How involved are your staff?

Are they proud of working with your organisation? Do they speak positively about your services and products? Will they go the extra mile for you and your customers? In Involved Employees we look at what gets in the way of people thriving on their work and how to fix this. Get involved at involved employees.com or contact us at involved@ergoclear.com

Monday, 5 November 2007

Why are we disengaged now?

‘Of course we’ve been really good at disengaging our employees these lastyears. We’ve spent millions in consulting fees to find ways to cut ouremployees’ pensions and health benefits (now there’s disengagement for you) and then we say we want you to be part of our brand. We’ve fired thousandsof people after mergers and sell-offs and our websites proclaim that one ofour goals is to be an employer of choice. We’ve cut personal and professionaldevelopment programmes to the bone and then we expect our employees tobe up-to-speed and enthusiastic.’

Johnson, M. The New Rules of Engagement 2004 CIPD Enterprises cited here
Chris Markham is Communications Partner with Ergo Consulting fighting the employee ‘involvement gap’ going beyond the ‘once a year, tick in the box’ staff survey. Get involved: visit involved employees.com