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In case you missed them. Below is a global briefing on some of last week’s interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc.
Website: Hay Group (Blog)
Article: The Rules of Engagement are changing: four ways you can ride the wave successfully
Link: http://blog.haygroup.com/the-rules-of-engagement-are-changing-four-ways-you-can-ride-the-wave-successfully/
Author: Mark Royal
Comment: “In Hay Group’s new book, Leadership 2030, we’ve identified six ‘megatrends’ that are transforming societies and the global business environment as we know it.” “The six megatrends bring about a multitude of challenges – here we’ve identified four core responses to help you, as leaders, successfully navigate them.”
Website: Forbes
Article: Employee Engagement 101: Does Your Culture Value Humans?
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghanbiro/2015/02/15/employee-engagement-101-does-your-culture-value-humans/
Author: Meghan Biro
Comment: “If your employees aren’t engaged, that’s a serious detriment to your employer brand, and that’s what going to translate down the pike. Proof is in the pudding — or not — an organization without a strong company culture will lose out to companies that do. Here are two values it’s key to transmit:” “1) Supporting Your Employees As People With Lives” and “2) Living Your Mission Statement.”
Website: EHS Today
Article: Digging Deep to Get to the Root Source of Employee Disengagement
Link: http://ehstoday.com/training/digging-deep-get-root-source-employee-disengagement
Author: Sandy Smith
Comment: “Many top-level executives dedicated to measuring and improving employee engagement have no idea how people become engaged or disengaged in the first place, says Susan Fowler, author of Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work … and What Does, and a coauthor for the Optimal Motivation program developed by Ken Blanchard Companies.” “In a white paper, the company’s researchers have clarified how employees ultimately come to be actively disengaged, disengaged or engaged, and how to empower them to be passionate about their work and employer. According to researchers, there are six motivational outlooks.”
Website: Business Wire
Article: Report: Employee Engagement, Retention, and Well-Being Are Top Priorities for Executives and HR Managers in 2015
Link: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150217005251/en/Report-Employee-Engagement-Retention-Well-Being-Top-Priorities#.VOtkwPnF-Hc
Author: Virgin Pulse Press Release
Comment: “New data released today by Virgin Pulse, the market leader in the rapidly-growing employee health engagement category, provides insight into the employee engagement and wellness industry. The report, State of the Industry: Engagement & Wellness in 2015, surveyed 1,395 HR management professionals across a broad range of industries and organization sizes in conjunction with Human Capital Media, the research arm of Workforce magazine, to gain a deep look at the state of the industry and discover how and why institutions are budgeting, implementing, measuring and improving employee engagement and wellness programs.”
Website: Forbes
Article: Care About Your Culture? Here Are Nine Metrics To Watch
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2015/02/18/care-about-your-culture-here-are-nine-metrics-to-watch/
Author: Liz Ryan
Comment: “Here are nine metrics that come closer to answering the question “Is this a good and healthy place to work?” than any employee engagement survey could do. Bring these metrics into your HR program and start making an impact on your organization’s culture and bottom line!”
Website: Forbes
Article: The ROI of Employee Engagement In The Railroad Industry
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2015/02/17/the-roi-of-employee-engagement-in-the-railroad-industry/
Author: Kevin Kruse
Comment: “How does employee engagement drive results in the railroad industry?” “Given how much the industry relies on people for its daily operations, there exists an opportunity to gain competitive advantage by investing in human capital.” The author discusses the “Railroad Engagement Profit Chain” in which discretionary effort touchpoints trigger chain reactions.”
Website: Chronus (Blog)
Article: How We Teach Employers to Improve Employee Engagement
Link: http://chronus.com/teach-employers-improve-employee-engagement
Author: Vetri Vellore
Comment: “If as an employer you can’t engage employees, they’ll rotate out quickly, leaving you to spend significant time and cost recruiting replacement talent. So, what can you do? When we talk to customers, here is how we typically tackle the problem together with them.” “1. Diagnose the employee engagement problem.” “2. Create a career development solution for their unique situation.” “3. Provide measurement opportunities.”
Website: Business 2 Community
Article: Strategy Execution: 3 Roadblocks to Getting Things Done in 2015
Link: http://www.business2community.com/strategy/strategy-execution-3-roadblocks-getting-things-done-2015-01159099
Author: Rick Lepsinger
Comment: This article discusses “three common problems preventing companies from executing their strategy and tips on how to overcome them in 2015.
Website: Forbes
Article: The Question Every CEO Should Ask The Company’s HR Leader
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2015/02/20/the-question-every-ceo-should-ask-the-hr-leader/2/
Author: Liz Ryan
Comment: “Do our employees love working here?”
What are your thoughts on these selections? Which was your favorite? What articles, blog posts, books, etc. can you recommend to other “Agents”? Let’s talk about them in the comments below!
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Other recent Agent in Engagement articles by Gregory F Simpson:
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- The Wheel of Employee Engagement: An Introduction
- Continuing to Engage Through The Infographic
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