Employee Engagement

Employee Engagement:  Learn more about effective communication, recognition programs, team-building, and employee feedback and surveys.

Employee Engagement Survey Questions: The Ultimate List For Your Company (Free)

Employee engagement is crucial to the success of any organization. Engaged employees are more productive, committed, and motivated, leading to higher retention rates and better business outcomes. But how do you measure employee engagement? One effective way is through employee engagement surveys. Employee engagement is essential for the success of any organization. Engaged employees are …

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Employee Feedback Done Right

Employee Feedback Done Right: Your Guide to Giving & Receiving Feedback in the Workplace

Just like relationships thrive when people are on the same page, the workplace functions in very much the same way. When teams communicate effectively and everyone is on good terms, organizations are more likely to experience long-term success. Yet, the ability to give and receive feedback in the workplace is an elusive concept for many …

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A Guide to Employee Recognition

A Guide to Employee Recognition

Employee recognition is essential to a successful and thriving workplace and key to overall employee satisfaction. It is a way to show appreciation for employees’ hard work and dedication and helps boost morale, productivity, and overall job satisfaction. Let’s explore the importance of employee recognition, how to develop a recognition program, and look at the …

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What do employees really want from their employers and job?

Is it money, fame, bragging rights, remote work, no dress code, corner office, expense account?  What is it that employees really want from their place of employment?  If we really dig into it, once extrinsic benefits such as salary, fair treatment, and benefits are at an acceptable level, intrinsic benefits become comparatively underserved.  Intrinsic benefits? …

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What is a “Position Agreement” and How To Use One To Set Expectations Between Managers And Employees

The vast majority of job descriptions under-serve employees and yield little inspiration or clarity. With at least 50% of the workforce in a perpetual state of confusion with regard to what is expected of them, you begin to wonder if we can do better.  We can. It starts by ‘getting in sync’ as Ray D’Alio …

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Does multitasking lower our IQ and kill productivity

Does multitasking lower our IQ and kill productivity? Here is the solution.

You have a huge project due on a fast-approaching timeline. You are rushing in early and working later than you’d like but the job doesn’t get much closer to being finished. You just can’t get into a solid rhythm. Your phone keeps buzzing, meetings keep happening, and you are still accountable for other tasks. Sound …

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How can I motivate my team and employees? Try Frederick Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory

What makes people happy and motivated at work is what they do. What makes people unhappy is the situation in which they do it. Frederick Herzberg Motivation is a fickle source of fuel in today’s workforces and it is resulting in inconsistent productivity and output. Most companies see employees accomplish most of their tasks on …

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How do you run a 1-on-1 meeting? (and why are 1-on-1s so important?)

For decades, General Electric delivered feedback to their employees on only an annual basis. This theory was based on Jack Welch’s brutal philosophy coined the ‘rank and yank’ where he insisted on boiling employee annual reviews down to 1 number and those who performed in the bottom 10% were fired. Luckily, the art and science …

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The Merits of Virtual Team Building

Going remote has kept businesses worldwide afloat during the pandemic. While having this option has changed the landscape of business forever, employees are struggling with isolation. Morale continues to dip and engagement is slipping in line with mental health.  The world knows people and businesses need solutions, enter virtual team building. The search term “virtual …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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The different types of employee surveys

Microsoft, a $1 trillion market cap, approximately 163,000 employees and ever evolving business model. It all sounds like a unicorn success story. However, in 2019 VP of computing devices, Brett Ostrum, noticed they had a growing problem – employee morale.  Ostrum and HR struggled to diagnose the issues until eventually, with the right survey designs, …

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Anonymous vs. Non-Anonymous Employee Feedback?

Over 85% of employees report feeling a sense of disengagement from their current employment. This is costing North American economies a staggering $550 billion in lost productivity annually. The importance of ongoing peer feedback and allowing employees to feel heard has very real fiscal impacts. We have come a long way in employment relations and …

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Designing an effective employee survey

Companies with high levels of employee engagement are 21% more profitable but unfortunately those are in the minority. Over 80% of employees report feeling disengaged from their work which dramatically reduces productivity and revenue. Giving a voice to your team through employee surveys helps to foster engagement through psychological safety, trust, respect and fulfillment. Employees …

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What comes first, employee engagement or company performance?

Does employee engagement really equal company performance? Let’s take a look. Gallup is considered the leading authority in business analytics so when they say employee engagement boosts profitability by 21%, it is worth taking note. However, despite the swell of attention and research contributing to the broad stroke statement, unmanaged and unanimous engagement do not …

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