David DrummondNovember 4, 2015 An engaged employee is an effective one. Productivity is higher, they are happier, they’re better advocates of your business – in short, it brings better results for you. But now a report conducted by the Gallup Organisation, an American consultancy company, has revealed the high price of poor employee engagement: between … Continue reading The Price of Poor Employee Engagement? Billions
Category Archives: Employee Engagement
10 Tips to Engage With IT: Part 2
Steve ShawOctober 31, 2015 I hope to distill the myth that CIOs and their IT staff are the ‘blockers’ to change but are the folk who are advocates and can enable it to happen! I’m now working as a CTO but I in this blog I will draw upon my experience when I first arrived … Continue reading 10 Tips to Engage With IT: Part 2
7 Big Benefits of Giving Employees the Knowledge They Need
Tricia MorrisOctober 30, 2015 Many enterprise brands and organizations are becoming increasingly challenged by an information problem: too much information, compounded by trouble managing it and delivering it to employees. This typically leaves employees feeling the organization doesn’t offer much information at all, or if they do, that’s it not current or accessible. And whether … Continue reading 7 Big Benefits of Giving Employees the Knowledge They Need
3 Ways to Motivate Top, Middle, and Bottom Performers
Sabel HarrisOctober 30, 2015 I started listening to a new podcast called Hidden Brain by NPR. It discusses and breakdowns the hidden intricacies of the human mind. The one I listened, that sparked this blog post, talked about motivations and how our brain feels when we are motivated. The interesting spin was that people generally … Continue reading 3 Ways to Motivate Top, Middle, and Bottom Performers
Are You the Office Trick or Treat?
Personal Branding BlogOctober 27, 2015 Organizational leadership guru Adam Grant recently commented on what spoils a workplace culture. It’s surprisingly simple. It takes just one person to obliterate a collaborative, supportive and positive environment. It doesn’t have to be a person at the top. One mean-spirited, conniving, credit-hogging, work-shirking colleague will ruin your day, your … Continue reading Are You the Office Trick or Treat?
The Employee Handbook: Worth the Investment?
Rachel BaileyOctober 10, 2015 When a new employee begins the first day on the job at your small business, certain expectations are immediately set. While the character and culture of your office come to fruition as this new employee settles into his new role, general guidelines should be highlighted in one neat and tidy guide: … Continue reading The Employee Handbook: Worth the Investment?
Employee Engagement Is Not The Problem
Anton RiusOctober 8, 2015 Virtually every article about employee engagement I’ve read recently includes the same or similar stats. 87% of today’s business leaders cite culture and engagement as one of their top concerns (Deloitte). Only 13% of the global workforce is engaged (Gallup). And while these should still be alarming for any business leader, … Continue reading Employee Engagement Is Not The Problem
How Does Employee Engagement Impact On Your Brand Reputation?
Andrew WilsonOctober 26, 2015 A darkly lit car park, a damp and dingy warehouse, a shop floor during a January sale. No, these aren’t scenes from a terrifying horror film; they’re the locations of my first three jobs. As hideous as it was to corral shopping trollies in November, or unpack CDs beneath a record … Continue reading How Does Employee Engagement Impact On Your Brand Reputation?
Do You Know Your Employee Worth?
Personal Branding BlogOctober 23, 2015 We know our credit score when shopping for a new car and our buying power when purchasing a home, but when it comes to our value as employees, many of us have no clue of our worth. Sure we can get a sense of the salary different roles command, but … Continue reading Do You Know Your Employee Worth?
The Reason Your Best Employees Are Unhappy
Peter StarkOctober 20, 2015 We recently consulted with a team that is struggling with low morale. Almost everyone on the team was experiencing low levels of motivation and engagement. To my surprise, however, we found that in this particular case the team’s top performers and most engaged employees had some of the lowest levels of … Continue reading The Reason Your Best Employees Are Unhappy