Build employee engagement through a culture of innovation

Building a culture of innovation is the hot topic at the moment and alongside how to drive growth is the stuff that’s keeping CEO’s up at night.

Jurys Inn awarded gold Investors in People standard

Jurys Inn has been awarded the only gold accreditation from Investors in People for an international hotel group.

Public sector staff forced to put longer hours in the wake of recession

As morale in the public sector dips, just under a quarter of workers in this sector (25.1%) employed by the state claim they have been forced to work longer hours since the recession.

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Acas launches guide to help employers boost staff engagement

Acas, the employment relations service, has published a new guide to show employers how they can strengthen their business by engaging with staff.

HR need not worry yet about prime minister’s attitude, says PPMA head

HR workers need not worry yet about HR as a frontline job cuts target, Anne Gibson, president of the Public Sector People Managers' Association (PPMA), told HR magazine yesterday.

Employees feel pressure to raise their game, says CMI

In tough times, employees feel they have to work harder and that to get ahead in their careers they must go the extra mile, says a major survey published today by the Chartered Management Institute...

Beyond fluffy: has engagement become nothing more than a cliché?

Engagement is big business. Companies deemed to have highly engaged staff secure valuable publicity if they make it onto lists such as the CRF Institute-run Britain’s Top Employers list, or The Times...

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The Gouman and Thistle Hotel Group launches its first employee engagement survey

The Guoman and Thistle Hotel Group has appointed Retail Eyes, the customer experience improvement agency, to conduct an employee engagement survey on its behalf twice a year.

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G4S global staff survey reports "significant" increases in employee engagement

International security solutions group G4S, has today published the results of its 2011 employee survey of 625,000 staff, reporting "significant" increases in employee engagement.

Leadership failure is undermining employees' workplace attitudes and experiences

Research from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) found that 55% of employees don’t think their managers are competent or confident enough in their roles.

Many employers only pay lip service to engagement, SHRM/Globoforce global survey finds

Most HR leaders (99%) anticipate employee engagement being a key challenge to face, yet non-strategic engagement and recognition programmes continue to pervade companies, global research published...

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Employee disengagement remains a problem as employers fail to tackle 'deadwood'

UK firms are failing to tackle unmotivated staff, despite disengagement being a major threat to businesses, according to research by global management consultancy Hay Group and the Economist...