The term âemployee engagementâ sounds like one of those HR buzz words which fade in and out of popularity over time.
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However, the concept behind it is not a new one, and the impact it can have on an organisation's bottom line results in terms of profitably, efficiency and revenue generation should not be underestimated.
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Defining Engagement
So, how do we define it? Employee Engagement ultimately is a level of an employee's commitment and connection to the organisation. Two keys words commitment and connection, both are critical to engagement. Commitment in not only showing up, but giving their absolute all, and connection not just to their job, but to a cause or calling bigger than them, their roles or perhaps even this organisation. Connection to the leaders, to their colleagues and to the important part their role plays in achieving something bigger.
To put it simply, engagement refers to the extent to which an employee is willing to go above and beyond, commit that extra bi...
Hello and welcome to Episode 236 of The People Powered Business Podcast.
We talk a lot in business and leadership circles about our communication styles donât we?
About how we deliver our message, how we give feedback, the words we use, our tone, pace, timing.
We talk a lot about talking, but less about listening, so thatâs what weâre tackling today.
In todayâs episode we look at why listening effectively as a leader is so important, I unpack the 4 types of listening as discussed in this HRM article and we look at how to adapt and leverage your style and the different styles to the occasion.
As always, Iâd love you to join us inside our free Facebook Group, HR Support for Australian Businesses, so I can learn more about whatâs working for you and any challenges you might be having.
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If you employ or manage staff in any capacity, youâll know what a sucker punch it can be when a great staff member turns in their resignation, perhaps out of the blue, or even hints at the idea of moving on.
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Finding great staff is like winning the lottery but keeping them long-term can prove tricky depending on a variety of factors. Post pandemic, weâre seeing trends that reveal keeping great staff is becoming even more challenging but there are some essential things you can do to keep great people in your team, longer. Â Â Â
The most obvious reason would be because theyâre great. You can trust them, they are reliable, they show up and they do great work and you donât have to worry about them â whatâs not to love about keeping great staff?
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The great players in the team you already have are part of what makes the fabric of your culture ...
Hello and welcome to Episode 235 of the People Powered Business Podcast!
Today I am delighted to be joined by guest expert Stacey Hughes from Stacey Hughes Co to talk all thing Meta and LinkedIn paid ad campaigns for your recruitment projects.
Stacey spent years learning how to craft compelling recruitment ad campaigns via Meta in her Allied Health practices, and now specialises in working with business owners to learn how to run profitable ads through her Fab Ads Club.
In todayâs discussion we unpack:
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Her Instagram handle is @staceyhughes.co
And you can find her on LinkedIn here -Â https://www.linkedin.com/in/...
âI canât make a decision because you have presented 2 great candidates â if we hired one of them weâd always wonder whether the other would have been better....â
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This was the exact words that came out of the employersâ mouth after we had carefully and meticulously conducted a thorough and rigorous recruitment campaign for them, providing a strong shortlist. So strong in fact that they simply couldnât (and didnât) make the final decision. Whilst the team rightly pointed out that we had done such a stellar job we made it difficult for the employer to choose, I found the situation fascinating.
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How does it sound to you?
Ludicrous? Funny? Typical?
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At first, I assumed that really they just didnât want to hire anyone, that it was a total waste of time and resources because they clearly had no intention of hiring â I mean surely one candidate stands ahead of the other for their needs?
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But as I reflected on this, I wondered how many other small businesses are letting indecision...
Hello and welcome to Episode 234 of The People Powered Business Podcast.
Today we are answering a question from our listener Virginia who asks: "How do you pass on feedback regularly to let staff know theyâre doing good (other than saying that⌠it gets repetitive and seems⌠contrary?) What are appropriate ways to show your appreciation?â
What a great question! To help answer this I am going to zoom up and look at:
Giving feedback is such an important part of a role as a leader within our business, and I loved this question because it f...
In a competitive market where applicants are in short supply and the struggle to even find one person who might be suitable for your role is real, itâs easy to think that there is no need to screen and assess applicants. Well, there is no one to screen, or so few applicants so whatâs the point, right?
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Actually, wrong. You see, despite there being far fewer applicants to chose from, the importance of making the right hiring choices hasnât changed. The reality is you canât outrun a bad hire. So even if there is only one applicant, hiring the wrong person is guaranteed to cause you more frustration, more stress and cost you more than hiring no one at all.
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When we had only a handful of applicants to select from, screening effectively is even more important because in these moments we can lose focus and clarity on whatâs really important, out of desperation, overwhelm and stress. We waiver on the previous non negotiables, and start to consider applicants who we know really arenât ri...
Hello and welcome to Episode 233 of The People Powered Business Podcast.
Did you know that nearly 46% of new hires fail? Almost half! If you have ever been through a recruitment process for it only to end in disaster you will know the pain, frustration, cost and time associated with having to start the process again.
The good news is it doesnât have to be this way! By following a few fundamental tips that I share in this episode you can really simply increase the success of your recruitment project and hire the right person the first time for your business!
Join us in this episode as I share the 3 key ingredients to hiring success.
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As always, Iâd love you to join us inside our free Facebook Group, HR Support for Australian Businesses, so I can learn more about whatâs working for you and any challenges you might be having.
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Did you know that up to 46% of new hires âfailâ? Thatâs right â almost half of employees who start a role with a new employer donât make it through 18 months, according to a study released by Leadership IQ.
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Whilst itâs easy to conclude that obviously the applicant has misled us, lied in an interview, is not able to do what they promised or for some other reason the fault lies with them, is that really the case?
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There is no doubt that making great hiring decisions is essential to creating the best possible team for your business, a team that is motivated, capable, productive and high functioning, but when we get the hiring decisions wrong, we are so often quick to look to others as the reason for this.
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In an era where we are âpanic hiringâ due to the lack of applicants in the market, a situation which is not likely to change in the short term, hiring the best person for the role can feel difficult, or even impossible, but itâs also why itâs so important to pay attention to t...
Hello and welcome to Episode 232 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
Today we are taking a look at an important HR metric that every organisation should be measuring â employee turnover.
We start by defining employee turnover, and the different types of turnover we may want to measure.
We then look at why itâs such an important metric to measure, no matter the size of your business.
And then is share the simple way to calculate your current turnover rate.
As always, Iâd love you to join us inside our free Facebook Group, HR Support for Australian Businesses, so I can learn more about whatâs working for you and any challenges you might be having.
Join Here -Â https://www.facebook.com/groups/hrsupportaustraliaÂ
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