Job satisfaction may retain employees, but the payoff for employers is productivity. It’s not until employees are inspired and engaged that they’ll want to do more than what’s required.

It's a “chicken or the egg” scenario. Which do you focus on employee satisfaction or employee engagement? The important thing is knowing there is a choice, and that’s because employee satisfaction and employee engagement are not the same things.

An engaged employee will tell you they’re satisfied with their job; however, a satisfied employee may not actually be all that engaged. Job satisfaction may retain employees, but the payoff for employers is productivity. It’s not until employees are inspired and engaged that they’ll want to do more than just what’s required. Here’s how to tell the difference between employee satisfaction and employee engagement – and why your focus should be on engagement.

Topics: employee engagement, employee satisfaction, employee recognition

When employees are in touch with the results of their work, they perform better.

Topics: employee recognition, measurement, employee reinforcement

 

Topics: employee satisfaction, employee productivity, employee appreciation, employee retention, employee engagement, employee recognition

We know how important employee recognition is coming from the boss, but how does it stack up coming from a peer?

While it’s important for managers and the Human Resources department to be on the lookout for up and coming talent within an organization, it isn’t the only way to identify potential leaders within your ranks. Peer recognition is now being touted as one of the best ways for top performers to gain a spot in the limelight. An article from Harvard Business Review put the magnifying glass on the correlation between peer recognition and unidentified leadership qualities. What they found buried in the peer recognition data is that employees who received high volumes of positive recognition from their peers are often the most collaborative players on the team: a trait highly associated with effective leadership.

Topics: employee engagement, employee recognition, peer recognition

It’s reinforcement that you should never hold fast to the tenet of “business as usual.”

How’s your budget? Have you funded it to the “money is no object” level so you can attract the top talent? Don’t be too upset if the answer is no. 

Topics: employee engagement, employee recognition, managed service providers, crewhu features

Thinking about using an employee engagement program to improve customer service quality for your business? Wondering how improving your customer service can improve your business’s operations efficiency? Learn the different ways in which a proactive customer service & help desk support team can improve your business.

Topics: employee recognition, employee engagement, Customer Service

 

Are you looking for ways to get your hourly employees engaged in your business and feel like a part of the family? Tired of slacking employees just getting by and never improving? Want new and creative ways to motivate them?

 

Better employees results in happier customers which keeps them coming back to your business and ultimately raises your revenue. So how can you get better employees? Start with an employee incentive & engagement program to help the employees who are already a part of your team grow professionally and help your business.

Topics: employee recognition, employee engagement, smart goals

 

Tired of spending time on performance reviews that don’t help your employees' attitudes, don't improve their work quality and don't help your business reach its goals? Have you aligned your employee recognition program and your performance reviews? It's time to improve your employee performance review strategy in order to help your business exceed its KPIs and reach all your SMART Goals.

Topics: employee recognition, smart goals, Performance Reviews

Are you having trouble keeping your hourly employees engaged in their work? Looking to improve the day-to-day operations of your business with some new employee incentive ideas?

Topics: employee recognition, employee engagement, smart goals

 

Are you looking for ways to improve employee engagement and utilization levels to help your business reach its goals more easily? Have you created an employee recognition plan? Improve morale, engagement, and utilization in your office by creating an employee engagement strategy & boosting your employee incentive programs.

Topics: employee recognition, employee engagement