Disengaged Employees can be Hard on Your Business
Posted by Insightlink | Tags: employment
Any business owner understands the importance of
keeping employees happy. Disengaged
employees do not care about the success of the business. They are
disengaged from it – they are not bound to it, nor do they feel a sense of
loyalty to it. In other words, they come to work simply because they have to
work, not because they want to be there. Keeping your employees happy and
engaged helps to ensure the overall success of your business. Happy employees
are productive employees. They do not call in sick to work as often, they work
harder to help the business succeed, and they feel a sense of loyalty to you,
the employer.
Here at Insightlink Communications, we want to help you keep your employees
happy and engaged. That is why we offer surveys that you can give your
employees to gain their insight into the operation of your business. You are
the owner – you may not understand what a day-to-day employee faces. With a
survey, your employees can feel comfortable letting you know how they feel
about the operation of the business – and you can gain some valuable insight
into their perspectives. Contact us today to learn more.
How to Show Employee Loyalty?
Posted by Insightlink Communications | Tags: Employee loyalty , employee motivation , Fun , Reward and Recognition
This may be the ultimate expression of employee committment and loyalty, although I'm not sure it's for everyone. The owner of a real estate company in New York is giving its 800 employees a unique loyalty incentive – a permanent 15% raise in exchange for getting a tattoo of the company logo. The owner got the idea when one of his employees voluntarily had the complay logo tattooed on his arm. Thinking this was "cool" Anthony Lolli decided to offer the rest of his employees a straight 15% raise if they also had the company logo tattooed on their bodies in any size (or place) that they chose. So far 40 people have taken him up on the offer. Would you?
Yahoo bans working from home?
Posted by Insightlink Communications | Tags: Employee Engagement , management , Reward and Recognition , telecommuting , Work-Life Balance
I have to admit I was completely surprised at Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's recent announcement that the company will ban teleworking for most of its employees. It seems like a backwards move for a company struggling to maintain its mojo, which I doubt will do anything to improve morale at the company. Mayer has come in for much criticism for the move and today Virgin Group founder Richard Branson weighed in on the decision too with the following tweet:
We agree with Branson on this one. Study after study has shown that giving workers more flexibility improves productivity, loyalty and engagement. What do you think?
Send Your Robot to Work
Posted by Insightlink Communications | Tags: bazinga , Big Bang , Employee Engagement , Fun , Sheldon Cooper , telecommuting , Work-Life Balance
Wasn't this a hilarious Big Bang Theory episode? You know, the one where Dr. Sheldon Cooper decides to send himself to work via a PC screen attached to a mobile robot. Double Robotics has created this novel device which allows you to turn your iPad into a movable virtual presence device just like Sheldon's making plain old teleconferencing look positively stone age.
According to the Double Robotics Web site: "Double is the simplest, most elegant way to be somewhere else in the world without flying there. The minimalist design and intuitive touchscreen controls allow you to freely move around without inconveniencing others. You can stay at eye level, whether sitting or standing, by adjusting your height remotely, which makes conversations fluid and real. Retractable kickstands will automatically deploy to conserve power when you are not moving around".
Check out the video below to see how it works.
Then check out the Big Bang Theory scene where Lenonard drives Sheldon's "double" to the office. Bazinga. This really could revolutionize the workplace.
HR Priorities for the New Year in 2013
Posted by Insightlink Communications | Tags: Attrition , Employee Engagement , management
What are the most important goals for your oranization in the coming year? The folks over at Ceridian have an interesting infographic giving some answers to this question. The following is a summary of what they found:
2013 Priorities
Here's what the numbers say...
32% say customer focused initiatives
28% say employee engagement
16% say containing health care costs
13% say managing workforce productivty
10% say regulatory compliance
Top 5 Challenges
Do you agree with this list?
1. Attracting technical talent
2. Controlling the company brand
3. Communication with applicants
4. Keeping employees engaged
5. Obtaining job candidate referrals
Top 5 Business Risks
1. Loss of customers
2. Talent/Skills shortages
3. Reputational risk
4. Currencey fluctuations
5. Changing legislation
It's no sup
rise that employee engagagement and the risk of talent shortages are high on all these lists. 52% of U.S. employers are having difficulty filling positions in spite of an unemployment rate of close to 8%. Since talented, engaged employees are vital to the success of any customer focused business it's easy to understand where these numbers are coming from. Among other suggestions for achieving 2013 goals, Ceridian recommends outsourcing non-core activities and using workforce analytics ans part of a multi-year consumer-directed strategy.
An annual employee enagement survey and well-desiged action plan should be part of that process. Many employers think an employee engagement strategy is about doing what's needed for employees, but it's really about doing the things needed to build strong, long-lasting customer relationships. Because without loyal customers you won't have employees. That should be your main resolution for 2013.