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Wellbeing
Nine Employee Recognition Initiatives You Can Easily Implement Today
Think back to the last time someone genuinely thanked you. Maybe it was a friend who appreciated your help or a family member who noticed you’d gone the extra mile. Whatever it was, that moment stuck with you. Being recognized for our efforts, no matter how small, makes us feel valued and connected . It’s a simple truth: everyone wants to feel seen and appreciated.
Deskless
The Secret to Retaining Deskless and Frontline Workers? The Most Successful CEOs Say It’s All About Recognition
Article updated on 20 November,
Employee Engagement
5 ways to improve employee engagement in the manufacturing industry
Employee engagement is essential for any successful organisation, and the manufacturing industry is no different. It helps create a positive working environment and aligns employees’ goals with those of the organisation, amongst other benefits:
Employee Engagement
What are the moments that matter across the employee lifecycle?
Dramatically shifting employee wants and needs have previously led to a big war for talent. However, even now, the Office of National Statistics reports that job vacancies in the UK are 188,000 above their pre-coronavirus January to March 2020 levels – showing that companies are still struggling to attract, engage, and retain good people.
Financial Services
5 ways you can improve employee engagement in the financial services sector
Employee engagement is a critical factor in the success of any organisation. And, with only 15% of people working in financial services saying they’re engaged – well below the 33% average across all industries – organisations must take active steps to improve engagement before it’s too late.
Deskless
5 of the best ways to retain your deskless employees
Your employees are your Everyday Heroes . They’re your difference-makers, so it’s vital you keep hold of them – but, especially when they work in ‘deskless’ roles, they can be difficult to reach and engage.
Business & Professional Services
5 ways to improve employee engagement in business and professional services
Employee engagement is a critical factor in the success of any organisation. And, with 44% of people working in business and professional services saying they’re open to new job offers – up from 39% in 2021 – organisations must take active steps to improve engagement before it’s too late.
Leisure & Hospitality
5 ways to improve employee engagement in the leisure and hospitality industry
Employee engagement is a critical factor in the success of any organisation, including those in the leisure and hospitality industry. And, with more than 80% of employees working outside of an office setting – from food and beverage preparation to cleaning and maintenance – it’s vital such organisations take active steps to improve engagement with all their people.
Wellbeing
5 ways to improve employee engagement in the retail industry
Employee engagement is a critical factor in the success of any organisation, including those in the retail industry. With 49% of UK deskless workers saying they’re open to new opportunities, retailers must take active steps to improve engagement before it’s too late.
Wellbeing
6 ways to improve employee engagement in the transportation and logistics industry
Employee engagement is a critical factor in the success of any organisation, and especially so for those in the transportation and logistics industry. With research from Gallup suggesting the transportation and logistics industry has one of the lowest employee engagement levels – with only 28% of employees reporting they feel engaged at work – employers must take active steps to boost these numbers.
Employee Engagement
Why employee engagement is essential in health and social care – and 5 ways to improve it
The health and social care sector is under pressure. In the UK alone, the number of unfulfilled roles in adult social care is at its highest since records began and one in three carers plan to leave the industry within the next five 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
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.
Retention
When onboarding fails!
New-hire attrition is an ongoing issue, with up to 20 percent of new hires leaving within the first 45 days of their new role and 33 percent leaving after just six months. With the average cost of recruiting a new employee in the UK £3,000 , seeing a third of your new hires leaving so soon, can be both costly and disruptive.
Retention
Why you shouldn’t solely focus on negative survey results
Conducting employee surveys is an incredibly insightful method to understand what is important to your people. At the same time, it’s also very easy to put a microscope over the negative employee feedback received, and primarily focus on how this can be actioned first. Whilst it’s imperative that negative feedback is not ignored, but addressed and actioned in good time, it’s also important to pay close attention to the positive survey results received for the following reasons:
Employee Engagement
4 steps to help your people managers increase their team engagement
We are all human, so there’s no way we can be 100% engaged with our work and at the top of our game every single day, all day. Great managers though, will know exactly how to encourage team engagement and to keep employees performing their best whenever it is possible to do so.
Employee Engagement
The top employee engagement drivers that your organization should prioritize
If you’re looking to measure your employee engagement and experience levels, you are going to need to focus on specific employee engagement drivers to get both accurate and fair results.
Employee Engagement
5 tips for building your culture in a hybrid workforce
With many organisations seeing the employee benefits of working from home during the Covid-19 lockdowns, they have now opted to continue with this new way of working, but it is not without its challenges. While technology proved to be one of the biggest struggles for companies during the start of the pandemic, the concern has now shifted to company culture and how you are supposed to maintain it well with a hybrid workforce.
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