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The Do’s and Don’ts of Executing Engagement Surveys: Part 2 – DON’T

The Do’s and Don’ts of Executing Engagement Surveys: Part 2 – DON’T

Our last post offered the DO’s of creating and executing employee engagement surveys. This post will continue on and discuss what you should avoid when executing engagement surveys. Again, Effron and Ort (Authors of ‘One Page Talent Management’) have outlined the following points: DON’T: Use too much detail when reporting the results: Using complicated and [...]
The Do’s and Don’ts of Executing Engagement Surveys: Part 1- DO

The Do’s and Don’ts of Executing Engagement Surveys: Part 1- DO

In a  recently blog post, we spoke about the importance of employee engagement and how a lack thereof can snowball into serious financial losses for an organization (or serious opportunity costs - depending on how you want to look at it). Employee engagement is an employee’s passion for their job which influences their willingness to [...]
The Power of Reporting: How to get BETTER Employee Performance Analytics

The Power of Reporting: How to get BETTER Employee Performance Analytics

By: Natalie Trudel A lot of focus is placed on streamlining and automating employee performance management processes. There are many reasons why this is the case –  reduced administrative costs, decreased human error, effective archiving of past reviews, automated succession plans and compensation management ; however, one of the ultimate goals of automating talent management is […]

SOLVING Talent Management Problems might be Less Expensive than Trying to MANAGE Them

SOLVING Talent Management Problems might be Less Expensive than Trying to MANAGE Them

I recently finished a book called, ‘What the Dog Saw’ by Malcolm Gladwell (great read by the way). One of the chapters focused on homelessness and went over the various costs associated with managing the unfortunate issue (healthcare, shelter, etc. etc.). Gladwell eloquently defended his theory that in an ideal world, it would be far less […]

The Traditional Rating Scale: NEEDS IMPROVEMENT

The Traditional Rating Scale: NEEDS IMPROVEMENT

Since its inception, emPerform has been providing users with a flexible and functionally robust tool that lets HR practitioners customize the content, which includes their own forms and rating scales. This bodes well for many businesses and is one of the reasons behind emPerform’s growing success; however, we believe that some commonly used rating scales […]

Is your workforce engaged? Tips for engaging employees

Is your workforce engaged? Tips for engaging employees

By: Natalie Trudel Simply stated: low employee engagement costs organizations money. Instead of explaining how, I thought I would let the numbers tell you. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but these are worth millions in business costs. – An estimated 23% of payroll cost is un-productive because of low engagement. – Only two […]

3 Simple Tips for Managing Social Media in the Workplace

3 Simple Tips for Managing Social Media in the Workplace

By: Natalie Trudel A Trend Micro study has found that almost a quarter of employees surveyed now visit social networking sites while on the corporate network. I personally think that the stat is higher. It shouldn’t come as a shock to any HR practitioner that social networking is rampant in the workplace; some HR and […]

Succession Planning: Fishing Leaders Out of Your Own Talent Pool.

Succession Planning: Fishing Leaders Out of Your Own Talent Pool.

By: Natalie Trudel In a study conducted by the Corporate Leadership Council, it was found that 72% of companies predicted they would have an increasing number of leadership vacancies and 76% were “less than confident” in their abilities to adequately staff these positions. Sound familiar? Ask yourself this – when a position becomes vacant do […]