Inpulse Employee Engagement · 15 April 2019
Emotions drive behaviour, even for the most logical of us. That’s why Inpulse starts by understanding how people feel and why they feel that way. Emotions have a massive impact on engagement and Inpulse helps you be clear on what they are and, where needed, what needs to happen to shift them. For people to […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 15 April 2019
Culture is about the way an organisation gets things done. It’s a key issue in construction as we know from our work with two large construction businesses- Kier Group and Balfour Beatty. Having the right culture means being clear on the behaviours needed from people, and helping people to live them. This means working with […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 8 April 2019
How we feel has a massive impact on what we do, which in turn affects the outcomes we get. We are all driven far more by emotion than most of us like to admit – Daniel Kahneman’s work into how we make decisions has shown this. That’s why we start every Inpulse survey with the question, ‘How […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 8 April 2019
‘Your call is highly valued by us… please wait for the next available colleague…’ We have all heard this or something similar when contacting call centres. Many of us will take it with a pinch of salt because our past dealings with the organisation concerned have suggested that we are not actually all that valued. We know that […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 8 April 2019
Having spent the last year out and about meeting prospective clients, I found that most companies I visited undertake an annual survey. I have written previously on the issues that can arise with big once-a-year surveys, however, what I was surprised by was that many of these companies view the annual survey as the pinnacle of their employee engagement. Rather than seeing […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 1 April 2019
At Inpulse we recognise that whilst clients are looking for a more real-time, transparent and simple to use pulse survey, they often use this alongside the annual engagement survey. What I describe below is a fictional story based on real encounters we have had. We hope that you find the story thought provoking and it helps […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 1 April 2019
I’m ever amazed that some Executives still struggle to see a clear business case for employee engagement. Beyond the obvious lack of productivity, which occurs when someone is disengaged, there is so much more to why engagement matters. That’s not to say lack of productivity doesn't matter as organisations with a high level of engagement report 21% higher productivity, according to an analysis of 1.4 […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 1 April 2019
"How to measure and understand employee engagement in the modern workplace." Imagine a company using a business system from the 1950s , say an IT system or payroll or a performance management system – hard to imagine isn’t it? Yet this is exactly what we do when it comes to employee surveys. Once or twice a […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 25 March 2019
Purpose is key for organisations. Having a clear, and worthwhile purpose is frequently cited as the number one factor in attracting and retaining great people. That’s why more and more organisations are looking to be purpose-driven. One of our clients, known for having a young, ‘millennial’ population, wanted to put greater focus on their purpose […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 25 March 2019
It’s the start of a brand new year a great opportunity to reflect and think about trying new things and taking some risks! So our challenge to you this year is to rethink your annual engagement survey and to start measuring and facilitating employee engagement in real time. Understanding how employees are feeling about the year ahead, the organisation they work for and their Manager […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 25 March 2019
For many organisations, employee engagement is defined by one thing – the annual employee survey. The problem with this approach is that it rarely works and can do more to disengage your team. It is time to modernise your employee engagement. In this blog post Matt Stephens, founder of Inpulse, reveals the revolution taking place around how organisations engage with their employees. […]
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