Five minutes with Alexander Snelling, HR Director, Cath Kidston
It's HR in Retail month on HRZone! We're focusing on all things retail – check out our HR in retail hub to read all our great content! We caught up with Alexander Snelling, HR Director at Cath Kidston, on the challenges and opportunities in the retail sector, and what Cath Kidston are doing to innovate their people […]
What your voice in the workplace says about you
In business we usually get things done by talking. But how well are you doing this? Kate Laws from people business Connor takes a look at why it’s important to assess your communication and influencing skills at work. When it comes to business, talk isn’t cheap. From the board room to the shop floor, the […]
Why employees resign: recognising disengagement, and what to do about it
Martin Baker is the Chief Executive of the Corporate eLearning Consortium. He’s recognised as being one of the top ten most influential people working in learning technologies in the UK. Here he shares an analysis from the Toolkit for Managers on the work of Leigh Branham – a key contributor to the debate on employee […]
“Our people are our principal asset and key to our success.”
This is an interview with Ken Gray, Director and Joanne Hellen, Business Administration Manager, at the Keil Centre, an organisation made up of chartered psychologists and ergonomists. The Keil Centre are the first organisation in Scotland to achieve Investors in People (IIP) Platinum status. We caught up with them to find out what they do that really […]
Adopting European Works Councils to give staff a greater voice
Instilling a culture of strong employee engagement is becoming increasingly important for businesses to retain talent and improve productivity. Andrew Bailey, elected UK representative to the Bilfinger European Works Council, looks at how adopting a European approach to industrial relations can help UK companies deliver greater transparency between senior management and the wider workforce without […]
How to boost a feedback culture based on praise
Knowing what your strengths are can be the first step in taking your career to the next level. Positive feedback is not just a compliment on a job well done; when analyzed correctly it can help you identify your strengths. Therefore, when peers share positive feedback with each other, the whole team benefits from the performance […]
Factors that influence employee engagement – your complete list
Factors that influence employee engagement are varied and very diverse. While there are some that depend on the prevailing culture within the organisation, there are also common threads for all individuals, and also individual factors that can significantly influence a person's relationship with colleagues and their organisation. Take a look through our list of factors […]
Personality in sport: British Olympians on and off the field
As the Olympic Games opening ceremony draws near, the world is immersing themselves in the details about the athletes that are representing their countries and latching on to their favourites. Scanning the competitor pool, it’s easy to see there are as many different individual personalities types represented in the games as there are countries. Looking […]
Make employee feedback more actionable and productive
Most organisations support their employee engagement programmes with an annual employee survey – using the resulting engagement scores to measure success. While this provides the ability to track engagement over time, and potentially benchmark against competitors, there’s now a drive to gather faster, more specific and actionable feedback that delivers more value. With generic, standardised […]
Employee engagement at a 100-year-old retail motor group
Helen Burrows is HR Director at Marshall Motor Holdings, which comprises two businesses, Marshall Motor Group and Marshall Leasing. Marshall Motor Group is a top-ten UK motor dealer group which was established in 1909. It currently operates more than 100 franchised dealerships, representing 24 different manufacturing brands in 25 counties across England. It has a […]
What are the causes & nature of employee disengagement?
According to Gallup, just 13% of employees are engaged at work. Increasing this number and finding out what makes people engagement at work is therefore high on HR's priority list. But the first step is really understanding workplace disengagement and the factors that causally contribute to poor perceptions and experiences in the workplace. These reports, articles, […]
Employee engagement trends: our curated list of insight reports
Employee engagement trends continue to point to a significant and evidenced link between the levels of engagement and overall organisational performance. With this in mind, we've collated some of the best and most respected reports into employee engagement trends in one place so you can access what you need. Whether you're building a business case […]
Employee engagement research – the master list
Employee engagement research is now in abundance and allows you to better your employee engagement ideas and implementation. Whatever stage you're at in the engagement journey – from building a business case to measuring success or trying to identify new causes and drivers of staff engagement, our research library will help you identify key stats, […]
Breakfast Insight: A new collaborative mindset
Breakfast Insight is your short dose of new ideas and food for thought, perfect to watch with your morning coffee. Today we're chatting to Karin Volo, Chief Joy Bringer and Director at Evoloshen. You can find out more about Karin on her website or contact her on Twitter at @karinvolo. Karin tells us about: A new mindset […]
Employee engagement at the world’s third-largest charitable foundation, the Wellcome Trust
Deirdre Carty is Head of HR at the Wellcome Trust. Deirdre is an HR and Organisation Development generalist with over twenty years’ experience of leading and developing the people agenda and HR function in an innovative, fast moving, global charitable foundation. The Wellcome Trust is a biomedical research charity based in London, set up in 1936, and […]
Gamification isn’t dead, it’s just one piece of the employee engagement puzzle
As recently as last year it was widely and optimistically accepted that applying game mechanics to corporate tasks, like rewarding points, levels or badges to completing a timecard or participating in a giving campaign would have a significant increase in employee engagement. Studies from industry research experts such as the Aberdeen Group, found in a […]
90 minutes of football gets staff a free pass, so why doesn’t this moment of seismic upheaval?
Employers around the country are happy to give staff a free pass to watch the football, yet in the aftermath of one of the biggest day's in the history of the UK and Europe, why is it business-as-usual in most organisations? It's hard to overstate just how prominent the UK's decision to exit the EU […]
Coffee break: Resilience, unconscious bias and rigging your performance review
Here is your weekly list of news, opinion and interesting blogs from across the HR world. Let us know what you've enjoyed reading this week in the comments below! Development – What do women's career paths really look like? (HBR) – The business benefits of early intervention (Unum) – Why is resilience so important for […]
Mutiny on the ice: Earnest Shackleton and the trust equation
After the ship Endeavour sank, crushed by ice in the Antarctic 100 years ago, Sir Earnest Shackleton faced the beginnings of mutiny amongst his men. Shackleton and his crew had been sailing towards the South Pole so that they could seek to be the first ever to cross the Antarctic. On the way, their ship […]
Coffee Break: Managing teams, robo recruiters and offices for introverts
We've spent another week cherry-picking our favourite blogs, tweets and articles for your Friday reading pleasure, aren't we nice? Let us know your thoughts on the articles below, and if you have any other tips for pieces we should read! Engagement – Businesses are embracing the idea of teams. Managing them is hard (The Economist) – […]
