Most businesses recognize at some level that employee engagement is a good idea. It’s logical that a happy and involved employee is also a more productive one. However, research from Gallup suggests that even though most companies appreciate the importance of employee...
Employee Engagement Articles
This category provides an in-depth examination of the whole issue of employee engagement. As well as giving lots of practical examples of how an intranet can support initiatives, there is also analysis of the wider issue to help improve staff engagement in your business. Whether it’s an action plan template, inspiring quotes on engagement or tips on how to recognize and deal with disengaged employees, there’s plenty of food for thought.
Use this category to source data and statistics on employee engagement when trying to convince the board or CEO of its importance. Explore the category for tips and ideas on how your intranet will support engagement initiatives. And browse for information and advice on the key drivers of staff engagement and how you can improve them in your business.
It’s logical that an involved and informed employee is a more productive one who is also more likely to stick with the same employer for longer. Employee engagement initiatives are, therefore, a must for every business so use this category to get you started or for discovering fresh ideas on how to improve engagement.
5 Top Tips To Keep Employees Engaged Post Intranet Launch
So your company’s office intranet is finally up and running – let’s call that step one! Now it’s time to move onto step two; creating intranet content that your employees will want to engage with. Unfortunately, too many businesses think that once the office intranet...
From Staff To A Community: How Social Intranets Can Bring Your Team Together
We, as people, are now social in a way we’ve never been before. Around two-thirds of American adults use social networks like Facebook and Twitter (an increase of ten times over the last decade, according to Pew Research), and many of us spend more time chatting over...
How To Have A Great Looking Intranet Design That Engages Staff
Successful intranets all have one thing in common: a great intranet design that really engages with staff. And so if you’re planning a company intranet, it pays to spend as much time on getting the design right as you would on determining the content. An eye-catching,...
Global Intranets: Meeting The Challenges Of Economic Globalization
Economic globalization is now a fact. Increasingly commerce and business is taking place across national boundaries in response to the flow of international capital and the rapid and far-reaching impact of technology. In fact, according to Forbes, the US has more...
Telecommuting: How Your Company Can Avoid The Dangers
Telecommuting, or remote working, is here to stay. In fact, over the last 20 years or so the numbers of remote workers or telecommuters have been steadily increasing. Nowadays up to 37 percent of employees are working remotely. This trend has been driven by...
Employee Portal: 6 Ways To Ensure Yours Is A Success
Employee portals offer a range of tools for employee self-service. They are a flexible and cost-effective solution and are increasingly becoming central to business operations. With their streamlined, automated processes, employee portals will eliminate unnecessary...
Love And Loyalty: The Soft Stuff That’s Key To Business Performance
Business confidence has been at a high for some time now. However, if you look off-shore, there are starting to be some global signs that a downturn may be coming. It’s not all ‘doom and gloom’ though – in fact, there’s a way that you can ensure that you ride the wave...
Internal Communications: How Technology Can Bring Them To Life
Communicating well with people within your company is, in many ways, even more important than how you communicate with those outside it. With employees demanding more engagement than ever before, not communicating with your team can severely impact not just morale and...
Employee Engagement Statistics [Infographic]
Over the past year or so we've blogged about many aspects of employee engagement. The infographic below pulls together some of the employee engagement statistics that we've found along the way. It is clear that employee engagement has a direct impact on service,...
How To Ensure Your Employees Use The Company Intranet
You’ve spent several months behind the scenes designing and devising the content on your flash company intranet. It was launched with much hype and fanfare three months ago, and yet the statistics say that staff members have not adopted it in the wholesale fashion...
The Best Intranet: Company Intranet Features Part 2
This article is the second in a two-part discussion on key company intranet features. Whether you are thinking about introducing a company intranet or are revamping an existing one, you will want to make sure that these essential features are included. In the first...
Too much email? 5 Ways To Reduce Email Overload With A Company Intranet
Too much email is a modern-day workplace scourge. Email is now the default method of communication and its abundance is stifling office collaboration, internal communications and may even be affecting employee morale. If you find that your organisation is drowning in...
3 Easy Ways to Boost Employee Engagement Using Your Company Intranet
The benefits of employee engagement are undeniable and in our time-poor working lives, finding quick-win ways to enhance employee engagement can be a challenge. A company intranet offers some solutions that can quickly and easily be implemented, which will enhance...
7 Undeniable Benefits of Employee Engagement
Employee Engagement Every experienced manager knows that engaged employees are crucial to the success of your team. But even if your intuition tells you that is the case, you may not realize just how much employees who care about their work matter in helping your...
The Best Intranet Solution for Your Company in 4 Easy Steps
Whether you're diving into a company intranet solution for the first time or trying to create an intranet that will work better and improve employee engagement more than the last one, you want to be sure that you're developing the best intranet solution for your...
Create an Intranet That Features News Worth Reading
Communicating with an entire company is a challenge whether you have five employees or thousands. From communicating policy change to letting everyone know there is leftover food from the board meeting, getting the message to the masses is never easy. Printed...
Seven Challenges You’ll Face When You Create an Intranet
Create An Intranet "Create an intranet," they said. "How hard can it be?" they said. Creating a company intranet is a great way to improve communication within the company, increase employee engagement, and enhance employees' feeling of connection to one another and...
7 Surprising Facts About Improved Internal Communications
Internal Communications Your business's success hinges on your employees. You can have the best ideas in the industry, the cheapest products, and the most advanced service offerings, but if your employees aren't on board and committed, your business isn't going to see...