Employee Engagement Blogs

Read our employee engagement blog to get useful management tips, articles and thought leadership ideas for you and your managers.

Spotlight on Patagonia: key to employee engagement

Best known in the US for its colourful fleeces and wardrobe-staple backpacks, Outdoor apparel maker, Patagonia, has also been making waves in the world of business ethics and employee engagement.…

WeThrive – Employee Wellbeing Awards!

We are delighted to announce the shortlisting of one of our valued clients, Expand Executive Search, for not one, but two categories at the Employee Wellbeing Awards 2019. The prestigious…

Interview with Simon Fanshawe

Writer, broadcaster, campaigner and WeThrive Advisory Board Member, Simon Fanshawe, was a founding member of Lesbian and Gay rights group Stonewall back in 1989 and has been an active campaigner…

Carnival UK reveal their employee communication strategy

We were delighted to hear that one of our valued clients, Carnival UK – the operating company for renowned cruise lines P&O Cruises and Cunard was recently shortlisted as a…

Is culture fit hiring a good or bad thing?

Hiring the right people is an important aspect of building a successful business. The big question is how do you ensure the people you hire are right? With company culture being…

What do employee ratings say about your business culture?

Glassdoor, one of the world’s largest recruitment sites, has just announced the winners of its annual Employees’ Choice Awards honouring the 50 best places to work in the UK in…

Why AI and robotics in service of our bio-psycho-social needs

Just recently the Head of People Analytics at the National Australia Bank pointed out on LinkedIn how much value people analytics will add when it ‘grows up’. In this view the analytics team…

Maintain a positive culture while your business grows

Many companies have an impressive reputation as being a great place to work, but culture, values and the personal touch can easily become lost as a business forges ahead with…

people swimming fast

Employee Experience vs Employee Engagement: Why they don’t need to compete

Employee engagement needs no introduction. It’s been a core HR objective for decades and, despite a growing feeling that it is reaching the end of its time, over 44% of…

Give your line managers a fighting chance in 2019

Line management is vital … So vital that it is the biggest single influence on productivity and engagement, according to research by the conciliation service ACAS. Unfortunately that influence is…

Google walkout – inevitable and avoidable

Last week Staff at Google offices around the world staged an unprecedented series of walkouts in protest at the company’s treatment of women. In this blog we explore why you should be…

Organisational culture goes beyond mission statement

We salute any company that cares enough about its staff to realise that company culture is important. But the real heroes are the ones who think this through fully and…