To kick start our guest blog contributions, we asked Peter Wakefield, head of organisational development, at Radian to give us the lowdown on how successful action planning has boosted the ...
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Big plans and little plans – a guest blog from Radian
To kick start our guest blog contributions, we asked Peter Wakefield, head of organisational development, at Radian to give us the lowdown on how successful action planning has boosted the organisation’s employee engagement levels 17% in two years to an impressive 75%. Who we are We are a group of housing associations and a care […]
…and here is one I made earlier! Bread making and business insight
Recently we had a small get together of clients and contacts from across the private sector to talk about “fresh thinking” in employee engagement and ponder the wonders of text mining, employer brand measurement and the benefits of qual as a method for truly understanding the employee experience. We also baked bread!! Ambassadors from the […]
Top tips on how to embed a university-wide employee engagement survey
Whether you are just starting out on your engagement journey or are well into it, here are some hints and tips as shared at the Higher Education Networking event last week from the University of Sheffield, the University of Surrey and the University of Reading. We are asked by a lot of higher education institutions, […]
Telecommuting: The next employee benefit battleground?
Following recent news at Yahoo! and Best Buy, ORC International delved into the telecommuting debate and sought to get America’s perceptions about telecommuting and its correlation with productivity and work-life balance. New research shows that 65% of Americans believe that telecommuters are actually productive when working from home, but not all Americans are convinced – 29% […]
Dive in to the crowd – and learn to swim
Want to hear another buzz word? Another little gem of blue-sky-deep-sea-imagineering? You know you do. Besides, you probably need a new face for your dart board at this time of year. Ready? Yes? Hear goes. Crowdsourcing. No, not crowd surfing, (the process in which a person is passed overhead from person to person – often during […]
Only 60% of Millennials intend to still be working for their current company 12 months from now!
What are you doing as an employer to engage and retain Millennials? ORC International recently conducted a study on the Millennial Generation (ages 18-30) as employees. Check out the infographic (got to love an infographic)… If you want to take a peek at the full results then email our pal Jake at Jake.Hendrickson.orcinternational.com or contact […]
It’s that time of year again!
Time for us to make our annual resolutions to eat less, exercise more, volunteer, plant a tree, read more worthy books, blah, blah, blah… Oddly enough our professional lives are often ignored in these pledges but actually January is a great time to turn over a new leaf at work. So in the spirit of […]
Pre-packaged employee engagement tastes so bland
“What do you do?” Ah, the go-to question when meeting someone new – it’s as common as Starbucks. “What do you do?” “I work in research” “Research? Oh how interesting, what type of research” Damn it. I am now instantly on a pathway I know will disappoint. “Employee Engagement” “Sorry?” “Employee Research?” A look of bedazzlement […]
Will Job Recovery Begin in 2013?
Reblogged from ORC Social Buzz: The unemployment rate in the United States has remained over 8% since February 2009 and one of the most common questions about the economy is when will significant and sustained job growth return. The 2012 NYSE Euronext CEO Report, released on August 27th, provides some interesting answers and insight into […]
- It’s that time of year again!
- Oh Yahoo! How you’ve changed…
- Happy staff = better business performance
- Will Job Recovery Begin in 2013?
- Pre-packaged employee engagement tastes so bland
