Employee Engagement
The impact of a four-day work week on recruitment and retention
The idea of a four-day work week has gained traction as a way to considerably improve work-life balance, increase productivity, and reduce stress. Indeed, organizations implementing this model have reported positive outcomes including increased job satisfaction, lower absenteeism, and improved employee morale. In fact, of the 61 companies across the UK who took part in the world’s biggest four-day week work trial , 92% are opting to continue.
Employee Engagement
Justifying an employee listening strategy under financial pressure
Convincing leaders to spend additional budget when they’re under financial pressure isn’t easy. But leaving employee engagement to chance – and risking the associated impact on performance and revenue – just isn’t worth it.
Employee Engagement
3 ways to be a better manager – in good times and tough ones
Good managers can affect employee engagement either positively or negatively in every single working day. They’re a crucial ally for HR and people leaders, and ensuring they’re doing the best job of managing their direct reports is vital. Here we discuss three things that you should start implementing to become a better manager – in both good times and bad.
Employee Engagement
Preparing your people for a recession
A recession in the developed world is nothing new. In fact, since 1900, there have been 23 in the US and nine in the UK – as well as four fully global recessions since the end of World War Two.
Employee Engagement
In the workplace - How can I fall in love with you if you never listen?
It’s Valentine’s Day, and that gives me the perfect excuse to talk about love. That warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you feel safe, appreciated, and like you belong.
Employee Engagement
Employee engagement learnings from Covid-19 – and how they can be applied to the financial crisis
Many organisations are still recovering from the impact of Covid-19, and we’re now facing a new – but not unrelated – challenge, with potential recession in 2023.
Our Platform/Tech
3 reasons you should choose WorkBuzz as your employee engagement platform
If you’re reading this, you’re probably on the hunt for an employee engagement platform. So, hello! We’re WorkBuzz and we offer a flexible, easy-to-use, surveying tool to help you understand what’s positively and negatively impacting your key employee engagement drivers – like leadership, wellbeing and recognition – and how they affect recruitment, retention, performance, and customer satisfaction.
Employee Engagement
5 things you need to know when developing your people strategy
There’s no getting away from it: if you want your business to succeed, it’s getting more and more important to have a clear strategy and plan in place for your people. But what are the prevailing workforce conditions most likely to impact your thinking in this space for the next few years?
Wellbeing
No desk? No problem! 5 tips for engaging deskless employees
Deskless employees make up 80% of the world’s workforce – that’s a whopping 2.7 billion people away from a traditional ‘desk’ environment for more than 80% of their working requirements.
Employee Engagement
What impact will the financial crisis have on employee retention?
The impact a financial crisis can have on employee retention varies from business to business, but it causes a level of insecurity for all workers in all industries. Even if their job isn’t directly at risk, uncertainty can lead people to look for work elsewhere – and that’s exacerbated by the cost-of-living crisis, with some employees heads turned by marginally better pay or the promise of a more stable position.
Employee Engagement
10 non-monetary motivators to help encourage your employee engagement
Ensuring your organisation maintains strong employee engagement amid a pending recession can in hindsight seem like a huge challenge. And while many businesses might be tempted to take a step back from employee retention efforts, ONS suggests there’s still more than 1.1 million job vacancies in the UK , meaning employees can still be enticed into new roles.
Employee Engagement
How to build better workplace cultures and top tips for HR teams
Last Christmas, Amazon stole the headlines when it doubled the signing on bonus for new starters at some depots to £3,000. But even in a strong economy, most organisations can’t win a salary race. Plus, this approach risks attracting the types of employees who will jump ship whenever another opportunity comes along that offers marginally better pay.
Construction
6 key people challenges in the construction industry – and how you can fix them
The construction industry is facing unique workforce challenges. A perfect storm created by Covid, Brexit, IR35, an ageing workforce, and the cost-of-living crisis has seen the number of employees in the sector consistently fall over the past few years. This has resulted in a war for talent and a battle of retention.
Employee Engagement
Prioritising employee wellness: Top tips for HR teams
Over the last three years, there has been an increased focus by employers on employee wellness and health. And employee wellbeing initiatives have been adopted in some form in most organisations since the start of the pandemic.
Employee Engagement
Setting employee engagement KPIs that help demonstrate ROI
Unlike sales, advertisement or production, employee engagement cannot be measured easily with quantifiable data to demonstrate a return on investment. And this muddies the process of estimation and analysis to work out the engagement levels of staff, and what impact is had when engagement levels are poor vs. when engagement levels are high. This is where the introduction of KPIs is particularly valuable.
Employee Engagement
Nimble, adaptable, empathetic and responsive – The future of employee listening
Ensuring your employees feel heard and valued in today’s business world requires an approach to employee listening and research that is nimble, adaptable, empathetic, and responsive. Your pre-pandemic approach – whatever it was – won’t work anymore. Sticking with it could even be perceived as callous or tone deaf by the people working for you. You will lose them and fail to attract their replacements if you don’t adapt.
Business & Professional Services
Managing hybrid working: Top tips for HR teams
The pandemic forced remote working on the world and accelerated change that could have otherwise taken a generation to happen. As we adapt to post-pandemic working, we see many organisations struggling with attrition and retention. This has led organisations to move towards flexible hybrid working.
Employee Engagement
The cost-of-living crisis – a new challenge for HR and leadership teams
The cost-of-living crisis is bringing a whole new set of challenges for people across the country. And it’s having a catastrophic effect on both the financial and personal wellbeing for those affected. The cost of living is spiralling out of control, to such an extent that when winter is upon us, people really will have to choose between heating or eating.
Employee Engagement
6 tips to help your company's managers onboard their new hires like a pro
Hiring a new employee to join your team is an exciting time. It means that staff will soon be able to learn from someone completely new. And, it also makes way for lots of fresh ideas to be brought into the team. However, a new starter’s personal experience of the onboarding process is critical to how they interact and engage in their role going forward.
Our Platform/Tech
How the art of People Science can enhance your employee engagement
Employee research and insight has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. It has moved from a simple annual measurement of employee satisfaction to more regular measurements of the whole employee experience and lifecycle.
Employee Engagement
7 top tips for getting actionable insights from your employee surveys
If your business truly cares for its staff, employee surveys should never be seen as just a box to tick or a ‘nice-to-have’. If approached in the correct way, these surveys can be used to gather leading data. This data will provide actionable insights that will support and help fix key issues that occur within your organisation. For example, issues around recruitment, retention, and customer service.
Wellbeing
5 ways you can improve health and well-being in your place of work
Supporting well-being in the workplace is beneficial for both employees and leaders alike. For employees, it boosts happiness, job satisfaction and promotes healthier living. For leaders, they often see better performance, improved retention rates and their brand’s hiring efforts become easier — who wouldn’t want to join a company that focuses on building health and wellbeing into their culture?
Employee Engagement
Are annual surveys a waste of time? The challenges around engagement frequency
Each and every year, the world continues to evolve at a fast pace. And the wants and needs of employees continue to change along with this too. That’s where annual surveys can come in handy – and it’s a practice utilised by many.
Employee Engagement
Improve your workplace culture by prioritizing regular employee listening
Creating a great company culture is vital for employee happiness and productivity, and therefore business growth. And a truly healthy workplace culture will stem from addressing and actioning feedback from employees at all levels in an organization.
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