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Should You Be Using an Enterprise Social Network?
We have evangelised for many years that the best way of creating widespread involvement is through powerful and effective live experiences and events. That’s certainly the message we were conveying at last month’s Melcrum Live conference anyway. However over the last few years the way we communicate and involve has changed. Twitter, Facebook and the increasingly integrated nature of […]
How to Measure Involvement
Last week we read an article that likened the measurement of employee engagement with the measurement of love. I know it sounds ridiculous, but bear with us… Love has no unit of measurement. We have no benchmark for the lowest or highest level that can be achieved. We also have no tools or […]
Measuring Digital Sentiment – Are Your Workforce Happy?
Rather than trying to directly measure involvement we usually see companies measure less abstract concepts that give an indication of involvement. Employee satisfaction is one of the more popular ones. Companies have been trying to measure employee sentiment for years. In most cases this meant ‘confidential’ surveys and appraisals. Needless to say, they weren’t always […]
Recognition – An Easy Win
Recognition is a basic human desire. No one wants to feel like their efforts are going un-noticed, do they? To be honest, it’s pretty rare to find a working environment that doesn’t operate some form of recognition. Maybe it’s just a pat on the back at the end of the month, or perhaps […]
How Can Involvement Help Tackle Absenteeism?
Did you know; – The average UK worker has 10 days of ‘unscheduled absences’ each year – The average cost per worker for employers is £673 (CIPD Report) Now consider this: – The average ‘engaged’ employee takes 2/3 ‘unscheduled absences each year I’ll let you do the maths. Put simply; […]