#employee-engagement

#employee-engagement

This category recognizes companies that have implemented innovative and effective strategies to boost employee morale and engagement during challenging times. FutureThink, New York Quarterly "Kill a Stupid Rule" sessions empower employees at the business services and management consulting firm to streamline workplace processes. Land O'Lakes, Arden Hills, MN In the face of pandemic-era disruptions, leaders at the member-owned agricultural cooperative advocated to bring flexible work to its manufacturing team.

Changes from the C-suite often land as abstract ideas that feel disconnected from the reality on the ground. It's up to team leaders to help people see what it means for them.

Employee spotlight templates are pre-designed formats used by a company to consistently and engagingly highlight individual employees' achievements, stories, roles, or personalities.

A digital workplace is the modern evolution of the traditional office, integrating people, business processes, and collaborative tools to enable seamless work from anywhere.

Stankey acknowledges a shift away from traditional employment expectations, stating, 'Some of you may have started your tour with this company expecting an 'employment deal' rooted in loyalty. We have consciously shifted away from some of these elements.' His memo actively redefines loyalty and sets clearer expectations for employees within the changing landscape of corporate relationships.

Samsung has implemented a mandatory five-day return-to-office (RTO) policy for some US semiconductor division employees, enhancing in-office presence and collaboration.

Gamification transforms learning into an engaging, memorable experience, increasing employee motivation and retention, with research showing 90% engagement and 75% learning retention improvements.

In many organizations, decisions are made in boardrooms, far removed from the customer's reality. Metrics are dissected. Dashboards are studied. Yet somehow, the real customer experience gets overlooked or misrepresented.

Learning today transcends traditional methods, embracing AI tools that create engaging content like onboarding documents and custom visuals effortlessly, transforming training experiences.

Even if you're working in a restaurant serving hamburgers in a very repeatable kind of a fashion, your style, your way of talking to them, your way of presenting the food is unique to you.

Only 31% of employees say they are engaged, while 42% know what's expected of them at work. Furthermore, 17% of workers are actively disengaged, feeling negativity towards their roles.

Companies with long-distance CEOs exhibit lower financial performance. Despite Minnesota having fewer of these executives compared to neighboring states, some public companies do have them, like UnitedHealth Group and Target.

The third quarter of the year is not the time for teams to rest on their laurels, yet leaders are sometimes reluctant to directly express the need for impact and urgency. Remember that playing it safe or being coy will get you nowhere. Instead, call out the challenges you're bound to encounter this time of year.

Many businesses are reacting to rising costs by holding back on their workforce. While lower numbers may look good on paper, the negative impact will materialise as workers report burn-out, lower productivity, and absenteeism.