Engagement & Employee Relations
Does higher employee engagement lead to better business performance? If so, what is the underlying evidence, and what actions can HR take to enhance employee engagement? This category seeks to answer these questions, as well as reviewing the latest thinking and practice in how companies manage the relationship between employer and employee. It looks at how companies foster employee loyalty, productivity and retention.
4 February 2015
What is employee engagement & does it matter?
Written by Professor Rob Briner, from the University of Bath's School of Management, the purpose of this paper is to stimulate deeper and more critical thinking about employee engagement from an evidence-based practice perspective.
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View allSeptember 23rd 2020
Zoom Interactive Event: Disruption, Self and Anxiety
On 23rd September 2020, CRF members gathered for an inspiring and challenging Zoom Interactive Event with Dr. Mee-Yan Cheung Judge, to explore the topic Disruption, Self and Anxiety – How to Remain Effective. The session considered the role of HR and OD professionals as disruptors of the system in which we work. Using the framework of Use of Self, Mee-Yan focused on the intrapersonal work practitioners need to do in order to remain ‘grounded’ and ‘unflappable’ in order to maintain impact and effectiveness in our organisations in spite of our and our clients’ anxiety.
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Post Meeting Notes - Rethinking Careers In The New World Of Work
Career planning has changed dramatically as greater mobility, easy access to education, growing self-employment, and changing expectations are disrupting the idea of a ‘career’. At a Zoom Interactive Event on 5th August, CRF hosted HR Directors and experts in discussion on the current state and future challenges around career development in organisations, and what new approaches to career management are emerging. This summary shares some of the key insights from the discussion.
Read Post Meeting ReviewJuly 31st 2020
Post Meeting Notes - Trust In The Workplace
On 29th July 2020, CRF members gathered for Trust in the Workplace, a Zoom Interactive Event. Professor Veronica Hope- Hailey, President of Strategic External Engagement at the University of Bath, discussed how organisations maintain or repair trust in the face of a crisis.
Read Post Meeting ReviewJune 17th 2020
Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit - Professor Alex Edman's slides
These are session Slides by Professor Alex Edmans, London Business School from Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit on 17th June 2020
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Post Meeting Notes - Grow The Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit
At a Zoom Interactive event on 17th June, Professor Alex Edmans led a webinar for CRF and PARC members in which he discussed his findings with particular relevance to incentives and reward.
Read Post Meeting ReviewJune 11th 2020
Post Meeting Notes - Building and Maintaining Resilience
On 10th June 2020, CRF members gathered for Building and Maintaining Resilience, a Zoom Interactive Event. CRF’s Carmen von Rohr hosted Philips’ Clare Gowar and Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute’s Nick Propper in discussion on resilience – what is it, and what can organisations do to boost their people’s resilience in a situation as challenging as that of the pandemic?
Read Post Meeting ReviewJune 10th 2020
Building And Maintaining Resilience For You And Your Leaders - Nick Propper's Slides
These are Nick Propper's slides from the Zoom Interactive Event: Building and Maintaining Resilience that took place on 10th June 2020.
View PresentationJune 1st 2020
Returning To The Workplace
What does HR need to be thinking about as businesses begin to return to work?
Read ArticleMay 27th 2020
Let's Get (Beyond) Physical: Crafting a Multidimensional Approach to Employee Wellbeing – Carmen von Rohr's Slides
These slides are from the CRF Zoom interactive event on Employee Wellbeing that took place on 27 May 2020. Here Carmen von Rohr discusses the findings of CRF's latest research report.
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