Workvine would like to congratulate the Ark Health team for their recent success at the 2016 Employee Engagement Awards.
Damon Ankers
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Peaks and Plains are an innovative housing association based in Macclesfield. Prior to purchasing the Staffbase Employee App from Workvine, Peaks and Plains communicated with their staff mainly through email and the company’s private Intranet. They employ over 200 staff in a wide range of roles including such as repair teams, care and support staff.
”Trust is the highest form of motivation. It brings out the very best in people.” – Stephen R. Covey
When an organisation takes on a new employee, they are effectively taking on a new spokesperson for that organisation. Whether they are a shop assistant in their local Asda or a primary school teacher, these new recruits (and indeed existing employees) effectively become highly influential distributors of information about their organisation.
Employee engagement: a definition
According to the CIPD, employee engagement is:
"a ‘mutual gains’ employment relationship, creating a win-win for employees and their employers. It’s usually seen as an internal state of being, physical, mental and emotional, but many also view it as encompassing behaviour and in particular work effort."
"People work for money but go the extra mile for recognition, praise and rewards." - Dale Carnegie, Leadership Training Guru
Last week we began a series on employee engagement, where we identified the CIPD’s ‘mutual gains’ definition as encompassing:
“Employment engagement proposes a ‘mutual gains’ employment relationship, creating a win-win for employees and their employers. It’s usually seen as an internal state of being, both physical, mental and emotional, but many also view it as encompassing behaviour and in particular work effort.”
So, what are the 3 C's of employee engagement?