Inpulse Employee Engagement · 18 March 2020
We’re all well aware of the great disruptions COVID-19 has caused for people’s personal and professional lives; the financial and organisational impact it’s had on business, and the damage it’s done and continues to do to the national and global economy. During these distressing times, employees are aware of the financial burden their employers are […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 2 March 2020
Every organisational team should consist of diverse skills; that’s what makes a team strong and resilient. Not everyone can be great at all things, and so a variety of skills ensures that where some are weaker, others provide strength. Team diversity, however, ceases to work if leaders fail to optimise their team members’ individual potential. […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 26 February 2020
Team performance is what managers and team leaders are often most concerned about because outcomes impact a host of other functions and, of course, the businesses bottom line. When it comes to team performance, management’s main objectives include: avoiding a negative ripple effect through the operational chain, creating unified, motivated teams and establishing a positive […]
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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 · 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 · 8 August 2019
It’s a well-known fact that for most people, the thought of change can be an alarming prospect that’s best avoided. The reality of change is often very different, and in many cases, turns out to be an improvement; but the instinct I’ve found over years of working with companies going through change is that most […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 25 July 2019
Employee engagement is a concept that can make a significant contribution to business success, yet in many ways, is still poorly understood and unappreciated. Sending round an annual employee survey might have been considered sufficient in previous generations, but there’s far more to employee engagement than asking everyone to fill in a questionnaire once a […]
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