Employee Engagement

By Kelley Briggs
When the term “quiet quitting” emerged in March of 2022, it painted a picture of lazy, entitled employees — or at least those with unrealistic expectations about their work.

By Kelley Briggs
The now popular term “employee engagement” was originally coined by Professor William Kahn with Boston University in 1990 in his paper, “Psychological Conditions of Personal Engagement and Disengagement at Work.”

By Kelly Briggs
Trust is the foundation on which successful teams and positive team culture is  built. But recent world events like the pandemic has had a massive negative impact on trust in institutions around the world, according to global PR firm, Edelman, which conducts an annual “trust barometer” to monitor trust across four institutions — business, government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and media.

By Kelley Briggs
In 2022, three distinct employment trends made headlines, gaining attention quickly and prompting various levels of panic for organizational leaders: quiet quitting, quiet firing, and quiet hiring. None of these so-called quiet trends are actually new behaviors in the workplace.

By Terri Moore
Orientation and onboarding can make or break the new hire experience — and drive long-term loyalty (or send employees running). But, while the two terms are often used interchangeably, they are not the same. They are, though, both integral parts of a company’s employee engagement and retention strategy.

By Theresa Harkins-Schulz
Neuroscience has become quite a buzzword in conversations around employee experience, work culture, talent development, and many more aspects of the human experience as it relates to team culture and work.

By Jennifer Disco
Today, November 2nd, is International Stress Awareness Day, a day established by the International Stress Management Association which falls on the first Wednesday of November.

By Kelley Briggs
Chances are, you already know what a toxic or hostile workplace culture is without ever reading a formal definition. Toxic work culture is an umbrella term that encompasses many negative, undesirable, and often harmful characteristics. It might mean a culture that is overtly or subtly exclusionary, unfair, or inequitable, creates high levels of burnout, and so forth.

By Sylena McClendon
October is Global Diversity Awareness Month and an oft-overlooked — but still very much key — component of workplace diversity is age. Creating strategies to encourage generational diversity is crucial to DEI success.

By Kelley Briggs
In this tough economy, it’s more important than ever that HR professionals take steps to boost engagement, satisfaction and loyalty among current employees, while building and supporting a culture that will attract new candidates.

By Michael C. Haas
Subscribe now and receive new articles sent directly to your Inbox. There’s a new business buzzword that’s been making the media rounds lately that you’ve almost certainly heard: “quiet quitting.” It refers to the apparently growing trend of employees’ dialing back their work efforts — putting forth the bare minimum amount of work necessary to keep their jobs.

By Terri Moore
“Company culture is having a watershed moment that’s redefining the relationship between employers and employees,” wrote Mark Lobosco, VP, Talent Solutions at LinkedIn, in a post earlier this year.

By Sylena McClendon
Inspirus encourages our employees to use gender identity and inclusive pronouns to improve the employee experience, promote human rights and gain a better understanding of individual differences and preferences. We don’t do this because it is the popular thing to do — although research shows... “they” internet searches have increased by 313% since 2019 — we do this because we recognize the need for more inclusivity in the language we use, and we recognize the need to create inclusive environments so we can fully connect with our co-workers.

By Kelly Briggs
It’s no secret that employee engagement is powerful. Everyone benefits when teams are passionate about the impact they’re having and employees feel valued by their employer. In fact, companies with highly engaged employees create an emotional connection and report seeing less turnover, fewer workplace accidents and better productivity. 

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