Editor’s Note

Improving employee engagement is not just about increasing productivity, although, organizations with a high level of engagement do report higher productivity. Strong employee engagement programs promotes a range of outcomes that are good for employees and to the clients. However, employee engagement and productivity are two different metrics.

Is Employee Engagement A Measure of Business Success?

High engagement leads to high performance is a myth

Recognition and Engagement February 2016 Advertisers

Making The Holiday Party A Multigenerational Affair: Three tips to engage each generation

The holiday season is upon us and that means companies are planning the big seasonal celebration. It’s the perfect time to reward and recognize every generation at work. As the economy continues to improve, some companies are increasing budgets for their holiday parties with about one third planning to increase budgets in Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc’s 2014 survey.

Giving Employee Feedback: 8 examples of how to give feedback correctly

Whether we realize it or not, we’re always giving or receiving feedback. Sometimes, it’s explicit, like in a one-on-one meeting, or it’s implicit, through our tone of voice and body language. We might not realize the image we’re giving off, so we need to be mindful of this.

Who Owns Engagement?: HR abdicating responsibility

Employee engagement should be an issue for all senior executives, as it has a direct correlation with productivity, staff retention, customer experience, brand value, and corporate performance. That is not the sole domain of HR!

Reward Employees Fairly: 10 great ways to do it

Rewarding your employees properly is not about giving them as much as possible, but rather it is about making sure they feel they are being fairly compensated for the work they are doing. Here are 10 great tips for making sure you’re rewarding your employees fairly. Enjoy!

The Easiest Way To Influence Employee Engagement

How to reach best-in-class levels of employee engagement

Investing In Corporate Culture: A strong ROI for banks

Being at the forefront of an economic collapse in the recent years has caused significant damage to the banking industry. While the satisfaction ratings of banking has recovered some from the past few years (see Figure 1.1), the overall approval is still below the numbers of the early 2000’s. Many banks were bought out, merged, failed, or bailed out by the government. However, not all of the harm caused was financial.

Organic Recognition: Integrated workforce recognition programs

I so often hear HR managers say, “I would love to put a more strategic employee recognition program in place, but we just can’t afford to add another program at this time.” Or they sometimes tell me, “It would be a really nice thing to have, but we don’t see it as a priority right now.” When I hear this, I can’t help but think how shortsighted these managers are being.