Inpulse Employee Engagement · 21 November 2022
As we discussed in the last post, your commitment to Environmental, Social and Governance matters to your employees, now more than ever. Crucially, it is also a decisive factor for investors, partners, and the general public. What you say and (more importantly) what you do in terms of ESG plays into your reputation and your […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 7 November 2022
While Corporate Social Responsibility has long been a staple of employer lingo, the importance of ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance – has only more recently gained prominence. Moving beyond a set of CSR initiatives, ESG tends to be more quantifiable and measurable, and more embedded within the broader organisational strategy. The Missing Ingredient in […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 24 October 2022
It’s an age-old question: does success make you happy? As it turns out, the answer is a pretty unequivocal, “no.” In fact, as Arthur Brooks discusses in his recent article for The Atlantic, “Ultimately, although success and happiness are linked, the alchemy is mostly one-way—and not in the way that most people think.” When we […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 10 October 2022
Company wellness programs are nothing new, but they are sometimes fairly limited in scope. Employers might remove vending machines from offices and provide only healthy snacks, or offer support and incentives to help employees to stop smoking, for example. But there is a danger that these kinds of initiatives become more of a box-ticking exercise […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 26 September 2022
What does it look like when tiredness and stress tip over into burnout? And what does that mean for employees and employers alike? Brené Brown, professor and researcher into courage, vulnerability and leadership, describes the difference between feeling “stressed” and feeling “overwhelmed”. She explains that when we experience overwhelm, we start to shut down and […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 12 September 2022
Whether it looks like adapting, pivoting, diversifying or expanding, change is an essential part of growth. Some changes are forced upon us without warning – the sudden and universal shift to remote working during the pandemic, for example – while other changes are a conscious choice by senior leadership when you see an opportunity for […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 30 August 2022
Our research shows that employees who feel that their organisations are environmentally-conscious are 2.3 times more engaged at work.
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 29 August 2022
Remember that old Aesop’s Fable about the Sun and the Wind? They argued about which of them could make the man take off his coat. The harder the Wind blew, the tighter the man pulled his coat around him. When the Wind was out of breath, all the Sun had to do was to shine […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 15 August 2022
The relationship between technology, humans and productivity runs back through the centuries, but the nature of that relationship is ever-evolving. The Industrial Revolution enabled the move from cottage industries to mass production, where humans physically operated the revolutionary machinery as essential cogs in the production process. With greater automation, the human workforce began to be […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 1 August 2022
Line managers are the human point of connection between employers and their people. This is where transparent communication and dialogue can take place on a regular basis. As we know from our experience in emotional analytics, everything from effective onboarding to successfully retaining and developing talent is rooted in company culture and employee wellbeing. It […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 18 July 2022
Today’s workforce is increasingly diverse in nature, and diversity and inclusion are highly valued. For Millennials and Gen Z, these factors act as powerful motivators when it comes to choosing an employer – and choosing to stick around. By now, these potential employees are more than used to hearing companies pay lip service to diversity […]
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