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Does having pets in the office improve employee well-being?
When you look around your office or zoom meeting, do you see stress and isolation emanating from the team? HR teams and leadership routinely discuss methods of enhancing engagement and morale but are overlooking what is right under their noses… pets. It might sound like bias but the research proves that introducing pets to the office is a game-changer. Pet-friendly …
Is “Company Culture” Overhyped?
In 1951, Elliot Jacques authored ‘The Changing Culture of a Factory’ where he studied the social developments of a British metal bearings company. In his book, Jacques introduced what we now know as the modern-day company culture. He studied human behavior and how it is impacted in organizational settings; a concept that many management consultants have relentlessly tried to optimize …
Getting Employee Engagement Right or Wrong: The Pros & Cons
According to Gallup, companies with engaged workforces outperform others by as much as 202%. It is statistics like these that have HR teams scrambling for the next best thing to improve engagement scores. The belief is that engaged teams cause sales to skyrocket, productivity to peak, sick days to cease and the work-life dynamic to be more balanced. While these …
What is employee engagement and why does everyone keep talking about it?
Companies that have high levels of employee engagement attract twice as much revenue as their low engagement competitors according to a Hay Group study. Gallup, a management consulting company, suggests that high engagement workforces outperform their contemporaries by 202% on average, and to achieve these benefits US employers are spending upwards of $720 million a year on keeping their team …
How often should I check in with my employees?
Team leadership and HR management, we have a problem! Employee engagement scores continue to dwindle, feedback loops have ground to a halt. Nevertheless, feedback, while critical to performance, remains tricky. Too much and you risk the distrust and disenfranchisement resultant from micromanagement, too little and employees feel a lack of care for themselves and detachment from overall company aims. Getting …
Bored People Quit – Addressing Employee Boredom
It can cost a company between 20 and 33% of a job salary to replace an employee who quits. The ripple effect of losing team members can damage productivity, momentum and morale. Why then do we overlook the number one reason people leave their roles? Boredom! Of the 5,000 people surveyed who left jobs in 2018, 33% said they were …
