Inpulse Employee Engagement · 18 February 2020
The truth is, performance reviews have never gone down well with employees - not now, not ever. Most employees believe them to be intrusive and even biased/inaccurate at times. The problem with performance reviews is that they were not created with the workforce in mind, they were solely created to meet organisational objectives: improve performance […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 10 February 2020
This week the world celebrates one of the most ‘controversial’ days in the relationship calendar - Valentines Day. It’s a topic of debate as many believe love and appreciation should be shown regularly, rather than on one day of the year. What we know for certain, and according to the American Psychological Association (APA) consistent […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 4 February 2020
High employee turnover is a challenging, costly affair for organisations. When people leave, replacement costs can amount to 50-60% of an employee’s annual salary, according to research from The Society for Human Resource Management. It can damage company culture, affect productivity, profit and more, which is why organisations should invest in proven retention tools and […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 29 January 2020
People analytics is essentially hard-data that provides management with insight into their workforce. By using people analytics, management is able to access everything from emotion to level of skill within their teams, which assists in the improvement of employee engagement, recruitment, retention, motivation, performance and more. It’s never been more challenging for organisations to recruit […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 20 January 2020
Management and leadership are two different things. When it comes to meeting objectives, management exercises a delegative approach, while leadership are all about teamwork. Leaders sell a vision; they’re optimistic about opportunities and get their teams excited to invest in and help establish goals and objectives to fulfil them. Leaders see no hierarchical gap between […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 15 January 2020
The impacts of employee engagement extend far beyond the office. It's not limited to the workforce, but rather extends across customer borders, impacting customer satisfaction. For all organisations, no matter the industry or the product or service they provide, without customers they would not survive. And, of course, the one way of building customer loyalty […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 7 January 2020
Build well-aligned teams Teamwork is one of the most vital elements to ensuring business goals and objectives are met, and failing to build a winning team will not only cost the business, but damage culture. To become more people-focussed and goal-oriented, teams ought to be strategically created, taking into consideration variations in skill set, personality, […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 8 December 2019
It’s likely you’ve heard the term ‘employee experience’, because it’s become a hot-topic in the world of work, particularly in forward-thinking human resources departments. Now, while you may think it’s the new ‘buzz-word’, there’s good reason for the fuss. We have entered a period of transformation when it comes to work and the running of […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 2 December 2019
Most people cringe at the word ‘artificial intelligence’, especially when spoken in the workplace. It’s unfortunately associated with robots and replacements, being an ‘error-free smart machine’ that could carry out almost any task more accurately and efficiently than any human. While some highly advanced AI technologies could do just that, it’s unlikely human labour will […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 27 November 2019
If you asked your employees just a few years ago to consider one department within the organisation that resembled a ‘police department’, it’s likely they’d have said ‘HR’. Why? Because just a few years ago this department was solely associated with hiring, firing, performance reviews, warnings, grievances; all the functions that created unease amongst the […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 29 August 2019
In 2012 I ran the Dublin marathon, it took a lot of hard work, focus and commitment and that was just the training! In preparation, as someone who didn’t run regularly, I had to decide what shoes to get and as always I had more fun choosing the shoes than necessarily running in them! I tried a few different brands before I came across ASICS - a […]
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