Disillusioned with Employee Engagement Surveys?
You are not alone!
Recognizing Meaningfully
7 things great recognizers do remarkably well
A Happy and Productive Workforce
The science behind it
Corporate Incentives
Striking the right balance
Disillusioned with Employee Engagement Surveys?
You are not alone!
Recognizing Meaningfully
7 things great recognizers do remarkably well
A Happy and Productive Workforce
The science behind it
Corporate Incentives
Striking the right balance
Once you see employee recognition as a matter of perspective, you can start exploring the possibilities.
It’s fair to say that Facebook has protruded into every facet of our lives outside the office, but as an enterprise tool? It’s a bridge very few business leaders have traditionally been comfortable allowing their employees to cross.
For the most part, employee engagement tools work. Realistically, there are several problems with them, and I’ll talk about them all, but there’s one in particular that I want to focus on. The problem is a big one, but in fact, has nothing to do with the actual tool itself. But often, when employee engagement tools are unsuccessful, this is the reason why.
A top employee at the illustrious ACME company just packed up her desk. She had been there for nearly a year before leaving to pursue another opportunity. Looking back on the past few months, she was showing subtle signs of disengagement all along.
There’s more to the bottom line than a simple number. Progressive organizations understand that intangibles conventionally considered peripheral to business can have a strong material impact on financial results. The insight is that maximizing returns requires taking sustainability and social responsibility into account and not just immediate profits. The term that’s been coined to capture this idea is “the triple bottom line,” referencing the organization’s performance in relation to profits but also people and the planet.
So, there is the average Corporate Wellness program, and then there is Google’s. Remember when corporate wellness meant weight-loss coaching and tobacco-cessation programs? It was often represented by a poster of the food pyramid hung above the office microwave.