vector-thumb-up illustrationBelow is a briefing on some interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week.

 

 

Website: Forbes
Article: Use These 5 Tips To Align Employees With Your Brand
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnappconner/2014/11/23/use-these-5-tips-to-align-employees-with-your-brand/
Author: Cheryl Conner

Comment: “When employee image and behavior doesn’t mesh with the brand, it not only tarnishes the business, it creates a cognitive dissonance that the customer internalizes as incongruent behavior. It weakens trust in the company and lowers integrity scores. And, of course, it reduces revenue and sales.” The author provides 5 suggestions from marketing specialist Ted Curtin based on what is done by the biggest brands.

 

 

Website: HRchitects
Article: 7 simple Mountain Rules for sustainable Leadership
Link: http://www.hrchitects.net/sustainable-leadership/
Author: David Ducheyne

Comment: “Leadership is not a walk in the park. It’s more like walking up a mountain. And as there are rules for mountaineering, there are also rules for Leadership. You can call them safety or hygienic rules. But rules are needed to survive the often-slippery paths of Leadership. These [seven] rules make the effort sustainable.”

 

 

Website: LinkedIn Pulse
Article: Five Ways to Use Glassdoor as an Employee Engagement Tool
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20141122180428-10686617-five-ways-to-use-glassdoor-as-an-employee-engagement-tool?trk=mp-details-rc
Author: Christopher Hannegan

Comment: “Of the many social media sites that companies can use to engage employees, Glassdoor is often overlooked. It’s viewed as a place where potential employees go to check out salary ranges and company reviews by current employees. But Glassdoor also provides opportunities to engage your current workforce and reinforce your employer brand in ways that no other site can. Consider that over six million reviews have been posted to Glassdoor to date; do you know what’s being said about your company, much less how you can influence it?”

 

 

Website: Business 2 Community
Article: How Gamification is Driving Business
Link: http://www.business2community.com/business-innovation/gamification-driving-business-01072308
Author: Heather MacLean

Comment: With a growing base of gamification companies in New Brunswick, Canada, the author discusses two non-traditional categories leveraging gamification: 1. Employee Recruitment and Employee Relations, and 2. Customer Acquisition and Retention Programs.

 

 

Website: Human Resources Online
Article: Employee engagement is on the rise across Asia Pacific
Link: http://www.humanresourcesonline.net/employee-engagement-rise-across-asia-pacific/
Author: Akankasha Dewan

Comment: “A new report by Aon Hewitt has found that employee engagement levels in the [Asia Pacific] region were higher in 2013 as compared to 2012.” The article looks at the results for countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.

 

 

Website: Talent Culture
Article: Focus On A Forward-Thinking Company Culture
Link: http://www.talentculture.com/leadership/focus-on-a-forward-thinking-company-culture/?utm_content=bufferd9ef1.com
Author: Jeff Fermin

Comment: The author provides “five things that I think help separate successful offices from unsuccessful ones.”

 

 

Website: LinkedIn Pulse
Article:  Challenge 2015: Employee Engagement
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20141123182233-3674416-challenge-2015-employee-engagement?trk=mp-details-rc
Author: Ron McIntyre

Comment: This article provides 7 thoughts on building a business case for employee engagement.

 

 

Website: Saudi Gazette
Article: Five Ways to Motivate Commitment at Work
Link: http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20141126225611
Author:  Bayt.com

Comment: “The experts at Bayt.com describe five creative ways to encourage employee engagement in your workplace.”

 

 

Website: Huffington Post
Article: 5 Free, Quick Ways You Can Boost Engagement At Work
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-mcquaid/5-free-quick-ways-you-can_b_6220546.html?utm_hp_ref=business&ir=Business
Author: Michelle McQuaid

Comment:  “Lisa Sansom, a positive interventionist who helps bring out the best in organizations and their people,” “recommends that three cheap, free and easy things leaders can do to engage employees.”

 

 

Website: Information Week
Article: Employee Engagement: Let The Fakery Begin
Link: http://www.informationweek.com/it-life/employee-engagement-let-the-fakery-begin/a/d-id/1317720
Author: Grumpy IT Guy

Comment: “Many employees here are disenchanted with how the company treats them. They are disenchanted because they feel like a cog in a machine, not like the “most important asset” of the company, despite this HR platitude.”

 

 

Website: Human Resources Online
Article: Making Fuji Xerox a “second home” for staff
Link: http://www.humanresourcesonline.net/making-fuji-xerox-second-home-staff/
Author: Eliza Ng

Comment: “As Fuji Xerox (Hong Kong) celebrates their 50th anniversary, HR director Eliza Ng outlines the employee engagement efforts which have helped keep staff happy and on board.”

 

 

Website: Business 2 Community
Article: 3 Ways Digital Is Shifting How Brands Need to Engage with Employees
Link: http://www.business2community.com/human-resources/3-ways-digital-shifting-brands-need-engage-employees-01080365
Author: Loni Stark

Comment: The author looks at 3 ways digital can be used to enhance/build employee engagement.

 

 

Website: Harvard Business Review
Article: One Engagement Strategy Does Not Fit All
Link: https://hbr.org/2014/11/one-engagement-strategy-does-not-fit-all
Author: Natalie Baumgartner

Comment: “Given how differently every employee is wired, you can’t take a cookie cutter approach to talent management. Your people need to be motivated differently based on their personal wiring, something that the blind replication of talent management programs fails to take into account.”

 

 

Website: Paul Keijzer
Article: 15 Types of Jerks in the Office (Asia)
Link: http://paulkeijzer.com/15-types-jerks-office/
Author: Paul Keijzer

Comment: The author lists “the different type of Jerks that are toxifying the workplaces in Asia” and offers 3 immediate steps that can be taken to deal with them. “Over the next few weeks I’d like to share with you how I spotted them and suggest how you can deal with them.”

 

 

Website: Forbes
Article: 4 Ways Leaders Effectively Manage Employee Conflict
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2014/11/28/4-ways-leaders-effectively-manage-employee-conflict/
Author: Glenn Llopis

Comment: “Conflict resolution is a daily occurrence at work that can either propel or disrupt the momentum for a leader, a team or the entire organization. The workplace can become a toxic environment when leaders allow conflict to fester rather than confront it head-on.” “To help you create and sustain workplace momentum, employee engagement, and healthy outcomes, here are four ways to deal with conflict resolution at work.”

 

 

Website: Office Vibe
Article: Why Your Relationship With Your Manager Matters
Link: http://www.officevibe.com/blog/relationship-manager-matters?utm_content=buffer14e10&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Author: Jacob Shriar

Comment: “Your relationship with your manager is the most important factor of whether you’ll be engaged or not at work.” “Why are there so few good managers?” This article looks at Google’s “eight qualities that make a good manager” and warns of the consequences of having a bad manager.

 

 

Website: Harvard Business Review
Article:  Why Government Workers Are Harder to Motivate
Link: https://hbr.org/2014/11/why-government-workers-are-harder-to-motivate
Author: Robert Lavigna

Comment: “It’s no secret that managing in the public sector is different from managing in the world of business.” “Here are seven factors that make motivating government employees difficult, plus one factor that is an advantage – and how managers can address them.”

 

 

What are your thoughts on these selections? 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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