Team-building activities to revive weary workers and boost morale don't have to be expensive and time consuming, says Randstad head of outplacement and career coaching for Australia and Asia Pacific, Fiona Webster.
The National Native Title Tribunal has reduced its average absenteeism rate by almost two days, resulting in productivity improvements and cost savings of more than $500,000, according to its director of corporate services and public affairs, Franklin Gaffney.
Employers that fail to measure and reward success holistically could be damaging their company's long-term health, says Mercer human capital principal Martin Turner.
A simple performance management system based on four core processes has raised employee engagement by 17 per cent and reduced recruitment spend by a third at eyewear company Luxottica.
The employers best positioned to take advantage of the economic recovery will include those that integrate their physical health initiatives with employee engagement strategies, says Right Management regional general manager Bridget Beattie.
Employees who are overlooked at work are twice as likely to be actively disengaged as those whose managers focus on their weaknesses, research by Gallup has found.
Employers should not react to "every whim" of the younger generation, but they cannot "hold fast to the old and expect emerging generations to conform" either, says social researcher and commentator Mark McCrindle.
When the economy does recover, the floodgates will open at certain organisations and they will lose their intellectual capital. But that is not the scariest part. The scariest aspect is that that there are companies right now that do not realise the bad shape they are in with their business. They blame their ills on the economy. My question for those organisations is... You may have the bodies, but how many souls have left the building?
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As an increasing number of baby boomers find themselves caring not only for children and parents but grandchildren as well, the NSW Equal Employment Practitioners Association (NEEOPA) is urging employers to reassess how they manage and support their caregivers.
