This movement which is focused on the business value of employee engagement has been set in train by a group of business leaders and organised by David Macleod and Nita Clarke, authors of the Engaging for Success report published a few years back.
It's also supported by groups of HR practitioners and consultants (gurus) - I'm on the guru group and have also been working on the social media sub-group helping raise interest in the launch.
Since the report, the movement has been building slowly - you can see my reports of a conference I presented at with David and Nita a few years ago here:
- My presentation with the Employee Engagement Taskf...
- Live blogging on the Employee Engagement Taskforce part 2
- Live blogging on the Employee Engagement Taskforce part 1
- Employee Engagement Taskforce: Policy & Practice Briefing
The movement is now gaining momentum and I think it's a good time for the formal launch. As well as today's event, there's a new website and a video - a bit cheesy? - you decide!:
As well as these, there's a new report reinforcing the business benefits of employee evidence which has been developed by the movement's ‘Nailing the Evidence’ sub group, led by Tanith Dodge, HRD at Marks & Spencer. I'm reviewing this today and will post a summary later.
However, some of the data points that have already been released and that will be being discussed this morning include:
- UK productivity is 20% below the G7 average
- According to Kenexa, the UK average level of engagement is 3.19 out of 5
- If this could be raised to a 4th quartile score of 3.55 - an increase of just 0.36 of 7% this would produce an increase in GDP of 1.7%
- That would add £28.5bn to the UK economy.
As well as my review of the evidence, I also feel the need to post a bit on my own personal perspectives on engagement - I am a big supporter, hence my role in the movement, but I do have a few issues with the term and concept itself.
I'll also be posting from today's follow-up event, a conference at the QEII Conference Centre in London on 26th November.
So, more soon...
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In terms of the video, I was just waiting for Gareth Malone to come out and start the communal singing. In terms of engagement - it all sounds good, but feels a bit wooly at present. I'm glad today's event is focused on CEOs as they need to be driving this. Too much so far has been focused around HR and comms - both great enablers in setting policy and creating anad managing supporting processes, but too many people are treating engagement as an activity rather than a state of mind driven by joined-up leadership and supported by everything from operational effectiveness to the right pay and bens and a great working environment. I still feel too many organisations are just scraping the surface and are still driven by short-term profit targets.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark - completely agree - and have sort of posted on a similar track today - with more to come...
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear from you. Cheers, Jon.