International Women’s Day: Culture in Women’s Sports

International Women’s Day: Culture in Women’s Sports

It is very apt that I am writing this particular article on International Women’s Day.  However, this is not my inspiration for this article.  Instead, my inspiration has come from an intention held over the past while to celebrate the positive culture in female...
What Do Employees Want From Their Manager?

What Do Employees Want From Their Manager?

In my blogs to date, I have spent a lot of time exploring employee engagement and what makes an engaging leader.  The question that is posed from all of this is ‘what do employees want from their manager?’ Knowing the answer to the question ‘what do employees want...
Managing Workplace Conflict for Employee Engagement: 5 Tips

Managing Workplace Conflict for Employee Engagement: 5 Tips

Workplace conflict is a natural part of our working experience and something that we can’t really avoid. It crops up in so many forms and varying intensity. Workplace conflict is also a key factor in employee engagement. Or, more accurately, how it is managed is...
The Power of Collective Intelligence in the Workplace

The Power of Collective Intelligence in the Workplace

Many organisations are realising that their employee engagement efforts are creating an additional opportunity: the prospect of being able to harness the collective intelligence of their workforce. In sport, we often hear commentators talking about the ‘total being...
Why People Work: the key to motivating your workforce

Why People Work: the key to motivating your workforce

Why do people work? This is a key question for most businesses.  If you can figure out why people work (why your employees turn up every day), then you can hone in on how to motivate them more effectively. In my experiences to date, one of the major influences on...

Make the Most of Your Employee Engagement Diagnostic: 10 Tips

Is there a “right way” or a “best way” to run your Employee Engagement Diagnostic?  We believe there is. Your objectives at the beginning of your employee engagement diagnostic process should be to: Achieve accurate engagement trends mapped to your organisation Share...