What do I mean by Employee Experience? Why is it important? Did you know that half your new recruits start looking for their next job within a month of starting with you? Their experience of working for you is critical, as is their induction process. How do you get it right? Enjoy the video.
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How to improve Employee Engagement
You can’t have missed the chatter about employee engagement. It has become THE thing to have in the last decade, so you might be wondering what are the drivers of employee engagement? My interest in this started in 1978, when we called it espirit de corps, involvement and stickability. In that time I have done a lot of research, both academic and in the real world with the people I managed. I learnt a lot of things that should work, but don’t and some things that work that are counter-intuitive. The only thing more complicated than a human being is more than one human being! People believe that employee engagement makes a 10% difference at best. That’s because they have had poor advice. Employee engagement, done properly, will double your performance, double your profit. Enjoy the video and please share it!
Continue readingHow to motivate a Team
So there you are, newly promoted to Team Leader. You probably got the job because you were the best at doing the team member’s work. Hopefully you received some training on how to lead a team? If you didn’t then please watch the video You will need to understand how money motivates (and doesn’t) and that your team’s motivation is now down to you to create. We have all seen Team Leaders who have skipped the training and believe their job is to continue to be the best, fastest most productive team member. They are often heard to say that the rest of the team is a hindrance not a help! We have all met them. Understanding how to motivate a Team is good for the health and prosperity of the team leader, the team and the employer. Let’s get started.
Continue readingHigh Performance Teams
Are you responsible for Team performance? Do you think about how to create high Team motivation? You know you are measured by how well your Team performs. You want to be better! Enjoy the video
Continue readingManaging people at work – the divine spark
How do you manage people? If you haven’t done it, you won’t know how difficult it can be. Sometimes, because it is difficult, managers hide behind their authority. Have you worked for someone like that? Unfortunately, far too few managers get proper training in how to manage people. Enjoy the video
Continue readingFun employee engagement activities
Fun employee engagement activities? Really? Is that what you’re searching for? Why don’t you make the work more fun? It is allowed you know! Watch the video and the other in the series, and you’ll see lots of ways you can make work fun. In fact, if it isn’t fun, you are not managing properly! I can help.
Continue readingEmployee engagement ideas to raise productivity
Employee engagement is the way to raise productivity. This is widely accepted now. But how do you install “employee engagement”? The hint is that it isn’t software, it isn’t surveys, and it isn’t perks or benefits. What is left you might ask? Watch the video?
Continue readingEmployee Engagement is caused by the Managers!
It is astonishing to me to see how vast the “Employee engagement” industry has become. Billions are spent on surveys, software and every kind of employee benefit. It’s a shame that the results are questionable at best. The simple, and best, Employee Engagement Intervention is ignored. You might also like ‘Employee Engagement Initiatives that don’t work!’ and ‘Praise the person’ on this website.
Continue readingProductivity through Gamification – The Sequel
Just a little more to wrap up on Gamification. It really is THE way to make work fun and addictive! Just look at the popularity of Social Media, engineered to grab your attention and make you play the game. Good luck with your Games. Just make sure that you manage the Game and that the people working for you are not playing a Game of their own! We are always here to help.
Continue readingProductivity through Gamification
Have you, or someone you know, been totally addicted to a game? Minecraft,Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario? Avid players become totally absorbed in the game, in the “Flow”, and lose track of time. They put every ounce of effort into achieving the objective. They even read about how to do it, how to improve their game playing skill! Don’t you wish people showed the same addiction to their work? Why don’t they? Enjoy the video!
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