and engagement, serving Fortune 500 companies HR tech solutions through their platform.”



Workism Is Making Americans Miserable

The Atlantic: “The economists of the early 20th century did not foresee that work might evolve from a means of material production to a means of identity production. They failed to anticipate that, for the poor and middle class, work would remain a necessity; but for the college-educated elite, it would morph into a kind of religion, promising identity, transcendence, and community. Call it workism.”




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