Frederick Taylor’s ideas of “scientific management” caught the business world’s attention in the early 20th century, at a time when industrialisation and large-scale production technologies were being adopted.
1/4 of newly hired employees tend to leave the organisation within six months. From rank & file to C-suite, a first day of work matters as it always makes a lasting first impression. A successful on-boarding programme will have positive effects on engagement, retention and performance.
Topics: Employee Engagement, Leadership, Performance Management
What do you think about when you read the term "employee engagement"? A survey? Staff happiness? Wellness programmes? The term is notoriously squishy because it tries to capture an intangible phenomena that has a very tangible impact on business. The result of this is everyone has a vague intuition that employee engagement is important, but is not quite sure what to do about it.
From the military to start-ups, leaders always want to know the secret sauce to help their teams perform better. This has driven the birth and evolution of performance management systems.
But what is a performance management system?
Why is it important?
Why do people seem to hate existing ones?
And, how can we build one that employees will love?
Topics: Employee Engagement, ER Highlights, Performance Management, Leadership
Today’s workforce looks less and less like it used to. 95% of TAFEP’s 2014 survey said that they work in multi-generational teams, that has members aged anywhere between 18 to 70.
Topics: ER Highlights, Performance Management, Leadership, workplace culture
Let’s face it – humans were not built or meant to be robots. We were not made to be repeating the same things over and over again. Rather, we were meant to innovate and improve processes as time goes by.
Topics: ER Highlights, Employee Engagement, Performance Management, workplace culture
When it comes to creating employee engagement, 87% of organizations cited it as being one of their top priorities. An estimated 66% of companies survey their people regularly. Yet, in their 2017 global study, Gallup finds that only 15% of employees are engaged at work.
Topics: Employee Engagement, ER Highlights, HR analytics, Performance Management, Leadership, workplace culture
We’re all familiar with Spider-Man’s famous catchphrase: “With great power comes great responsibility.” However, his words no longer apply exclusively to the man who does whatever a spider can.
Topics: Employee Engagement, employee retention, ER Highlights, Leadership, Performance Management, workplace culture
The 360 feedback performance evaluation mechanism has the potential to help you overcome your hidden weaknesses and put your business on the fast track.
Topics: ER Highlights, Leadership, Performance Management, workplace culture
If you’re a business romantic like me, you’ve probably read books on corporate culture like Delivering Happiness, Anything You Want, and Onward with rosy eyes and a longing spirit. We’ve all heard plenty about how Zappos, Google, and Southwest are dreams to work for because of their stellar company cultures.
Topics: ER Highlights, Leadership, workplace culture, Performance Management
