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I’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
Is Leaderless Management A Fad Or The Future Of Business?
Forbes: “In the wake of Yelp’s dismissal of Talia Jane, the Internet exploded into warring factions.” “I’m less interested in these discussions and far more interested in peeling apart the power dynamic that so often pits management against its employees.”
The Hideous Reality Of Meetings [Infographic]
Tiny Pulse: “The folks at Fuze put together an infographic showcasing the ugly truth about meetings.”
On Your Next Employee Engagement Survey, Don’t Ask Employees If They’re ‘Satisfied’
Forbes: “There’s an online quiz called How Good Is Your Employee Engagement Survey? and one of the questions asks “Do any of your survey questions use the word ‘satisfied’?” I’ve surveyed thousands of organizations on this issue and around 50% of surveys use at least one or two “satisfied” questions. And that’s a real problem.
What You Get From Giving
Recognize This!: “Research suggests that supporting others is related to greater energy and well-being. By enhancing meaningfulness, employees and employers can amplify these benefits.”
Leadership Connected: The changing role of leadership
Consultancy.uk: “Schouten Global, an international consultancy that focuses on human capital development, has launched a large research programme into the effects of leadership on employee engagement. A survey has been opened for input – professionals across organisational ranks are invited to participate, with the results set to be released in the summer.”
Culture Amp New Tech Benchmark Links Culture To Commercial Success
PR Newswire: “Whether companies are classified as New Tech or not, the Culture Amp New Tech Benchmark 2016 is relevant reading. Understanding trends across the board can help organizations identify key areas that can impact the engagement of their employees.”
10 signs that your boss is a micromanager
The Seattle Times: “Feeling stressed out because your boss is driving you crazy? It might not be you — it might be because your boss is a micromanager. To find out, see how many of these 10 warning signs apply to your manager.”
Perception Is Reality [Video 7:52]
NACS Online: “Second “Power Up Employee Engagement” video from the NACS Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council shows how managers reacted to employee feedback.”
Why frontline workers are disengaged
McKinsey Quarterly: “Executives generally overestimate their effectiveness as motivators and leaders.”
7 Fairy Tales Companies Tell Employees
WCWPartners: “In employee engagement surveys, one of the top areas of complaints is communication. The number one skill most CEOs say helped them get to the top is their ability to communicate. That is quite a gap in perception! Here are seven other common ‘fairy tales’, where companies say one thing and often do another, that are detrimental to your future career success.”
This Year in Employee Engagement: 2016 Trends to Watch
Appirio: “While there are several factors for the uptick in employee happiness and attrition, the following predictions about the year ahead shed light on 3 things: what employees want, why they leave, and what you can do to get them to stick around.”
7 First Steps to Increase Employee Engagement
Switch & Shift: “If you are coming to the sober realization that you do indeed have a disengaged workforce, there are simple steps you can take now to fix the problem. Here are 7 First Steps to Increase Employee Engagement.”
Is The ‘Employee Engagement Survey’ Really Confidential?
Forbes: “If they can send out reminder like the one I just got, that say “You haven’t filled out your survey yet” doesn’t that mean they can tell which survey responses come from which employees?”
10 Success Secrets of Great Managers [Video 12:11]
WCWPartners: “What’s the difference between a good manager and a poor one? This leadership training video will answer that question by sharing ten success secrets of great managers.”
Get to Know Your Employees With These 20 Non-Awkward Questions
Tiny Pulse: “The better bond you have with your team, the happier they’ll be showing up to work each day. With that in mind, here are 20 questions you can ask your staff to get to know them better.”
Who’s the Boss of Workplace Culture? HR, Managers, and Employees Disagree, Says New Workforce Institute Study
Business Wire: “Today, in the second study released in The Employee Engagement Lifecycle Series commissioned by The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated and WorkplaceTrends.com, survey data shows that human resources (HR) professionals, people managers, and employees have very different opinions about workplace culture, who drives it, what’s important to creating a great one, and what can destroy workplace culture.”
Employee engagement: are confusion and ambiguity hindering success?
Personnel Today: “There’s a lot of noise about employee engagement but not a great deal of clarity, argues Jo Harley. How can we simplify our strategies and ensure they are effective?”
Three Tips to Create a Successful Employee Engagement Strategy
WeSpire: “Employee engagement, everyone wants to do something to improve it, but few have a clear prescriptive strategy on exactly how to do it and where to start. The WeSpire Customer Success team has years of experience under their belt at helping organizations take the first bite of the preverbal employee engagement apple. Here are three tips from our team of experts to help you ensure your employee engagement strategy is successful.”
A One-Word Plan To Boost Employee Engagement
Forbes: “[T]here’s a one-word solution that will begin to deliver improved engagement quickly: communication.”
The Management Span of Uncontrol
Huffington Post: “Since management is a relatively inefficient but necessary function, it’s worth understanding a few of the drivers for new methods of controlling (and planning, organizing, selecting and coordinating) than the typical “span of control” method.”
Cisco HR Breakathon: Re-Imagining the Employee Experience
Forbes: “Five Lessons Can You Learn From The Cisco HR Breakathon.”
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Other recent Agent in Engagement data/reports by Agent Gregory F Simpson:
- Veteran Employee Engagement Operative Insights: 03.07 – 2016.03.11
- What Can You Learn From the Superboss Playbook?
- March Forth on Employee Appreciation
- Employee Engagement: Where to Start?
- Stop Talking About Discretionary Effort!
- Lent in a Business Context: Give Up Giving Up
- Office Politics: A Good Thing?
