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

Sunday, 3 February 2008

What are you prepared to do to get the most from your staff?

If I invented a device that guaranteed to significantly improve your whole organisation’s employee involvement and service delivery at next to no cost (or your money back) would you be willing to try it? If I offered you a management technique that could send your client/customer satisfaction levels through the roof at no cost (or your money back) would you buy it? OK, here it is then — free of charge.

Get your staff moving. Exercise has so many beneficial implications for health you won’t need me to remind you of those. But did you know people think better, manage stress better, take better decisions and can process high level complex information at much higher rates with just a few minutes exercise a couple of times a week. “The cognitive benefits of exercise have been demonstrated in older people, the middle-aged, and even overweight Japanese fourth graders.” If it's good enough for them …

The Board Meeting of the Future - Harvard Business Review Feb 2008 V86 #2

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