The human side of Employee Engagement
The impact the manager has on engagement is one of the most fundamentally important insights Gallup’s research has uncovered.
The impact of diverse teams on performance
Research shows that diverse teams are more innovative than groups that are more similar. Diverse teams are more effective in …
The core principles of values based leadership
Values based leadership can be an essential tool to grow you culture. When we use values to make decisions, our …
5 Keys to building a high performance team
We cannot force cooperation or teamwork. A high performance team is a group of people who are able to achieve …
Safeguarding your culture by managing toxic talent
Toxic top performer employees damage your culture and performance. Their behaviour will have far reaching impact if not addressed.
5 tips when writing a presentation script for some else
There is a big difference between spoke language and written language. Aim to have it sound natural as it is …
High performance doesn’t follow bell curve reviews
Scrap bell curve reviews as they tend to increase disengagement, cripple innovation and collaboration
End boring meetings with the standing meeting
Similar to teamwork in sports, at work if any team member is not aligned with the strategic goals or pulling …
Do you have the right management for Employee Engagement?
Picking the right management is not about picking the best role talent (salesperson, accountant or engineer, etc.), it is about …
Scrap annual rated performance reviews – then what?
Life after you scrap annual rated performance reviews Will you follow Deloitte, Adobe, Microsoft and Accenture and scrap annual rated performance reviews? If …
Roadblocks to effective performance management
A dynamic performance management process impacts all key business metrics (including return on equity and revenue growth) so it’s surprising …
The perils of poor performance rating
Significant research over that last 15 years has demonstrated that each of us is a frighteningly unreliable at rating other …
Without a holistic view Employee Engagement is just another programme
What happens before their work hours may be just as important as what happens during it. Having a sick child …
7 Steps to improve your personal Employee Engagement levels
Don’t wait for your manager or organisation to engage you – take ownership and start to improve your personal Employee Engagement …
5 of my favourite TED talks
The Power of TED Talks are that they are engaging, have a clear message we can relate to and hardly …
Why in customer service “The customer is always right” is WRONG
In customer service we need to recognise the customer is a human being who deserves to be treated with dignity …
Webcast Archive link: Your performance management X-Factor
Learn how this performance management x-factor will help your managers keep valuable talent, build an innovative high performance team and …
4 keys to developing a more positive work culture
Becoming the architects of our culture is essential as it impacts and influences all or relationships. As work is where …
3 key Employee Engagement and Knowledge Management questions
How do we share what we learn (both good and bad) with our teams so they repeat the good, and …
Top 10 tips to effective Employee Engagement
Engagement surveys repeatedly show that the key factor in employee engagement is the employee’s relationship with their direct manager or …
Business psychology for success
The study of Psychology in business is not about telling business what to do but a reciprocal relationship which draws …
Some surprising elements of a Great Workplace
Building a great place to work is not the about providing the best extravagant perks, it is about satisfying our …
Why traditional Performance Management is broken
We can’t just toss out performance management entirely as we still need to measure performance and have a method to …
Peer coaching meetings to build high performance teams
Ways to develop effective peer-to-peer coaching meetings. Training alone can improve individual and team performance by over 20%, but training …
Podcast on Emotional Intelligence and Employee Engagement
Podcast on Emotional Intelligence and Employee Engagement
Effective compensation strategy an essential in Employee Engagement
Compensation can impact employees both positively and negatively. Fairness and consistency are essential elements of a pay for performance compensation …
Creating an innovation culture
To create an innovation culture employees need to have a clear sense of what is expected of them, your long-term …
Getting more bang from your Employee Engagement survey
It is when we utilise the results of the Employee Engagement survey we improve our culture and our engagement scores.
Top 10 business storytelling tips
Business storytelling helps our audience recall more than a list of statistics or facts, but we still need to be …
Beware the culture change bandaid
Motivational posters, beautiful videos set to popular songs and lapel pins can be a small part of a multi-layered change …
Performance management process to embed culture
Effective and Emotionally Intelligent performance management drives behaviours that increase engagement, embed these behaviours in the organisation's culture all in …
Using Kotter’s 8-Step organisational change model for success
The right organisational change model can make all the difference when implementing Employee Engagement or culture change within an organisation.
Change management requires communication and stakeholder buy-in
Unfortunately the success rate of major change initiatives is only just over 50%. The biggest obstacles to change management are …
In Employee Engagement actions speak louder than words
Follow up and follow through are essential to successful engagement and culture change. Many employees are tired of hearing that …
Top 10 reasons people tune you out at work
Do you feel like people sometimes don’t listen to you at work? We’re all guilty of not listening at one …
The Gallup Q12 assessment for measuring Employee Engagement
Gallup has identified a strong statistically significant link between levels of employee engagement, leadership effectiveness, and organisational success. The quality …
An Employee Engagement survey is a good start
Effective Engaged leaders use every touchpoint, opportunity and a variety of communication channels to reinforce and recognise the organisation's commitment …
Is organisational silence killing your company?
Engagement, similar to discretionary behaviour, is brought to the table by employees, not something done to them. A key driver …
Employee voice a key element in Employee Engagement and innovation
Organisations can optimise their business results when their employees are fully engaged, have the opportunity to be more creative, and …
Building Employee Engagement through organisational culture
Research suggests that workplaces with a solid organisational culture and positive work environment have a higher rate of employee satisfaction, …
Learning to say no at work
Learning to say no at work is an Emotional Intelligence essential We are often afraid of the consequences of saying …
Emotional Intelligence Skills – the Employee Engagement X-factor
The 5 core Emotional Intelligence Skills in business – The X-Factor for Employee Engagement and success Business is all about relationships. Emotional …
Crafting an effective Culture Audit
A culture audit uncovers vital information about the health of your organisation.
Why run a organisational culture audit?
A culture audit can be used to measure whether the habitual behaviour in the organisation matches its expressed values.
Enlightening Question and Answer session tips
Not all Q&A sessions are created equal. We could use technology (Twitter or some other live question feed) to get …
Change management issues to avoid
An effective communication strategy is all about buy-in: the reasons, the benefits, the way forward and the impact of that …
The high cost of multitasking on productivity
When we talk on the phone while checking email or talk on our cell phones while driving, we are unable …
Think you are good at multitasking?
For any task that takes attention to accomplish (e.g. learning to drive) we can only really concentrate on one task …
Discretionary effort at work
Discretionary effort is fuelled by our passion and is linked to our willingness to go the “extra mile” beyond the …
Effective strategy communication tips
Strategy communication tips: How do you share a strategy effectively within your organisation? These Effective strategy communication tips can help …
Building a Great place to work
In today’s highly competitive economy, building a Great place to work is one of the greatest competitive strengths we can …
The ABC’s of creating an Emotionally Intelligent culture
Are you acknowledging and rewarding the right attitudes and behaviours to build an Emotionally Intelligent attitude? What gets measured and …
Brain smart time management
Our ability to utilise the time we have is more important than having time alone. Understanding why we procrastinate, the …
5 strategies to support Employee Engagement
The most effective managers and leaders strategically align their employee engagement efforts and communicate these ideas though their actions daily.
Top KPI feedback tips
Many books talk about the “sandwich” feedback technique, starting and ending with a compliment. This is generally very poorly received …
How to approach difficult conversations
Consider your facts, feelings and identity before approaching a difficult conversation.
Image selection in slide design
Image selection in slide design is about more than just typing the word or concept into Google, it is about …
Preparing for difficult conversations
When preparing for difficult conversations about behaviour, attitude or performance keep these top tips in mind. Approach it as a …
Receiving feedback for development
Performance conversations are often not handled well in many organisations. Most of us don't like to be told what to …
Think billboard in slide design
Effective slides are designed to augment your message - not be your message (notes) or a distraction (clutter). When designing …
Turning pointless meetings into effective meetings
Nobody wants their time wasted by attending an unproductive meeting. Meetings can eat up days of productive time if inefficiently …
Happiness benefits at work
Happiness benefits: Does your organisation pay lip service to the idea that “people are our greatest asset” or do they …
The Purpose economy as a business essential
The conversations about building purposeful work is rapidly evolving with the emergence of new research focused on happiness and meaningful …
The benefits of social support
To improve our mental health and our ability to combat stress, it is important to surround ourselves with at least …
10 tips to help create happiness
Numerous studies have shown the positive effects of laughter on our physical and mental health. Happiness comes from being in …
Leadership lessons from Legos
The Leadership lessons from legos are that doing meaningful work is rewarding in itself, and we are more willing to …
Building an attitude of gratitude at work
Build an attitude of gratitude into your workplace. Experiments by psychologists Grant and Gino found that a simple “thank you” …
