Your employees are people and you need to understand what’s required to keep them engaged in what they do. Inevitably this improves the bottom line, customer satisfaction and employee loyalty. Here are our six top tips to engage your people more:
1. Know your employees - each person has a valuable contribution to give.
2. Provide them with […]
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Illumine posted this on December 29th, 2008
This is filed in: Engagement and Motivation
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Is your passion for work likely to suffer because of the economic slowdown? Anthony Landale considers why this is a leadership issue that is more relevant than ever.
Are you energised by your work? Do you have a passion for what you do? Are you pursuing a big dream?
In the past few years we’ve heard […]
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Illumine posted this on August 28th, 2008
This is filed in: Engagement and Motivation, PassionWorks! (Training)
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A series of tips and hints on energy and well-being taken from a new pocket book written by Gillian Burn, one of our expert trainers and a specialist in health and well-being.
KEEPING HYDRATED
The body loses two and a half litres of fluid in normal body functions daily. This needs replacing.
Try and drink 8-10 glasses […]
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Illumine posted this on June 11th, 2008
This is filed in: Exercise, Healthy nutrition, Keeping hydrated, Power lunches, Sleep, Well-being
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Facts and Figures
Absence costs British Industry £10.7 billion per year (CBI Absence Survey data)
A loss of 192 million working days
3% working time lost
Average of 7 days per employee in absence
Industrial Society survey (2001)- 9 out of 10 workplaces are affected by excessive stress
Main causes of absence is from stress and back problems
Stress…
- affects one in […]
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Illumine posted this on June 11th, 2008
This is filed in: Harmful stress, Stress definition, Stress Management (Training), Stress relieving foods
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Recent surveys show that attracting and retaining top talent is the number one people-issue for executives.
According to a recent survey by Gallup (UK):
19% of employees are engaged and productive
61% are ‘not engaged’ (not committed to their roles and would leave with the right opportunity)
20% are ‘actively disengaged’ (negative in the workplace)
What this means for […]
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Illumine posted this on May 19th, 2008
This is filed in: Employee retention, Engagement and Motivation, PassionWorks! (Training)
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Employee retention needs to be used as a primary measure of the health of your organisation. If you are losing key employees, you can be sure that their colleagues may be looking as well. Exit interviews with departing employees provide valuable information you can use to retain remaining staff. Take note of their results, it’s […]
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Illumine posted this on November 29th, 2007
This is filed in: Employee retention, Engagement and Motivation, Motivate
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Are we fooling ourselves, do we really want work-life balance? Are we really prepared to give up financial rewards for a healthier lifestyle?
This is an important question for organisations and staff. The costs of work-life imbalance are real. Exhausted people can’t concentrate, don’t have creative ideas and communicate poorly. But even in organisations where there […]
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Illumine posted this on November 29th, 2007
This is filed in: Engagement and Motivation, Health and well-being, Healthy eating, Stress Management (Training), Work-life Balance
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Taking time out for some simple exercise creates a great way to relax in a busy day. Regular short breaks help keep your mind and body alert and recharge you before the next task.
Create a pause in your busy day, as if you were pressing the pause button on your remote control, to allow your mind […]
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Illumine posted this on November 29th, 2007
This is filed in: Breathing exercises, Exercise, Health and well-being, stretch exercises
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Achieving the balance between work and life is a key challenge of our time. Our clients constantly report how difficult it is to manage all their work tasks efficiently and get home in a fit state to have quality time outside the workplace.
Work-life balance has often been regarded as a soft-issue, a nice-to-have, but those […]
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Illumine posted this on November 16th, 2007
This is filed in: Work performance, Work-life Balance
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Why should you care whether or not your people have any passion for their work?
The answer to that is that when people care about what they are doing they work with more commitment, energy and inspiration. Anthony Landale reports on a key business issue.
We all want more out of our work. That, surely, is the […]
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Illumine posted this on August 16th, 2007
This is filed in: Engagement and Motivation, PassionWorks! (Training)
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