Business Reporter

as distributed in The Sunday Telegraph July 23rd   Open publication – Free publishing – More employee Downloadable PDF 

Companies need to engage their workforce by using effective management – or face losing out to their competitors The employee engagement revelation Executive leaders and HR practitioners are more frequently recognising the importance of an engaged workforce, its potential to drive business performance and impact the bottom line. Engaged employees are highly motivated and committed [...]

Get training right by embracing new learning platforms, or risk throwing money down the drain Businesses invest thousands of pounds on training every year, but the question remains: are employees ever really engaged or does it go in one ear and out the other? Employee engagement is considered one of the major challenges in delivering [...]

Listening to your colleagues and making them feel valued can result in longer-lasting loyalty – and you can’t ?put a price on that Sainsbury’s, one of the biggest names in retail, has decided to sponsor two of the major events this year, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Paralympic Games. Making sure employees are engaged [...]

For engagement to take root and provide a sustainable foundation for business performance, an organisation needs engaging leadership and engaging management Despite huge interest in employee engagement and a growing industry in measurement, the level of engaged employees has barely moved in the past 10 years. So what’s going on? Smart businesses know that it [...]

The smooth running of the Olympics will depend on the efforts of thousands of temporary workers. But how can you engage those on short-term contracts? The total workforce for the London Olympics will exceed 100,000. Many of these will be temps representing companies supplying the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, but [...]

Managers should show employees they care by hearing and valuing their ideas – an approach championed by one telecoms giant “As a senior manager in BT I have to deliver results but I can only do this if everyone in my team knows where they fit in,” says Gary Stuart, general manager for outside broadcast. In [...]

Live events are just the beginning of the engagement journey Live events with the chance to get face-to-face with a company’s leader are the most powerful tool in employee engagement, according to a survey of 400 professionals. Around 80 per cent use them in planning and communication and to align managers behind the company vision [...]

An effective evaluation is crucial when it comes to employee engagement and gaining the leadership support you need Most large companies today conduct regular employee surveys and use them as a key talent management measurement tool. These survey programmes typically are aimed at supporting the overall business strategy and, in particular, the human capital management [...]

From argument to engagement: how mediation in the workplace can save both time and money for your business Unresolved workplace disputes are one of the biggest barriers to employee engagement. Conflicts and disputes reduce goodwill, drain resources, take up valuable time and cost eye-watering sums of money. Marks and Spencer, BT and Topshop have all [...]