To create the kind of strategic alignment that ensures your strategy is executed you have to build effective relationships. That starts with a clear understanding of what the individual wants, and melding that with the organisational needs. This is core but is about so much more than just employee engagement.
Perhaps one of life’s biggest frustrations can be something that seems obvious to us may not always be obvious to someone else. Maybe that is … Read more
“How do you do?” That statement was an integral part of my upbringing. My parents taught us to say that whenever we met someone new. … Read more
Employee ownership strengthens an employee’s sense of purpose and thereby changes their attitude, but it also helps break the tradition of looking at people purely as a cost and so reinforces the sense of autonomy that builds a virtuous cycle that perpetuates and solidifies the organisational alignment and hence the organisational integrity. Why would you not want to consider this – especially when you can do it at virtually no cost to either individual or organisation? It offers a better employee engagement remedy than anything else in the market.
We all know, and it is universally acknowledged, that globalisation has dramatically increased competition and created unprecedented demands to be more responsive to customer needs … Read more
Sustained success for any organisation depends first and foremost on its employees. Thus it seems self-evident that the more engaged employees are, the more successful … Read more
There is a new fashion in town. You may have seen it. You may have experienced it or, more accurately, be experiencing it yourself right … Read more
A relative of rigid reliance on rules, the tyranny of the task is a result of employee disengagement and entails obsessive, fixated, unthinking behaviour that is counter-productive to almost everything you are trying to achieve. And the only way you can prevent it is to ensure you engage your employees.
Individual Objectives = Organisational Objectives This simple equation encapsulates the essence of employee engagement. Doesn't it? After all isn’t that what you as a manager … Read more
We have now looked at all 8 of the "key themes" for driving sustainable organisation performance identified in the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) … Read more