Employee engagement levels improve around the world, finds Aon Hewitt study of 3,100 employers

After years of declining employee engagement levels around the world, an analysis from by Aon Hewitt, showed a positive global shift in engagement— or emotional and intellectual involvement in the...

Engagement surveys can mask the true nature of staff motivation, according to the CIPD and Kingston Business School

High levels of engagement could be damaging for organisations and their employees if one-dimensional engagement surveys mask the types of engagement at play within an organisation, according to the...

ONS May figures offer some comfort to Government

There was some slightly good news for the embattled Government from the employment figures published today by the Office for National Statistics, for the first quarter (January to March 2012).

Employee engagement defies age of austerity, as workplace pride increases, finds Badenoch & Clark

UK workers are combating austerity blues and economic woes with a renewed sense of purpose, according to a new study revealed exclusively to HR demonstrating levels of enthusiasm and engagement remain...

Britain’s Top Employers: KFC and Rider Levett Bucknall take the top spots

KFC and Rider Levett Bucknall took the poll positions in their categories at last night’s Britain’s Top Employers Dinner.

Olympics Special 7/7: Do HR directors have a sporting chance of ensuring lasting legacy?

In 2005, a Japanese couple moved to Vancouver, Canada with the dream to run a hotdog stand. They didn’t speak English, they didn’t have a marketing budget and certainly didn’t have the funds to...

It's easy to be cynical about the Olympics, but now is the time to stop whinging

With Beijing, it is the media and artistic crackdown post-Olympics that people remember. In Athens, it is the debt of €50,000 for every Greek household, while in Sydney they are “still paying the...

Cass Business School and Cranfield Management School identify four types of employee engagement

A new international study of employee engagement in multinational enterprises (MNE’s) has identified four different domains of engagement and the factors which drive them.

Office Angels predicts a 'less enjoyable future' at work with engagement levels set to drop

Today has been named as ‘Blue Monday’, the most depressing day of the year, but research from recruitment agency Office Angels suggests that the worst is yet to come, predicting a “less enjoyable”...

Beyond the annual survey: assessing engagement throughout employee lifecycle

The battle to attract and retain the best talent continues to top the business agenda for leading organisations. Having a strong employer brand is a prerequisite just to compete.

Employee engagement: whose responsibility is it anyway?

It’s 8.30am on launch day. The banners are up, the stand looks fantastic and the champions are in place brandishing flyers.

Have your say – not: the delusion with staff surveys

Employee engagement surveys, staff surveys, people surveys, call them what you want: let’s face it – they’re rubbish.