Why is Induction & On-boarding an important part of a new employee's work life? Because how an employee is made to feel during his initial days with an organization often influences his decision to stay or leave. In a case where employee already has another offer to consider, a positive experience during Induction & On-boarding becomes even... Continue Reading →
4 secrets to employee engagement success
What do you feel when you hear about Starbucks' College Achievement Plan offering low cost or free online courses to its employees or about TCS sabbatical policy or about Netflix’s unlimited vacation policy? Let me guess… “I wish I was working with them” Correct? At least I think so. Organizations are taking employee engagement to the... Continue Reading →
New age employee engagement surveys
OK, this one is about employee engagement again .. but not adding more tips to it but about what lies beyond it. With so many tools and techniques available for the purpose, engaging employees is no more a problem; almost every organization is doing well at it. The true challenge is measuring and understanding if... Continue Reading →
10 interesting employee engagement questions for Millennials
My inspiration for writing this post came from Leandro Herrero. He is a Change Leader, author, speaker and lot more. His blog post The shortest employee engagement has one question highlights the real motive of an employee engagement survey, that is to understand how much engaged do employees feel in the organization. Employee engagement surveys... Continue Reading →
December- month of celebration and “Time-off”
December is the month of fun, festivals and celebrations. HR pros everywhere are busy in celebration planning to make the passing year memorable for employees. But will the employees be available to join the moment? That's a challenge HR pros face every year. "What are we doing this Christmas and New Year?" An employee asked... Continue Reading →
It’s PEOPLE that drive engagement at work
What keep employees engaged at work? If you are an HR, you would probably have many answers to this. Employee engagement activities, company culture, T&D programs, career path, skill development, RnR programs etc etc …. There is a long list of activities and initiatives HR and organizations do to keep their employees engaged but we... Continue Reading →
Why do we need social media based employee engagement platforms
While social media is changing the world around us, the impact is huge when it comes to Business and HR. After revolutionizing recruitment practices globally, social media is all set to improve Employee Engagement. I have been widely involved in Employee engagement activities for long and any progress in this direction appeals me. Most organizations... Continue Reading →
Why do we need Engagement Specialists?
The word engagement was never as favored as it is today, probably because we have realized the defects of dis-engagement. The pressure of engagement is immense and a new genre of professionals – the Engagement specialists, are busy helping organizations worldwide to cope up with the engagement challenge. While organizations are doing every effort to... Continue Reading →
Unlocking workforce potential
In a game, there are two kinds of players – one who participate to win and the others who participate because they like being part of the game, winning is no condition for them. In professional context, the first category is called the actively-engaged employees while second category constitutes majority of our workforce and is... Continue Reading →