Employee Engagement
How can training assist in developing employee engagement?
- Published on 30 Oct 2013
- HR Pulse News Desk
The last two to three decades have seen tectonic shifts in the world of work. Utterly dead is the concept of a faceless and mechanised workforce who follows processes blindly. It has been replaced by the idea of motivated individuals whose capacity for creative problem-solving and meaningful contribution positions them as potential partners for future growth. The question is how to empower existing employees to greater and greater contributions, efficiencies and innovations? The Human Resource Practice provides some insights.
Employee engagement: myth or mystery?
- Published on 12 Sep 2013
- Bernice Bowmaker-Falconer
The problem with the term ‘employee engagement’ is that it has too often been used as a stand-in description for employee satisfaction.
Engagement is not satisfaction. Yes, it is true that a happier or more satisfied employee is more likely to have an increased level of discretionary effort but more importantly, there are employees who are happy simply because they don’t feel the need to do much. This is the dilemma that has organisations questioning both the importance and relevance of measuring engagement. And this is where I come in to clear a few things up…
Fresh intelligence from Databuild’s unique people
- Published on 16 Aug 2013
- Jonathan Hall
Highly engaged people: that’s Databuild’s new secret weapon. Developed out of CEO Morag Evans’ conviction that supremely aligned and motivated staff would give Databuild the edge over competition into the future, the market intelligence firm launched an initiative to involve all 50 employees intimately in plans to distinguish an experience of the Databuild brand from rivals.
Happy employees equal happy customers
- Published on 25 Jul 2013
- Natalie Maroun
Although companies across the globe are battling with the current economic instability, according to an international corporate study, employee engagement worldwide and perceptions of their work experience improved in 2012.
Rewards can entice and retain generation Y
- Published on 5 Jul 2013
- HR Pulse News Desk
Last week, we gave you a couple of tips from Zinhle Matentji about how to manage generation Y in the workplace. We’ve just heard that research undertaken by the Department of Industrial Psychology at the North-West University (NWU) has uncovered more specific details about what attracts generation Y.
