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.

Staff continue to feel taken for granted as working hours increase and engagement levels plummet

Nearly three quarters (70%) of more than 1,000 employees polled feel their employer either takes their efforts for granted or expects them to feel grateful for having a job, according to recruitment...

How can organisations improve employee engagement, customer satisfaction and business performance?

Here’s a question: What is the most important thing you want from the organisation for which you work?

Employee engagement in UK businesses lags behind the global trend, according to ORC International

The overall picture of employee engagement in the UK is lagging in 2011,according to the global Perspectives survey.

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Line managers fail to act on employee engagement surveys, according to global Aon Hewitt report

Employers must take action to motivate and equip their managers to act on engagement surveys, according to a report by Aon Hewitt.

UK workers are not happy, research finds

The latest Happiness at Work Index from recruitment consultancy Badenoch & Clark, published today, reveals that only a third (36.5%) of UK workers are happy in their job. A quarter (24.2%) say they...

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LV= launches leavers and joiners survey to improve staff engagement and talent management

Mutual insurance, retirement and investment group LV= has launched a joiners and leavers survey as part of its investment in employee engagement and talent retention.