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Developing effective employee engagement strategies for business success
  • Employee Engagement
  • Leading business success through listening

    The CIPD annual conference in November is looking to be a successful event.  The topic of employee engagement is coming up again as it will probably every year because it…

    CIPD Future-focussed HR & How do we boost motivation in the workplace?
  • Employee Engagement
  • CIPD Annual Conference – future-focussed HR building motivation in the workplace

    The CIPD annual conference next week has as its tag-line “Future-focussed HR at its best”. It’s looking like it will be a great event. One talk particularly caught my eye on…

    Protests in Paris by Antonin Remon. Flickr Creative Commons licence
  • Employee Engagement Blogs
  • How to improve employee engagement, not lose your shirt

    France is famous for direct action, but this was something else We’re used to piles of burning tyres at the Eurotunnel, lakes of milk in the Champs-Elysées, etc., but the…

    Employee retention
  • CEO Concerns
  • Seven key signs your employees are not engaged

    In four words: Disengagement costs you money It’s odd that a thing as nebulous as poor engagement costs money, but it does – according to Forbes report on the cost of…

  • Employee Engagement Blogs
  • Four steps to the best employee retention strategy

    So you already tried free yoga sessions, a pool table in the kitchen, discount health club, pilates in the lunchbreak and wacky colour schemes in the relaxation zone, and you’re still…

  • Employee Engagement
  • Repositioning Employee Engagement with EngageForSuccess.org

    Now if you’ve got a few minutes, this broadcast is well worth a listen.  Founders of WeThrive, Andrew and Piers, and WeThrive client, Janine Osmond from Salisbury NHS Trust are…

  • Employee Engagement
  • Repositioning Employee Engagement

    Live discussion from Employee Engagement experts – 7th September @ 5.30pm Does your organisation have 100% fully committed and engaged workforce? Could your employee’s motivation and engagement perhaps be better? …

    Dumping the performance review
  • CEO Concerns
  • Big business is dumping the performance review. You next?

    According to the Washington Post, the annual performance review is finally on its way. A number of big companies have already said they’re taking the plunge, Accenture, Gap and Adobe…

    Healthy workplaces make for happy and effective employees
  • CEO Concerns
  • Healthy workplaces make for happy and effective employees

    It’s official – the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the UK body that looks after public health, says that if you look after the wellbeing of employees…

    One thing every manager can do that always improves staff performance
  • Employee Engagement Blogs
  • One thing every manager can do that always improves staff performance

    It’s Monday morning and I have a weekly management meeting with my director…. Last week was not a good week – we missed our numbers again ;-( As expected got…

    Prêt a manger finds a happy team means great results. Image by Justin Goring, Flickr CC
  • CEO Concerns
  • A happy team makes for tasty results

    If you were listening to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning you may have heard the chief executive of Pret a Manger sounding very happy about the…

    Ryanair taking off. Simon Allardice. Flickr CC Licence
  • Employee Engagement Blogs
  • Ryanair has learnt how to win customers the hard way

    Great news for air travellers – the boss of Ryanair, the man we thought would never learn how to win customers and keep them, has had a change of heart.…

    Webinars

  • Expert Webinar Series
  • Tuesday 24th October at 10AM | GMT

    Lucy Adams: Influencing Leaders and Managers

    In this webinar, Lucy Adams from Disruptive HR will explore why organisations need to empower their line managers with the tools and confidence they need to create thriving teams that deliver exceptional results.

  • Employee Engagement
  • Weds, 29th Sept 2021 at 10:00 – 10:40 AM GMT

    How WeThrive in a Hybrid World

    Over the last 18 months the pandemic has revolutionised the way almost all businesses work. Organisations have discovered just how vital the right technology is to be successful. But the…

    hybrid working
  • CEO Concerns
  • Thu, May 27, 2021 10:00 AM – 10:40 AM GMT

    Hybrid Working: Strategies for Success

    As the population gets vaccinated, lockdown eases, and the country returns to normality, organisations are entering a crucial period of change. But after a year of remote work, what does…

  • CEO Concerns
  • Thu, Mar 11, 2021 10:00 AM – 10:40 AM GMT

    5 tips for unlocking motivation in your remote team

    Organisations facing falling motivation levels and increasing numbers of disengaged employees in 2021 may not come as a huge surprise. Last year, 45% of UK businesses reported feeling confused about…

    International Womens Day 2021
  • CEO Concerns
  • Thu, Jan 21, 2021 10:00 AM – 10:40 AM GMT

    5 tips for your 2021 people strategy

    If you want to design a people strategy that really works and enables your workforce to thrive as we recover from the pandemic then this Webinar is for you.

  • Employee Motivation and Productivity
  • Thu, Sep 10, 2020 10:00 AM – 10:40 AM BST

    Tools to improve productivity in remote teams

    Just a few months ago managing a team was infinitely easier – getting everyone together in one room for a coffee or lunch in the local (remember that?). Even in…

  • CEO Concerns
  • Wed, Jan 29, 2020 10:00 AM – 10:40 AM GMT

    Creating a culture of listening, learning at WeThrive

    In order to improve engagement, retention and wellbeing at your organisation you need a system that is designed to deliver both insights and most importantly recommendations of where to focus your valuable time to help you hit your objectives – within an already busy schedule. Learn how with this webinar

    White Papers

  • Leadership and Management
  • Manager Success Toolkit: Empower Your Managers to Engage Your Teams

    Download the white paper to learn how to learn what your managers need to engage their teams.

  • CEO Concerns
  • Surviving and thriving in a brave new world

    This paper offers insights into how we bridge the gap between the old world and the new one – giving managers the knowledge, skills and resources they need to keep their people happy, focused, and productive.

  • CEO Concerns
  • Employee ROI – Where’s the pay back?

    This whitepaper connects reliable statistics with input from industry bodies on the real cost of unhappy and disengaged staff – the figures are eye watering!

    Guides

  • Expert Webinar Series
  • HR Strategy Guide

    We live in an increasingly confusing and chaotic world. Civil unrest, social change, political toxicity, and physical health have created even more challenging conditions for HR, managers and employees. While…

  • Employee Experience
  • The guide to managing remote teams

    This guide has been developed to help those managing remote teams better understand the needs of their people. The working landscape has changed drastically over the last 12 months, and…

  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Engagement Survey: The Complete Guide

    If you are serious about retaining your most productive, experienced and capable employees, you must invest in employee engagement, which for a company of any size is going to mean running a survey of some kind.