We're all familiar with employee burnout, but Barclays UK Retail and Business Banking uncovered another productivity-killing phenomenon in its latest employee engagement surveys: worker "rust-out." Barclays teamed up with Robertson Cooper to measure employee wellbeing and overall engagement to hopefully draw correlations between this data and sickness-related absences at the...
Employee engagement levels are up slightly in March 2012 over September 2011, according to the latest National Norms Survey by Modern Survey, but frankly, the numbers are still embarrassingly low. Let's tackle the majority first. The Modern Survey research reveals that 67 percent of employees are underengaged or disengaged in...
Managers and employees alike often dread performance reviews, but when done effectively, they're vital to company growth. Today's must-reads focus on employee feedback methods that make this process valuable for all. * Atlassian, a company I've covered here before, measures staff happiness every day using iPads. [Business Spectator] * Salesforce Rypple is...
Employee morale directly influences team productivity and efficiency, and today's must-reads focus on how to keep your office motivated. * Instead of focusing on why your employees are quitting their jobs, focus on how you can regain your employees' trust by inspiring and motivating them. [Recognize This!] * Forget bonuses and higher...
This infographic by TheFit.com illustrates research on why people hate their jobs. Perhaps unsurprisingly, workers between the ages of 20 and 29 or those who make less than $50,000 a year are far more likely to be dissatisfied with their jobs than workers of any other age range...
An excerpt from Jim Clifton's "The Coming Jobs War" makes a fascinating assertion: engaged employees catalyze economic growth, and high-energy workplaces are thus poised to save America. Clifton cites a Gallup study in which just 28 percent of the U.S. workforce is engaged at work, 53 percent is mentally...
