On second thoughts..

Wetherby is looking rather pretty just now....





Employee Engagement starts tomorrow....

Post Xmas Blues.. Snow Fever...Jim Royle-itis?

whatever - we ceratinly don't want to be at work it seems.. Happy new Year to all of you as interested as I am in Employee Engagement .. it could be a challenging year ahead!

A third of UK employees (33%) say they have not felt valued by their employer during the recession and would leave for another job if they could, according to new research.

According to the poll of 950 workers commissioned by PricewaterhouseCoopers, of those respondents who said their employer had shown appreciation for them in the downturn, 41% said they had no plans to leave as a consequence of this loyalty while just 23% said they would consider leaving regardless.

Only 7% of respondents said they did not understand how their role fits within the big picture of the organisation they work for so lack of engagement seems more strongly linked to feeling appreciated than a lack of belonging.

Michael Rendell, partner and leader, human resource services at PricewaterhouseCoopers, said: "Workers' ambitions to find new roles could be good news in terms of creating movement and opportunities in a rather stagnant labour market and within companies - organisations will need to strike a balance between enjoying the reduction in employment costs that attrition can bring with the need to avoid overstretching existing staff.

"New Year is clearly a popular time for people to make important decisions. Rather than losing their best people as individuals resolve to make changes to further their careers, organisations need to articulate the internal options available to top performers and remind workers why they chose to work for their employer in the first place - be that a competitive salary, interesting work or operating with values that match their own.

"Some big employer brands fell down at the end of the ‘noughties' and the impact long-term of people decisions taken during the downturn is now being felt. The ways people are recruited, rewarded, retained, incentivised, trained and retired over the next few years will determine the employers of choice for the new decade and beyond."

The news follows recent findings that more employees would value a free MP3 player, digital camera or similar technology gift from their boss than would appreciate being ‘fast-tracked' for promotion.

early xmas present for you: a neat online 'to do' list

teux deux

i'm trying it now and it's going well

worth checking out the video first

enjoy...


http://teuxdeux.com/

Video games killed any chance of getting your male staff to work??

Ok - it doesn't scan as well as The Buggles' song title

but I was genuinely shocked to read this report.

I must be getting old...


http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/news/bulletin/weeklyupdatebulletin/article/972827/?DCMP=EMC-Dailynewsalert

I don't normally do recommendations

but here's an exception

If you are an HR professional seeking some career advice or support of whatever nature - here's your man.

Paul is a diamond.
An island of integrity and intelligence in what is often a frothy sea of waffle.

And he hasn't paid me to say it (he doesn't know about this at all)

http://www.thecareergym.co.uk/index.html

you lucky people - here's the reverse of the mailer...

Time for a wee bit of marketing

The postcards have arrived
Time to spread the word....