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Below is a curation of some interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week.
Website: Lexology
Article: Best practices in employee engagement: interview of TIAA-CREF’s head of organization effectiveness
Link: http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=5c819dc8-f191-4eb8-8dc1-ddd0bc0e099e
Author: Jathan Janove of Ogletree Deakins
Comment: An interview with Josh Greenwald, Head of Organizational Effectiveness at TIAA-CREF. He talks about employee engagement practices at his company.
Website: Forbes
Article: Employee Engagement Doesn’t Equal Employee Happiness
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/yec/2014/05/20/employee-engagement-doesnt-equal-employee-happiness/
Author: Maren Hogan
Comment: Not all engaged employees are happy and not all happy employees are engaged. “1. Learn to tell the difference between happy and engaged. 2. Stop perpetuating the myth that happy = engaged. 3. Stop trying to compete. 4. Change attitudes, not programs.”
Website: Fast Company
Article: The Key to Employee Engagement Has Less to Do with Management than You’d Think
Link: http://www.fastcompany.com/3030710/the-key-to-employee-engagement-has-less-to-do-with-management-than-youd-think
Author: Mark Lukens
Comment: Focus on your front line employees since they have the most contact with your customers. Involve these employees in developing solutions and decision making. Finally, when it comes to leading employee engagement efforts, leave it to the line managers rather than senior leadership.
Website: BizCommunity.com
Article: The journey of employee engagement leads to success
Link: http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/19/113563.html
Author: TNS South Africa
Comment: “Max d’Unienville, Director: Talent at TNS South Africa has the philosophy that the key is for employees to be highly engaged.”
Website: Wall Street Journal
Article: How to Spot Job Applicants Who Will Love the Company?
Link: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304652804579574470497457110?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304652804579574470497457110.html
Author: Sue Shellenbarger
Comment: This short, 2-paragraph answer to a reader’s question provides interviewers with traits to look for and the question to ask to get the candidate to tell you what engages them.
Website: 3BL Media
Article: How To Launch A Successful Employee Engagement Program
Link: http://3blmedia.com/News/How-Launch-Successful-Employee-Engagement-Program
Author: Diana Glassman, Head of Environmental Affairs, TD Bank
Comment: “At TD Bank, our Environmental Affairs team recently joined forces with HR to launch an Environmental Employee Engagement Program.” “1. Do not wait until they are hired—build your program into the recruiting process.” “2. Maintain momentum—incorporate the initiative into onboarding and training.” “3. Make it pay off—link your engagement and recognition programs.” “4. Increase the pay-off—tie the initiative to leadership development.”
Website: Forbes
Article: The Dark Side of Employee Engagement
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomaspremuzic/2014/05/20/the-dark-side-of-employee-engagement/
Author: Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Comment: “…focusing so much on engagement that we end up neglecting other key drivers of organisational effectiveness and individual career success.” “1) Engagement is a means rather than an end.” “2) Engagement, like anything else, is better in moderation than in excess.” “3) It’s time to reverse the engagement-performance link.” “A final thought: perhaps the biggest problem underlying the whole engagement hype is that it creates unrealistic expectations for employees.”
Website: Digital Journal
Article: theEMPLOYEEapp Survey: Internal Communications Affects Job Satisfaction and Employee Engagement
Link: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1929082
Author: PR Newswire – theCOMMSapp
Comment: This press release offers some interesting statistics about how employees receive company communications and says that companies should make sure that mobile access is available to ensure access to information needed. TheEMPLOYEEapp Survey revealed that just over 50% of employees spent a majority of their time behind a desk. Intranets (SharePoint) are used to communicate 33% of the time and yet most employees either have not tried to access them or have difficulty when trying.
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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Other recent Agent in Engagement articles by Gregory F Simpson:
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- A Reference for Employee Engagement Reports, Studies, and Surveys
- 7 Phases of Engagement
- Just Say Hello!
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