How CEOs Can Become Better Proactive Listeners
Listening matters. And it’s now more important than ever before – particularly for leaders. Modern life shows us that listening is becoming something of a lost art. With increased volumes of communication over social media and phones, people are talking a lot more, and listening a lot less. Leaders who have listening skills are not […]
Zoom orders staff back to the office: what’s changing in the RTO debate?
Zoom, who became synonymous with working from home while offices closed during the pandemic, recently made headlines with their ‘structured hybrid approach’ to return to the office (RTO). Still a point of contention between leaders and employees – as discussed in our recent blog article – Zoom is not the only major company to set […]
Should Being In The Office On A Monday Be Mandatory?
The debate around return-to-office (RTO) policies is turning into a tug-of-war between leaders and employees, with HR sometimes in the middle acting as an honest broker. At ENGAGE, we’re hearing two very different points of view on a regular basis – especially when it comes to what should happen on Mondays… The senior leader view […]
How collaboration can transform your organisation
Almost every CEO we interact with sees improved collaboration as increasingly vital to business success. It doesn’t matter what sector they’re in; whether they’re fintech, media, financial services, manufacturing or professional services, it’s clear that collaboration among their leaders, teams and people opens the door to long-term success. But how, in a world where collaboration […]
How evidence-based HR can drive organisational transformations
In the current highly volatile and uncertain environment, every business is facing an increasing number of organisational shifts. These shifts can transform businesses – sometimes at a rapid pace. According to McKinsey’s recent research, The State of Organisations 2023 (authored by Dr. Patrick Guggenberger, Dana Maor, Michael Park and Dr. Patrick Simon) there are ten […]
Burnout and resignations: what can we do to stem the tide?
Research has shown that poor wellbeing in the form of burnout from demanding roles, with the added pressures of caring responsibilities, is one of the core reasons that people are quitting their jobs in 2022[1]. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that the Future Workplace 2021 HR Sentiment Survey found that employee wellbeing and mental […]
Nudges can influence behaviour, but can they help you retain your best talent?
Knowing why people are leaving your organisation, or what factors motivate them to stay, can help you make the strategic and tactical organisational changes needed to hold onto your top talent. But understanding these push and pull factors is not a simple tick-box exercise. It requires a data-driven approach, underpinned by smart analytics, to most […]
Burnout and the Great Rethink
We’ve all heard about ‘The Great Resignation’ in recent months and it’s something we’ve shone a spotlight on too in Retention: what makes people stay is different for everyone and The multiple truths behind ‘The Great Resignation’. Whether it’s been felt within your organisation or not, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many of us to […]
Retention: what makes people stay is different for everyone
Employee attrition rates are growing fast. You just need to Google ‘retention’ to be hit with endless studies and statistics that support the theory of the ‘Great Resignation’. And it’s not just frontline employees who are fuelling this trend. Organisations are losing leaders and managers too. Losing people at every level is significant for any […]
The multiple truths behind ‘The Great Resignation’
The Great Resignation. We’re seeing it everywhere. The media brandishes the term like a banner. Leaders are concerned about the talent crisis we’re facing. And HR departments and managers are under more pressure than ever to retain staff by almost any means. If we’re to take the headlines and statistics at face value, it’s a […]