It is a fact; employee engagement is one of the key success factors for companies. Strategically relevant, engagement reflects the employee's sense of belonging to his or her company through motivation, championing the company's values, initiative-taking, and more.
Organizations must regain engagement and enthusiasm among their teams, generating team experiences that strengthen their ties to the organization.
A recent Gallup poll found that almost 20 percent of the US workforce is disengaged. With such a high percentage of disengaged workers, US companies lose nearly a $500 billion per year.
Employee engagement is the feeling of emotional attachment that employees have with their company, their level of personal involvement in the company's success or the degree of enthusiasm they have while performing tasks.
In the light of the current digital setting, the labour market is becoming more complex with more job offers emerging to meet the new demands of the changing environment.
In previous articles we discussed the importance of retaining talent in our organization, yet we need to be aware that the work with our professionals does not end there; we must go a step further.
Engaging employees is about attracting and involving employees to participate intensely in the company’s business as well as drawing them into conversations and decisions.
Retaining talent within companies is no simple task. We are in times of change, where the labour market offers more facilities to professionals so they can migrate to other companies.
We will delve into the key features that an HR technology solution must have.
Did you know that when an employee joins a new company, this is one of the most important moments of the employee’s relationship with the company?
Much has been written about the similarities between Marketing and HR strategies. For both disciplines, the customer/employee is placed at the heart of their strategies aimed to meet their needs.
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When embarking on a process to improve engagement, it is important to bear in mind that this process must always be approached from the employee’s perspective and special attention must be paid to discovering their views on corrporate culture.
HR technology solutions must address several critical issues in order to function as enablers for the implementation of different processes.
Big Data applied to HR has enormous potential. Right now in the market we’re seeing greater development in recruitment, performance appraisal and employee retention.
This report shows how employee engagement directly affects their performance, leading to improvements across many critical factors for the company such as customer perception, productivity, and more.
An Argentinean web designer and a Mexican editor can work from Buenos Aires and Mexico City for a Spanish company based in Madrid. Cloud services are of great assistance for these ties.
Over time we realize that one of the main differentiating values of organizations is their human capital which plays a crucial role in achieving success.
A good number of organizations are beginning to take a closer look at how to attract and keep their employees through engagement. Even some that are in worse financial states are concerned about engagement management.
Nowadays other skills are beginning to gain importance, skills that are hard to call "tangible and measurable".
Managing employee engagement is one of those topics on the agenda of leaders, and particularly HR professionals. Nevertheless this concept poses several drawbacks. First of all is the difficulty in defining it.
By investing in state-of-the-art technologies, it is possible to develop an organizational architecture that allows agility, flexibility and dynamism with the implementation of work-life balance programmes.
Let’s analyse some scenarios where the implementation of next-generation technologies has contributed to wellbeing and engagement among people.
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Now I’d like to analyze with you the motivating factors that can drive all these people, including myself, and the analogy between these motivating factors and employee motivation within companies.
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Two of the big trends boosted during 2020 as an outcome of the pandemic and here to stay with us over the next months are the adoption of SaaS Solutions and teleworking or working from home
Data analysis in HR Analytics is a key element for managing professionals as it enables data gathering and analysis of the value brought into the business.
Nevertheless, each individual is unique and comes with a distinctive cultural baggage, something that the HR department must take into account, as this can directly influence various organizational aspects, even performance.
Intrapreneurship is entrepreneurial behaviour endorsed by the company that enables collaborators to develop their own projects.
The convergence between connecting people and data produces a digital density that enables HR to grasp the opportunity and transform their weaknesses into strengths through data management.
According to various studies, less than 40 percent of HR departments are playing a key role to exploit digital technologies for better talent management. We still seem to be stuck with more of the same, as in in the customarily time-absorbing transactional tasks in these areas.
When we sat down to start writing this article on 2019 trends, we realized that for this year we clearly saw two great forces developing in parallel: on one side, the unstoppable digitization and automation of almost all aspects of our personal and working lives, and on the other, the rise of soft skills compelling a return to what makes us more human, such as the ability to communicate, the capacity for creation, cooperation, flexibility, empathy, and more.
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Companies must react instantly to the relentless market changes. In order to overcome all these challenges, collaboration has become a crucial factor.
HR leaders will need to bring the negotiation and political skills necessary to secure the resources needed to provide world class HR in the digital age.
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Tech systems are transforming HR into a far more relevant and highly-optimized department that is able to analyze Big Data and make more educated decisions.
Building leadership and talent is the job of the HR department
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The world of work has changed, remote working is here to stay. Before the pandemic, companies were reluctant for their employees to work from home in the belief that productivity could drop.
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Giving feedback is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges we have as people managers and at the same time, it’s an outstanding development tool.
In the post COVID-19 world, we will have to incorporate aspects of distributed team management into the performance management of our human groups.
In an environment of continuous change, professionals are needed not only to be able to adapt to the new times.
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Unmotivated employees have poorer performance and productivity; they jeopardize their ability to carry out their duties properly and they are a detrimental influence on the working environment in any company.
Talent management solutions are a crucial part of building a successful organization, and even more so in the education sector, where great masters and teachers are a crucial factor for student success and performance, and in turn, these are key for business success.
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The expediency of defining and including active recognition policies as a fundamental part of current HR policies. When establishing them, what aspects should be recognized, who should do it, and how should it be done?
Recently, Meta4, the company I work for renewed FFE certification as a Family-Friendly Enterprise, a practice that is registered as part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies. CSR addresses responsibility issues and work-life balance; it also includes support for equal opportunities and the integration of the most disadvantaged.
Entrepreneurial talent within organizations has the distinctive characteristics of a digital entrepreneur; they are employees capable of taking your organization down the path of change and creativity.
In this new digital age, there is constant discussion on Talent Management contributions, capabilities and strategies for organisations.
The goal of Inbound Conversion is for the newcomer to assimilate into the culture, get up to speed and become a productive member of the organization.
Implementing a digital onboarding process does not just benefit new employees but also managers, who are the main actors when promoting or deterring the assimilation of new talent.
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Provide employees with the desirable training actions that come from needs detected in various employee appraisals and interviews.
Inbound Recruiting is particularly useful for attracting people with brand new skills who are particularly hard to find in the market.
We need an organizational system to flexibly put together what we want to become as an organization.
Promoting internal talent within an organization is no easy task, since it requires thorough assessment of all professionals.
If someone is unhappy with their work, they are probably unhappy with a significant portion of their life.
Agile companies focus far more on managing individuals who cooperate with one another as one large team to achieve business goals.
Our employees are the people who have the required abilities, skills and knowledge to cover all our jobs or positions in our company.
HR leaders have the function of demonstrating what digital transformation looks like within their own team.
Today, the bold new HR professional must deal with general organizational issues and take care of employees in a much more personalized way than HR has done so far.
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HR excellence is the company’s best elevator pitch to society and ensures our employees are engaged and committed to a collective mission.
HR leaders are being called on to bring new skills and capabilities to meet the challenges of a digital, global, and dynamic business environment.
Business innovation is regarded as the key driver for competitive differentiation in the new market and business areas of the knowledge economy.
To measure this new way of working several methods of evaluation emerged. Of these two prevailed: performance by competencies and performance by objectives.
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What is left to man after so much technology?
In order to awaken reflection among attendees—HR managers of some of our most important customers—the day began with an introduction...
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