Team and Employee Development: Focus on a strong team for engagement
Managers and leaders play a significant role in employee engagement levels, and when leaders aren’t pulling their weight, the whole team is sure to suffer. According to recent Gallup research, “managers account for at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement across business units.” Manager involvement and leadership skills with their employees are greatly […]
Leaders are Sinking — Send in the TIGERS® 6 Principles™
Employee engagement is a real problem for companies worldwide. Recent research shows that only about 13 percent of employees worldwide are engaged in their positions and it points to the issue that leaders are sinking and it is time to send in the TIGERS 6 Principles. It’s all about engagement A lack of engagement isn’t […]
Slipping Engagement Levels Leaves Leaders Wondering What To Do Next
While engagement levels are still higher compared to the same time in 2015, levels slipped to 32.7 percent in May after the two previous months remained above 33 percent, according to U.S. Employee Engagement Slips Below 33% in May. Employee engagement levels have steadily increased over the past three years, and levels in 2015 largely […]
The Importance of Respect in Employee Engagement
Employee engagement is an essential component of a successful organization. Higher engagement levels lead to lower turnover rates and higher productivity and profitability. Engagement levels of U.S. employees reached a new high of 34.1 percent in March, according to research from Gallup. Engagement levels had been hovering around 32.5 percent in January and February before […]
Team Building Initiatives for Improving Team Engagement
TIGERS® was born of a question: “What is necessary to develop an ethical quality-focused, productive, cooperative and successful group of people?” The answer led to a thorough study of group dynamics in three disciplines: education, psychology, and business. From this study, six principles that support cooperative group dynamics surfaced that form the acronym TIGERS®. The […]
Re-Engaging Employees in 2016
You’ve revamped your interview process. You’ve focused your efforts on hiring the right people for the position. However, your team’s progress is stagnant. The problem might not be your company, but instead part of a worldwide employee engagement crisis. According to research from Gallup, employee engagement in the U.S. has remained low and stagnant since […]
Employee Engagement – How Do You Measure It?
Employee engagement, according to Gallup, has not improved much since 2006. Now it is 2016. If nothing has really changed then how do you measure it to make progress in your organization? Recently Survey Monkey teamed with TMBC a global provider of strengths-based performance measurement tools. After years of global workforce analysis, TMBC has developed […]
How To Create a Persevering Team
Perseverance is a necessary for high functioning team dynamics. It is also an attribute that all businesses must possess to withstand shifting business climates. But businesses cannot persevere without their team members possessing perseverance, too. By implementing strategic team building strategies that enhance perseverance, leaders can promote a healthy culture and create a persevering team. […]
TIGERS® Success Series 2015 Employee Engagement Blog Recap
We’ve made it to part three of our four-part 2015 blog recap series. Over the past two weeks, we have reviewed articles from the Polls, Research, and Surveys and Management, Leadership, and HR Issues categories. The links to these recaps can be found here. Part three focuses on Employee Engagement topics, which offer advice with […]
Team Building Activities To Improve Employee Onboarding
You have interviewed all the candidates and have hired the best person for the position. The new team member is now at work for the first day, ready to go. Now what? What team building activities can you deploy to improve employee onboarding? To get the most from all employees, leaders who invest in employee […]
