Five communication tips to give engagement surveys a happy end
Every employee engagement survey tells a story about the organisation.
How to gain budget for your company’s culture and engagement programmes
Data tips to enhance your case for more engagement budget.
Engagement in the gig economy: a classic oxymoron?
If you’d have heard the term ‘gig economy’ a few years ago you’d have conjured up images of lacklustre bands travelling the country in clapped-out vans. Today, the phrase has been coined as a way of describing a workforce characterised by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work as opposed to permanent jobs. We need […]
New Year planning: how to design a successful team offsite day
While preparations for the end of the year are underway, most of us are also thinking ahead to the raft of team offsite days that will be held in early 2020. There’s no rest for the wicked! Offsites should feel very different to regular meetings. Here are a few tips to help you design and […]
Employee engagement during mergers and acquisitions – ignore it at your peril
A unified approach is best when it comes to employee engagement.
Three predictions for HR in 2020
The road ahead for the HR profession in 2020.
Personal development: why your mood is the great game changer
Success at work comes down to the right mindset.
Employee engagement: will Black Friday pull you in a darker direction?
Black Friday is a challenging time for customer-facing staff.
Leadership: how to nurture emerging millennial leaders
Businesses need to create working environments that reflect the needs of this workforce.
Employee feedback: are employers asking the right questions?
Is your employee survey focusing on the right things?
Employee engagement: how to get the most from generation Z
Understanding, engaging and retaining the newest generation of workers.
Employee feedback: your secret weapon for business success
I’ve always been perplexed that companies are willing to invest millions on the result of a customer satisfaction survey, but so often ignore data in a staff survey – it doesn’t make sense. I understand why consumer-facing businesses pump millions into developing their brands and customer loyalty, but I also have to question who really […]
Leadership: how to maintain employee engagement during a time of change
Engagement with the workforce is fundamental to business performance. Everyone knows that, right? We’re in an age where there is a distinct lack of trust of corporations, business leaders, and, of course, politicians. It’s an age where everything is changing, all of the time. Faith and belief are at an all-time low. As leaders, we […]
Employee experience: has a ‘job for life’ become a thing of the past?
Sir Bradley Wiggins recently announced that he’s swapping sport for social work, as he looks to carve out a new career at age 39. While not many of us can claim to have won an Olympic gold medal, that feeling of wondering what it would be like to try something new is one we can […]
Employee engagement: why small businesses need to do it too
Years ago, I did a talk on employee engagement for small businesses. At the end, one of the participants came to speak with me. He ran a small business, and he wanted to engage his staff, but it seemed like more work on top of running the business itself. How would he find the extra […]
Workforce analytics: data storytelling and why you should know your audience
I had a debate recently with someone who believed that, when working with complicated analytics, it was important to explain the process and statistical methodology to add credibility to the storyteller and the message. His view was that this was important to all audiences, since credibility was the most important facet to portray in storytelling. […]
Employee rewards: why bonus culture can be corrosive
In almost all job roles, financial bonus schemes are used to incentivise and motivate employees. Whether it is the large bonus packages given to CEOs every year for strong company performances, bonuses given to sales people for obtaining new leads, or financial bonuses given to office workers who hit all their KPIs in a year […]
Boring to brilliant: empowering your employees to understand their pension
It goes without saying that a good company pension scheme is one of the best benefits a company can offer its employees. Despite this, many employees still aren’t aware of the value of their company’s pension benefits. In fact, pension schemes often trigger a range of emotions, with financial planning and retirement regarded as complicated, […]
Business after Brexit: the changing needs of UK employees
Ahead of the uncharted waters of Brexit, the UK labour market appears to be continuing to shrug off the wider signs of economic doom and gloom. According to Office of National Statistics data, the UK labour market has charted its strongest earnings growth in 11 years, with annual growth in average weekly earnings for employees […]
Flexible working: the four-day working week in the eyes of four generations
Working four days instead of five every week? While earning the same salary? That would sound amazing for employees – but is it? Would all employees want a four-day working week? What about employers, would they be willing to accept such an arrangement? To help answer these questions, Henley Business School has published a white […]
