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Category Archives: Employee Engagement
Turn Work into Play: Increasing Employee Engagement
“Once we realize that the boundaries between work and play are artificial, we can take matters in hand and begin the difficult task of making life more livable.” Continue reading
The Pronoun Test: Measuring Employee Engagement
In listening for the differing pronouns, “we” and “they”, Reich concludes that an employee who uses “we” feels more integrated within the company, identifies him or herself more with the company, and takes more ownership in the company. Continue reading
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A Poor Economy is Not Necessarily Bad for Employee Engagement
A DecisionWise Study of 7 million engagement survey responses shows an increase in 2010 employee engagement levels. Continue reading
How Are Restaurants Doing? Better Than You Might Think.
In our recent benchmarking study, we compared several employee engagement surveys from 11 restaurant brands and discovered that the aggregate restaurant engagement scores run parallel to our overall engagement benchmark. This is in some ways a surprise, given the high turnover rates of restaurants. Many assume that restaurants’ engagement levels should be lower. Continue reading
Getting Compliance When Employees Simply Do Not Want To
What about those times when managers must make requests from an employee, and the requests are more about compliance than engagement. Compliance involves the act of conforming— doing something that we wouldn’t necessarily choose to do. Continue reading
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Top 10 Employee Engagement Survey Responses of 2010
Here are our Top 10 Employee Engagement Survey Responses of 2010, some hilarious, some painful, and some downright puzzling. Enjoy. Continue reading
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Motivate me. I dare you.
Organizations generally start off with the question: “How do we motivate them to (insert your latest change initiative here)? This implies that motivation is something done TO your employees—something inflicted upon them. Continue reading
Employee Satisfaction vs. Motivation and Employee Engagement
When an employee is motivated, they invest more of themselves in their work and strive to do better. Merely being satisfied does not cause an employee to work harder. An employee can also be highly motivated but not satisfied with the job. Continue reading
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Does a Title Make an Effective Leader?
Everyone has a different opinion on what makes a great leader. But we probably all agree that simply giving someone a title does not make them an effective leader. Focus on five rules to become a better leader and build leadership capability in others. Continue reading
Increasing Employee Engagement through Artful Critiques
As we administer and report on 360-degree feedback surveys, we notice that participants and their managers naturally focus on the negative feedback from 360 results. This focus on the negative often leads to follow-up criticism that attempts to address the … Continue reading
