Employee Engagement & Motivation

Want a Good Team Player? Draft a Neurotic.

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

If you had to assemble a team for a work project, who would you pick? According to new study, persons categorized as neurotic are better team players and more appreciated by the team than other work types, especially the extrovert. The study’s authors are Corinne Bendersky, an associate professor at UCLA’s business school, and Neha Parikh Shah, an assistant professor at Rutgers Business School.

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Survey Says Low Performers are More Engaged Than High Performers

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Ever heard the saying “If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it”? While this tactic may increase productivity, what does it say about engagement? According to Leadership IQ, a leading employee engagement survey company, in a disturbingly substantial proportion (42%) of organizations low performers report themselves as more “engaged” than high or middle performers do. The authors reach these conclusions based on the following six key survey responses:

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Predicting Who Will Leave Your Organization

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

How would you like to scan some of your employee data and metrics, and from that determine who is the most likely to quit? Well, Hewlett-Packard believes it has done just that. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, the technology giant piloted a scoring system in 2011 that predicted the likelihood that an employee would separate.

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The No-Job-Title Organization: “I’m Band 3”

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The curse of the job title is the silo effect it creates and the change it hinders when the title does not match the job being performed.

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Collaboration Requires Trust, Not Butts in Seats

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Do you have to be face-to-face in order to collaborate? Yahoo CEO Melissa Mayer recently stirred the pot on this question when she banned individual telecommuting arrangements in the company. The internal announcement of the policy change at Yahoo said, among other things, that it is “critical” to have all Yahoos “present in our offices” to achieve collaboration.

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Return on Happiness

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Does your company want to increase its profits? For virtually all companies, the answer to that question is a resounding yes. In fact, most companies will spend countless hours poring over operational and financial metrics to determine the best approach to increase their financial performance. Unfortunately, many of these companies will be overlooking the role that employee attitudes and beliefs play in their company’s overall bottom-line financial performance.

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Yahoo Drops its Telecommuting Benefit

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Struggling Internet giant Yahoo stunned the workplace flexibility consulting industry by calling a halt to its established telecommuting “arrangements” for the sake of building greater workplace collaboration.

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Recognition in the Workplace – A Key to Strong Business Results

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Employers that excel at employee recognition are 12 times more likely to experience strong business results. This is according to a study by Bersin & Associates. The consulting firm Maritz found in a study that employees that receive recognition where they work are seven times more likely to stay and 11 times more likely to feel committed. Towers Perrin research found that committed employees delivered 57% more effort than uncommitted ones. This data is compelling.

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How Efficient is Your HR Department?

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Apparently when it comes to world-class HR organizations, size isn’t everything. This is according to a new study from the Hackett Group, the global strategic business advisory and operations improvement consulting firm, which suggests that top performing HR organizations spend 27% less per employee and operate with 24% fewer staff.

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