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Motivation for money-driven employees
Replied Mar. 19, 2009
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When looking at repeat client studies, after some significant downturns during Sept-Nov, we have seen some rise in engagement in the last few months. What we are seeing is that the "stay" component is rising which might be driven primarily by fear -…
You might consider opportunities to reward employees for identifying and executing on cost savings opportunities with a financial reward that is some portion of the savings realized. This allows employees looking for additional pay, but also support…
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- At 3:01pm on February 13, 2009,
Jean Douglas, CMC said…
- Hi Ray,
Glad to see your name here. I would have said hi sooner, but haven't been checking out the new names for awhile.
Your input will be a real plus to this community.
Jean
- At 9:31am on August 25, 2008,
David Zinger said… - Ray,
Welcome to the employee engagement network. Hewitt does such fine work in the field of employee engagement...it is a pleasure to have you join the network and I look forward to your involvement and participation.
David
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- Who are you?
- I have been a consultant and practioner in market research, employee research, and human capital measurement for over 15 years. My current professional role is as Principal and Practice Leader for Employee Research and Engagement at Hewitt Associates. Hewitt is a large HR and Management consulting firm.
I also try to keep up with (and engage) two young sons!
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- I have been consulting in employee engagement measurement, action planning, and improvement since 1993. I lead the development team that created Hewitt's approach to employee engagement measurement and improvement. Through the years I have consulted with hundreds of different companies on engagement measurement and related actions with strong, positive business results.
- Website:
- http://hewitt.com
- Where are you located?
- Chicago, IL
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Effective Employee Engagement is about developing your staff to care about the future of your organisation. Only you as their manager can demonstrate the readiness of your organisation to deliver it.
Many organizations have seen their voluntary turnover numbers greatly decline during the past 18months (our recessionary window). However, there are two great articles that are indicating that the turnover wave is coming. Those organizations with di…
You must make the choice to be engaged with your employees every day...for engagement is a decision before it is an action.
Recognize that employee engagement is not a fluffy extra but the fundamental way you will get work done with others through conversation, co-creation, community, mutuality, and other inclusive approaches to achieve results that matter to organizatio…
Ah, the script for a boss! That is easy, but a long way from the traditional one.
First, I suggest the boss do a quick read of Douglas McGregor's "The Human Side of Enterprise" to gain an understanding of the theory behind X and Y. Then commit the…
Jon...
Great stuff. Particularly like the piece about attacking "internal friction".
I still think the macro issues, namely around what kind of relationships does the organisation wish to have with specific groups/classes of employees need to be c…
My view on this is that where you treat employee engagement like a ‘big bang’ corporate change programme it will always carry a significant risk of turning into an ‘organisational Vietnam’. Don’t go to war in the first place!
Do it by taking lots a…
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