Empowering workers with an employee-driven learning program helped one employer significantly boost its employee engagement and reduce customer complaints.
Organisations that actively encourage collaboration among employees enjoy faster revenue growth, higher profit levels and greater employee satisfaction than their peers, new research has found.
A Sydney employer's workers are an estimated 40 minutes "better off" each day thanks to a new office layout - and a new approach to technology - designed to increase engagement, productivity, collaboration, and creativity.
A staff-driven "hackathon", where employees develop, produce and market a new product in 48 hours, has helped online employment company Seek tangibly demonstrate its EVP and increase staff engagement in the process.
Evolving from reporting on HR data to analysing it requires a lot of effort for little return, but it is the key hurdle businesses must overcome to create a data-driven HR function, says global talent management expert Josh Bersin.
Most employers wouldn't dream of implementing new technology without training employees how to use it, but research shows the behavioural change required to make new systems a success is largely ignored.
Employees need continuous reinforcement to make the most of learning and development initiatives, so in an environment where budgets are shrinking, organisations should adopt a mix of traditional development programs and low-cost newer solutions, according to research.
A German employer has increased the completion rate of its apprenticeship and grad programs to 95 per cent, saving it more than six million dollars in one year, by applying gaming concepts to its pre-employment screening, says Psylutions commercial director for Australia and Singapore, John McLaughlin.
The most important metrics an organisation can measure are those with definite line of sight to the bottom line, says Intellectual Capital Consulting co-founder and chief performance officer Cathy Missilldine.
Different time zones, isolated workers and productivity concerns can all be turned from challenges to advantages with some creative thinking, a conference heard this week.
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