Interesting reading

The Cost of Replacing a Person

Discussions on how to determine the cost of turnover inevitably turn to, “It’s complicated”. Attempts to standardise the measurement of turnover have been unsuccessful because of the nuances of industry, employee life cycles, and lack of a common standard. However, the bottom line is that it is expensive.

The Importance of Creating Psychological Safety - When People Feel They Can Talk & Be Heard

"Psychologically safe conversations help people develop intrinsic motivation. In other words, they do things out of a sense of personal importance as opposed to compliance.".

Communication is Key During Organisational Change

"We are, at our most primal, creatures of habit. We’re often struggling to incorporate new changes into our routines - no matter their benefits … this begs the question: how can leaders override this biological hard-wiring to implement the change necessary for their organisation?".

Culture: 4 Reasons why it Matters

" … those organisations with top quartile cultures post a return to shareholders 60 percent higher than median companies and 200 percent higher than those in the bottom quartile." Along with many more benefits.

Promoting Employee Happiness Benefits Everyone

One study found that happy employees are up to 20% more productive than unhappy employees. When it comes to salespeople, happiness has an even greater impact, raising sales by 37%. But the benefits don't end there ...

The Case for Investing More in People

Productivity in most developed economies has been anaemic. In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years - this can be linked to the fact wages have been stagnant. Of course, low productivity can depress wages, but in recent decades, wages haven’t grown as much as expected even during periods of robust economic productivity growth.

Culture is The New Salary: What People Really Want From Their Jobs

"Good employees will stay at a company longer when they like their coworkers. The more people get to know each other, the better they work together. Our brains are hardwired to connect with each other.".

What Managers Need to Know About Social Tools

"The employees who had used the social tool became 31% more likely to find co-workers with expertise relevant to meeting job goals. Those employees also became 88% more likely to accurately identify who could put them in contact with the right experts.".

Toxic Environments Make People Sick, Make Projects Fail and Make The Best Employees Quit

"Culture is more important than vision. Some leaders have great vision, but have created a toxic culture where that vision will never happen." Phil Cooke.

Next Generation Employee Engagement Tools

"Forget the yearly engagement survey, a raft of new technologies means engagement can be a daily occurrence."