All Employee engagement articles – Page 119
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Supplier articleVirtual Engagement Excellence Live Recap
Last week we welcomed more than 400 change makers tuning in from their desk, couch, outdoor patio or wherever they’re calling ‘work’ nowadays for our first-ever all-virtual Engagement Excellence Live.Throughout the day, attendees could bounce from room-to-room to hear sessions around our topic: The Future of Work: How HR Heroes ...
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OpinionLouise Lawrence: What will be important for employers' talent strategies post Covid-19?
If employers do not focus on their flexible working offering, they will lose out on the best talent. Nearly three-quarters of the 1,000 employees and 500 employers we surveyed in partnership with YouGov in January 2020 told us that flexible working was important to attracting and retaining the best talent.It ...
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OpinionWendy Tomlinson: The 'benefit' of returning to work
The working atmosphere and environment are significantly different from what we are used to. Agile working and more flexibility are now benefits that employees can expect as standard. Something theoretical before Covid-19 (Coronavirus) is now being applied on a global scale.How employees rate their employers on the response to the ...
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ArticleEmployees dress up to attend virtual meetings
Something for the weekend: It seems like the days of working from home in pajamas are a thing of the past. Employees are now taking advantage of online shopping and are buying clothes to 'attend' their business video calls, according to research by e-commerce agency Melody.With after drinks with colleagues ...
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Article44% of employees are more efficient working from home
Two in five employees (44%) believe they are more efficient working form home, according to research by ENEI.The research of 113 employees during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, published July 2020, also found that just over a quarter (27%) said that the work they produce is of a higher quality while ...
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Supplier articleDealing with constructive feedback
Receiving feedback is a vital way for employees to reflect on their performance at work and take steps to develop and improve it. Unfortunately, the process doesn’t always operate as smoothly as that. According to Kluger and DeNisi, feedback only leads to change in one of the three occasions it’s ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Is the UK truly ready for a new long-term way of working?
Over the past few months, much has been written (by myself included) around what the sudden move to remote and flexible ways of working could mean in the long term. As some organisations now begin to reopen their doors, while others extend office closures, these conversations are beginning to move ...
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Supplier articleIt’s time to take diversity and inclusion seriously
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace has been growing in importance in recent years. Apart from the benefits offered by a more diverse and inclusive workforce – for example, improved decision-making, a variety of perspectives and a better company reputation – the Financial Reporting Council, a regulator and operator of ...
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Supplier articleEmployee Engagement for Today’s Workforce
It’s no wonder that a new era of employee engagement is upon us. With the combination of ever-changing technology and shifting employee motivation drivers, employers are challenged to build better, stronger, more resilient organisations - in challenging times. In this eBook, Catrin Lewis, Global Head of Engagement and Internal Communications ...
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Supplier articleHow to make your employees feel confident about returning to the office
As the UK gradually eases its COVID-19 lock down restrictions and people are starting to return to an office environment, an increasing number of businesses are grappling with the issue of just how to allow their staff to come back safely and with confidence. While government guidance states that people ...
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ArticlePricewaterhouseCoopers, NHS and IBM named best employers for equality and inclusion
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), NHS employers and International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) have been recognised as three of the best employers for equality and inclusion.The virtual ENEI Awards held 8 July 2020, saw 25 businesses win accolades across 20 categories and a further 22 entries being highly commended for their efforts.PWC was ...
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Supplier articleHow to maintain an inclusive culture during times of change
In the course of the pandemic, businesses everywhere have been forced to make difficult decisions to ensure their future. While we’ve seen many close their doors either permanently or temporarily, others have used the support from the Corona-virus Job Retention Scheme (aka the Furlough Scheme) to preserve jobs and cash ...
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Supplier articleHow to ensure your employee recognition programme is frequent and inclusive
We’re currently living through a period of unparalleled change, and change is always difficult to manage. According to ChiefExecutive.net, the acronym VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) could be used to describe the last few decades, but it’s probably never been more relevant than at this current moment. To ensure ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Preparing for life post-lockdown
Saturday 4 July will see a large number of businesses open for the first time in several months as the government continues to ease lockdown. Overall, it has been estimated that nearly two-thirds of Britons will return to the workplace by the end of August.While this is undoubtedly a positive ...
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Supplier articleThree ways to strengthen your company culture
Company culture is crucial for any business and organisation - a strong company culture helps to retain top talent, and keeps employees happy, engaged and motivated. The crisis this year has undeniably caused a massive upheaval throughout the global jobs markets. However, now is the time for both HR and ...
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Supplier article5 employee benefits to engage your employees this summer
With the current Covid-19 pandemic and drastic changes to the way employees are working and organisations are operating, summer and the summer break may look vastly different to years gone by. There may be little distinction between working from home and some kind of summer break, where often there is ...
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Supplier articleWhat Do Employees Want from Their Workplace Benefit Schemes?
When it comes to choosing an employee benefits package, meeting the needs of your entire workforce can seem like a daunting task. On one hand, you’ll want to implement benefits that improve recruitment efforts, whereas on the other hand you’ll need to implement schemes that reward and engage your current ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid considers pay cuts
You might have noticed that occasionally I step away from benefits to look at compensation instead. I rather like these opportunities. After the complexity of pensions regulation and global healthcare differences, base pay is, well, pretty basic. Or at least it was.Only a couple of months ago, we agreed pay ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 47% of employers say budget is the biggest barrier in improving engagement
Just under half (47%) of employers say their budget is their biggest barrier for not improving employee engagement levels.The Employee Benefits research 2020, published in May 2020, which surveyed 269 HR decision-makers, found that this is little change from the 51% who found this to be a key issue in ...
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Supplier articleLoneliness Awareness Week: New Research Shows Impacts of Lockdown on Employees Connectedness
Social connectedness is critical for good health and as humans we are naturally social beings. We thrive off human connection and naturally seek these interactions out in our day-to-day lives. Traumatic events and crises, from natural disasters, wars and global pandemics such as the one we’re currently facing can heighten ...