The Government is to launch a review to find out how to boost the engagement and performance of the workforce.

Whether staff are engaged or not depends on a variety of factors, such as age, sex, education, status and ethnicity. So what does HR need to do to keep its talent? asks Peter Crush.

One fifth of employees are frustrated in their jobs while 46% of managers create de-motivating climates for employees.

Jane Carwardine, HR director at the Identity and Passport Service, has revealed her plans to develop a single measure of engagement across the whole of the Civil Service.

The UK is suffering from a managerial crisis resulting in poorer levels of engagement than almost all other countries.

Common sense and empathy for other people are capabilities to be valued among employees.

Managers need more help from their employers when motivating poor performing members of staff.

An exit interview should not only get to the bottom of why valued staff are leaving but form the basis of an action plan to stop them wanting to leave in the first place.

<b>When everyone is working hard and under pressure, tempers can very easily become frayed. Stefan Stern reports on ways of managing your own anger and that of your colleagues</b>

<b>A lot of effort is put into motivating employees. But is a happier employee better at their job? Or does it take something else to put fire into their belly? Stefan Stern reports</b>

<b>Richard Donkin explains why we need to confront our assumptions about what really stirs us to work</b>

Patricia Seeman is testing her social capital model at Zurich Financial Services. The results are impressive, she tells Morice Mendoza