DECLASSIFIED - Wikimedia CommonsI’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 updates.

 

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SPOTLIGHT ARTICLE

Harvard Business Review:  Secrets of the superbosses

Comment: “Eager to learn the secrets of these star makers, I reviewed thousands of articles and books and conducted more than 200 interviews to identify 18 primary study subjects (definite superbosses) and a few dozen secondary ones (likely superbosses). I then looked for patterns—common tastes, proclivities, behaviors—anything that might help explain why these people were able to propel not only their companies but also their protégés to such great heights.”

 

 

 

 

WCW Partners: How to Really Succeed as a Leader

Comment: “This is an exciting time to be a leader. Never before has there been any statistical evidence linked to leadership effectiveness. True leadership effectiveness has more to do with who you are and less to do with your job title.”

 

 

 

Recognize This!: Mapping Out Employee Accountability

Comment: “Accountability requires a clear mental map for achieving results. Recognition enables everyone to share that same map.”

 

 

 

LinkedIn Pulse: Want a Great Team? STOP Doing Stupid Things!

Comment: “Here are some of the most obvious errors that turn employees off and cause them to start looking for another job.”

 

 

 

Real Wire: New workforce analysis reveals staff retention rates improve by nearly 4 years when employee efforts are recognised

Comment: “ P&MM, an award winning performance improvement agency, has released findings from analysis it has conducted of companies operating a formal employee recognition programme[1]. The data reveals that employers can expect to gain nearly four years length of service when the good work undertaken by an individual employee has been recognised by their manager or a colleague.”

 

 

1 to 1 Media: 4 Innovative Ways to Boost Employee Engagement

Comment: “Employers share creative approaches to combating employee disengagement and increasing job satisfaction.”

 

 

 

CIO: How big data can drive employee engagement

Comment: “Big data has reshaped businesses in many ways, and now it’s even changing the way HR monitors employee engagement to improve both retention and customer satisfaction.”

 

 

Avatar Solutions: Drivers of Employee Engagement: Organizational Culture

Comment: “You can help your employees stay connected with your mission and organizational culture, in part, by taking the following approaches.”

 

 

Hindustan Times: Men or women: Who are the better leaders at workplace?

Comment: “[W]hat then is an employee’s take on diversity at the workplace? Would one prefer working with a male manager or female manager or not really bother about who one works with?”

 

 

 

New York Times: Yahoo’s Brain Drain Shows a Loss of Faith Inside the Company

Comment: “While many Yahoo workers are keeping their heads down, just doing their jobs, others have lost faith in Ms. Mayer’s leadership, according to conversations with more than 15 current and former employees from all levels of the company, most of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because of continuing ties to Yahoo and its strict policy against leaks.”

 

 

 

Tiny Pulse: What Are the Differences Between Talent Management and Employee Engagement?

Comment: “If you’re looking to improve employee engagement at your organization, consider launching the three following talent management initiatives.”

 

 

 

Allen Communications: Trust Employees in Their Work

Comment: “Learn about the latest in employee engagement within various industries. This week’s influential authors look into trusting employees more, top 10 workplace trends for 2016 and employee feedback tools to track engagement in the new year.”

 

 

 

Apparel Magazine: Employee Engagement Tactics to Prevent Retail Workers from Jumping Ship

Comment: “Four keys to generating hourly worker engagement”

 

 

 

Inc: 3 Reasons Managers Are Afraid to Hire Millennials

Comment: “Millennials have a bad rap. Here’s how to overcome stereotypes to find the job you want.”

 

 

 

WCW Partners: If You Can Dream It; You Can Do It

Comment: “There are three key steps to effective dreaming that if learned and acted on will make goals work for you in ways you might not believe possible.”

 

 

 

Tiny Pulse: HR’s Role in the Modern Organization

Comment: “So what exactly is HR’s role in today’s organization? Let’s take a look.”

 

 

 

Personnel Today: Use of Yammer and Jive increases engagement, finds XpertHR

Comment: “Internal social media platforms such as Yammer and Jive are on the radar of more than one-third of organisations as a way to spread information and help engage employees.”

 

 

 

Oracle: Volunteering – A Driver for Employee Engagement

Comment: “So how does volunteering or CSR, as we mostly call it nowadays, help your team members become more engaged? The answer is quite simple really – it makes them feel proud.”

 

 

 

Human Resources Director Magazine: Forget the appraisal – let’s just talk

Comment: “Grass says correctly conducted performance appraisals hold a number of benefits for leaders, managers and employees.”

 

 

 

DDI: 10 Hot Leadership Topics for 2016

Comment: “[W]e picked nine of the HR and Leadership topics from the cloud and asked DDI scientists and social media influencers to comment on what these could mean for leaders and the workplace in 2016.”

 

 

 

Huffington Post: Does Your Company Have the Wrong Investment Focus for Employee Engagement?

Comment: “The more organizations recognize and address the total nature of wellbeing, the better they’ll be able to keep their employees happy, healthy, engaged and their businesses flourishing.”

 

 

 

 

 

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