declassified-stamp black - pixgoodI’m Simpson…Gregory F Simpson, Agent In Engagement.  Below is the latest intelligence briefing on employee engagement. Follow @agtinengagement to stay current with the latest intelligence.

 

 

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SPOTLIGHT ARTICLE

Website: Gallup
Article: Companies Are Maximizing Only 5% of Their Workforces
Link: http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/182087/companies-maximizing-workforces.aspx?utm_source=WWWV7HP&utm_medium=topic&utm_campaign=tiles
Author: Jim Harter

Comment: “Gallup’s data suggest that companies’ highest performing individuals have three things going for them: (1) they have tenures of a decade or more in their organizations; (2) they are engaged in their work; and (3) they are in roles where the expectations of the job align well their innate talents. Each variable affects outcomes on its own, but the highest performance comes from the combination.”

 

 

 

Website: Independent Online
Article: Everyone wins with healthy ‘fourth bottom line’
Link: http://www.iol.co.za/business/opinion/everyone-wins-with-healthy-fourth-bottom-line-1.1835405#.VRB2jPnF-Hc
Author: Brett Tromp

Comment: “There is a direct financial correlation between employee wellness and business financial success”

 

 

 

Website: Benefits Pro
Article: Top 10 states with highest, lowest employee engagement
Link: http://www.benefitspro.com/2015/03/23/top-10-states-with-highest-lowest-employee-engagem
Author: Dan Cook

Comment: “Gallup said Montanans are the most engaged workers in America by a 2 percentage margin over Mississippians, the next most engaged. Might not seem like a big spread, but within Gallup’s Top 10 engaged states, it was the largest difference between any two states.”

 

 

 

Website: Harvard Business Review
Article: Technology Can Save Onboarding from Itself
Link: https://hbr.org/2015/03/technology-can-save-onboarding-from-itself
Author: Keith Ferrazzi

Comment: “One of the greatest obstacles to effective onboarding is the time (or lack thereof) managers have to properly assess, coach, and engage their new talent. But digital behavioral assessments and interventions can help you focus on improving and measuring employee behaviors across 40 focus areas.”

 

 

 

Website: Association for Talent Development (ATD)
Article: Trust Precedes Accountability—Do Your Employees Trust You?
Link: https://www.td.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2015/03/Trust-Precedes-Accountability?mktcops=c.human-capital&mktcois=c.engagement-motivation~c.perf-improvement~c.leadership-development~c.management-development
Author: Erika Garms

Comment: “Accountability cannot be demanded. It is earned. Accountability should not be the initiative, the leadership mantra, or the training topic. It is the result of a sane, respectful, and high-performing workplace where human needs are met.”

 

 

 

Website: Fast Company
Article: How To Engage The 4 Kinds Of Employees In Your Organization
Link: http://www.fastcompany.com/3044253/how-to-engage-the-4-kinds-of-employees-in-your-organization
Author: Morag Barrett

Comment: “Statistics are useful diagnostic tools, but what do they tell us about what engagement and disengagement actually look like in a real workplace? I like to keep things simple and have condensed the workplace into four employee styles.”

 

 

 

Website: Human Resource Executive Online
Article: Thinking Differently on Engagement
Link: http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/view/story.jhtml?id=534358520
Author: Andrew R. McIlvaine

Comment: “With employee engagement named as a top concern for employers in a recent survey, some experts say organizations should seek out candidates who possess a quality not usually prized in the workplace: laziness.”

 

 

 

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