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Engagement vs Satisfaction Surveys
While satisfaction surveys can be a good tool for an organization, understanding the difference between a satisfaction survey and an employee engagement survey can really help to set your organization apart.
Owning Your Own Engagement
Engagement in the workplace is often thought of as a top-down approach. Motivating employees to become more engaged in their roles and with the company is the goal.
Work Resolutions: Meaningful Connections in 2019
Think about this truism: employees join companies and leave managers. Have you ever joined a great company, excited about growth opportunities, benefits, and/or perks of the job only to find yourself looking for a new job soon after?
Announcing Activate Human Capital Group!
Activate Human Capital Group would like to announce the next evolution of a successful trio: Melissa Ortiz, Emily Killham, and Jennifer Simpson.
Not All Employee Engagement Surveys are Created Equal
A recent study by Bersin & Associates estimates that $720 million is spent by organizations each year to improve employee engagement.
4 Elements of a Great Management Training Program
A fourA four-step management training program that begins and ends with measuring employee engagement and includes tactical steps to help participants better manage and lead their teams.
Inside Out Personal Branding (IOPB): Gallup Clifton StrengthsFinder 2.0 and 360Reach
Texas A&M University's professor Paul S. Busch and Scott W. Davis recently published an article for the Marketing Education Review titled, "Inside Out Personal Branding (IOPB): Using Gallup Clifton StrengthsFinder 2.0 and 360Reach".
The Dangerous Truth About Safety
From the first prehistoric hunter to employ someone as saber-toothed tiger bait to today's modern leadership issues, we have learned two big lessons. Employee safety has clearly (and mercifully) become more important.
Turnover Costs are More Than You Think
Most will calculate about 60% of the person's salary and some training to determine their cost of turnover.
Linking Engagement and Profitability
The Harvard Business Review recently published an article called "Putting the Service-Profit Chain to Work". This article does an excellent job explaining the linkage between leadership, employee engagement, customer retention, and profitability.
What’s Your Strategic Plan in 2017 to Retain Employees?
If your company has compensation right -- and your managers are trained to drive engagement daily in a performance-based culture – Happy New Year!
Get To Know Everything DiSC®
Everything DiSC is not a test, it's a personality assessment. This research-validated model helps you understand yourself and others, saving you time, energy, and money.
Engaging Your Employees: Making the Most Out of the Army You Have
Today’s organizations are looking for ways to get a leg up on the competition. The lean movement refined processes but process improvement can only move an organization so far.
Client Engagement & Improving Customer Retention
Activate Human Capital Group data and experience indicates that engaging clients effectively is foundational in building a successful organization in B2B and B2C environments.
Our Take: Building Engagement Culture
Building a high-performance company with engaged employees does not start with picking the right survey; it starts with having the right leaders. There are a wide variety of engagement/culture surveys on the market today, but the real key to having an engagement culture is the top team.
Why Consumers Bond with Some Brands for Life
At Activate, our data and experience indicate that engaging clients effectively is foundational in building a successful organization in both B2B and B2C environments.