Declassified folder - 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

Key Drivers of Employee Engagement: Senior Management

Avatar Solutions: “In this article, we’ll explore what it means to support positive, productive relationships between frontline staff and leaders, as well as some of the practices high-performing organizations are employing to support outstanding employee engagement.

 

 

 

 

6 Signs That You’re Management Material

Fast Company: “Becoming a boss isn’t a career goal for many, but if it is for you, here are the traits you’ll need.”

 

 

 

Engaging employees in a fledgling organisation

Business Standard (India): “We outline five things you must do to ensure that your employees are willing and able to do their best work for your start-up.”

 

 

 

SEAATS Lists Top Office Design and Furniture Trends for Boosting Employee Engagement

PR Web: “What’s driving today’s office design and employee engagement? According to a new trend update from SEAATS office furnishings company, there are 5 key trends in office design and furniture selection that are important for keeping employees happy and engaged.”

 

 

 

10 Qualities of People With High Emotional Intelligence

Inc.: “Do you wonder why certain people are more successful than others? The answer often lies in emotional intelligence, or EQ.”

 

 

 

How to Help Employees Meet Their Full Potential

Tiny Pulse: “The biggest reason employees cited for not living up to their potential was that they’re still learning and growing. This means they can see themselves living up to their potential in the future. But how do you help them get there?”

 

 

 

Competency Models: What They Are and How You Build Them

Tiny Pulse: “Quite simply, competency models are frameworks which thoroughly define the skills, experiences, and personality traits necessary to excel in a particular role — something you need to add to your recruiting strategies. The more a prospective candidate lines up with a specific role’s competency model, the higher the chances that individual will succeed in that position.”

 

 

 

9 (Proven) Ways To Influence Work Culture

Globoforce: “This is a question Through a survey of 828 U.S. employees, the report shows which practices are most effective in creating a more human work culture. In this first of a five-part blog series, I’ll share highlights of the key findings from the Globoforce  WorkHuman  Research Institute explores in a new report, The ROI of Recognition in Building a More Human Workplace. Finding #1: When employees believe leaders are striving to create a more human workplace, culture metrics improve.”

 

 

 

PeopleMatter Reveals Key Findings From Hourly Workforce Engagement Survey

Market Wired: “Today PeopleMatter announced the results of its research into employee engagement in the service industry, as part of its How Hourly Workforces Work survey. Based on the responses of nearly 1,000 service industry professionals, the results reveal the challenges employers face in engaging their hourly workers and the strategies that help them motivate and drive performance among their teams.”

 

 

 

The Real Reason Millennials Are Job Hopping and How to Retain Them

Tiny Pulse: “Millennials are likely to job hop to make up for that financial shortfall. In fact, their average tenure at a job is only two years, a Deloitte study reported. And according to our Employee Engagement Report, a quarter of all employees would leave their jobs for a 10% raise. So how do you keep millennials on board?”

 

 

 

10 Positive, Proactive and Powerful Performance Management Strategies

WCWPartners: “Once people are clear on the goals and action plans to achieve them, most people perform better.” “Effective leadership is a high contact sport. Here are three key considerations.” “Six Other Performance Management Strategies.”

 

 

 

Boost Productivity and Engagement with Employee Journey Mapping

Appirio: “An employee journey map can help expose the areas in which different groups of employees are having success, where they may be wasting time and resources, and where they’re experiencing unnecessary gaps or process bottlenecks.”

 

 

 

Engagement Weekly: Do CEOs Care Enough About Employee Engagement?

Allen Communication: “Learn about the latest in employee engagement within various industries. This week’s influential authors look into how smart CEOs use engagement surveys, the dangers of workplace monitoring and using engagement to build a diverse workforce.”

 

 

 

This is What Engaged Organizations Do Differently

Huffington Post: “Here are three ways companies have been successful in completing the employee engagement circle.”

 

 

 

5 Employee Incentive Programs With Unexpected Consequences

Bonusly: “Employee incentives are challenging to get right. Although their ultimate goal is to motivate employees to succeed and achieve their best, many of these programs have unintended consequences.”

 

 

 

How Organizational Values Create an Engaged Workforce

Tiny Pulse: “Your company values help you define who you are as an organization — to your staff, to the people investing in your business, and even to yourself. They shape your culture and act as a North Star to guide your company decisions. What’s more, they’re also vital to workplace happiness.”

 

 

 

3 Key Insights on How to NOT Be Disruptive with Your Employee Engagement Strategy

WeSpire: “Call us obsessed with efficient product design, but as we read through Daniel Gelernter’s attributes for a perfect product to improve life, we also think many of these points also apply to running a successful employee engagement strategy.”

 

 

 

Korn Ferry Hay Group Global Study Finds Employee Engagement at Critically Low Levels

Business Wire: “A comprehensive global study released today by the Hay Group division of Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY), the preeminent global people and organizational advisory firm, shows that there is a critical need to improve employee engagement.”

 

 

 

Coming ALIVE: A treatment plan for employee engagement

HR-BLR: “The five steps in the ALIVE plan.”

 

 

 

Defining Employee Engagement and Initiating Change

High Ground: “Employee engagement is talked about often but rarely clearly defined. To help give more meaning to the phrase, Clare Schooley, Principal Analyst for Forrester Research Inc. and Dean Carter, VP of Human Resources and Shared Services for Patagonia recently co-hosted a webinar with the Human Capital Institute called, “It’s Time to Rethink Your Employee Engagement Strategy.” During the webinar Clare discussed the meaning of employee engagement, what the data shows and steps to take to help improve it. Dean then offered his own perspective on how Patagonia is approaching the employee engagement challenge. In case you couldn’t join us for the webinar, here’s what they had to say.

 

 

 

Enhancing Employee Engagement: Best Practices for Government [Video 52:00]

Federal News Radio: “Federal News Radio convened a panel of people versed in and passionate about getting the most from employees by creating conditions under which they feel valued.” “In the webinar you’re about to watch, these high-level experts are enthusiastic and full of ideas for building a better workforce and a better agency.”

 

 

 

Understanding How to Deal With Conflict in the Workplace

Tiny Pusle: “The goal, as Craig Runde, director of the Center for Conflict Dynamics says, is to become conflict competent. Those who are good at conflict recognize when they’re in it, are constructive, and look for solutions. They don’t get overly frustrated or bent out of shape, insist they’re always right, or plot to get even. They don’t avoid conflict, or let small disagreements snowball.”

 

 

 

2 Steps to Cultivate Simplicity at Work

Recognize This!: “Competencies are one example of how organizations can achieve simplicity by paring down and leveraging everyday practices.”

 

 

 

 

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