One of the most important assets a business can have is an engaged workforce. Especially when the economy has gone to the dogs and that business needs all the help it can get. Gfk Custom Research has just conducted a study of over 30,000 employees across 29 countries and found that workers between the ages [...]
It’s no secret that an engaged employee is a more productive and profitable one. Researchers have analysed the impact that engaged employees have on a business and found that active engagement is a strong factor in driving innovation and building solid customer relationships. As with many aspects of business, once a need is identified, ‘experts’ [...]
I’ve just read a study which reported that in the later half of 2011 fewer than one in three employees worldwide were engaged in their jobs, while almost one in five classed themselves as disengaged. The report, by BlessingWhite, revealed which working environments were more likely to foster engaged employees. It found that engaged employees [...]
Coming swiftly after the announcement of the government’s new ‘Employee Engagement Taskforce’, the CIPD’s Employee Relations Survey reveals some interesting statistics about current attitudes to employee engagement. It found that 65 per cent of employers surveyed viewed employee engagement as the most likely focus for developing ongoing employment relationships, while 59 per cent also said [...]