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A Reference Guide for Employee Engagement Websites
Over the course of my work, I’ve come across various employee engagement websites. I thought I would bring them together in one place as a reference guide for my fellow “Agents.” Website: Human Capital Institute About: “We aggregate open-source human capital best practices from prominent companies, thought leaders, and academic research.” “We…
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Employee Engagement Recap for Week of July 14 – 18, 2014
Below is a curation of some interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week. Website: Guardian Article: The dark side of workplace happiness Link: http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/jul/01/workplace-happiness-darkside- Author: Amy Westervelt Comment: While the author speaks of “happiness” she mixes in “satisfaction” and “engagement” as well. Basically, with all the…
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Employee Engagement Quotes from July 7 – 11, 2014
In case you missed them. Below are last week’s employee engagement quotes from @agtinengagement. Follow me to receive these daily quotes. All you’ve got to do is own up to your ignorance honestly, and you’ll find people who are eager to fill your head with information. – Walt Disney Respect yourself…
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Key Learnings from Gamify
Brian Burke, a Research Vice President at Gartner Inc., recently authored, Gamify: How Gamification Motivates People To Do Extraordinary Things.1 Presented in two parts, the book “introduces the concept of gamification” 2 and then “takes you step-by-step through designing and launching a gamified solution.”3 The books release stirred some controversy as a result of Gartner’s…
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Employee Engagement Recap for Week of July 7 – 11, 2014
Below is a curation of some interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week. Website: Forbes Article: The Employee Engagement Hoax Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2014/07/06/the-employee-engagement-hoax/ Author: Liz Ryan Comment: Ms Ryan mainly talks about the futility of using an annual employee survey as a measure of engagement and her suggestions…
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Employee Engagement Quotes from June 30 – July 4, 2014
In case you missed them. Below are last week’s employee engagement quotes from @agtinengagement. Follow me to receive these daily quotes. I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained. – Walt Disney Nothing in this world can take the place of…