Posts Tagged "Team Engagement Plans"

Have You Had These 3 Epiphanies of Employee Engagement Yet?

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Have You Had These 3 Epiphanies of Employee Engagement Yet?

So many organisations traditionally conduct employee engagement research to get an overall benchmark of how engaged their workforce is. Based on the findings of the research they'll probably put in place general engagement strategies (called Organisational Engagement Plans or OEP) to try to improve the culture’s productivity and performance. Epiphany 1: Organisational Engagement Plans (OEP) - Miss the mark! Epiphany 2: Team Engagement Plans (TEP) - Not Specific Enough! Epiphany 3: Personal Engagement Plans (PEP) - 100% Individualised

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Who Says HR is Responsible for Engagement?

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Who Says HR is Responsible for Engagement?

Who does your culture believe is responsible for employee engagement? A. CEO/Senior Management Team* B. Human resources C. People leaders & managers* D. Employees E. Everyone Hopefully you answered E) Everyone …Yes ‘E’ is for everyone… but… Caution: There is some danger in having everyone responsible for engagement in that if everyone is responsible, nobody is really accountable. The key is everyone needs to be responsible for employee engagement; it’s just that different people...

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One Size Fits All Strategies – Don’t Work, Never Did

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One Size Fits All Strategies – Don’t Work, Never Did

Sorry, but for some time now I’ve, excuse the French, had the shits … …with the level of thinking around employee engagement research. Recently I’ve been frustrated with some comments regarding staff retention on LinkedIn groups and Google Alerts. Generally I’m concerned with the level of employee engagement thought leadership being bandied around the corporate world. I reckon if I read the question: “What engages employees?” one more time …. I think...

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