People Management

At Peakon, we are passionate about helping organisations create the most enjoyable and productive working environments for their employees. In the first in a new series of engagement reports, we uncovered the factors that drive the motivation of men and women in the workplace.

Everyone has heard the adage, “People leave bosses, not companies.” When an employee hands over that resignation letter – there’s a 50% chance it’s because of the manager. But what can you do about it?

Rather than considering workplace friendships as a ‘nice to have’, years of empirical research tells us they’re essential for engagement and staff retention.

The idea of stretch goals can be incredibly alluring for business leaders and people managers. Their “oh-so-simple” premise suggests that pushing people to dream bigger and shoot for the stars will inevitably lead them to innovate and outperform what they’d previously imagined possible.

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What is the best way to hire talented and productive employees? If you are of the opinion that the best way to spot talent is through challenging numerical and knowledge competency tests, you may be mistaken.

Our second article in the Millennial myth-busting series focuses on a common misconception. It tackles the myth that Millennials do not have the resilience to deal with criticism or delayed gratification at work.

This is part of a new series dispelling the myths around millennials and work. One such myth is that younger employees are simply lazy and inefficient at their job. This is completely untrue, and this article tries to tackle the root cause of the misunderstanding.

Gone are the days when once hired, an employee would stay with the company for at least half his or her career. Contrary to patiently climbing the corporate ‘ladder’ of hierarchy, younger employees now want a job that is challenging and motivating.

The annual employee engagement survey stands to face a vote of no confidence. Unloved by everyone who completes it, and unable to improve stubbornly low rates of engagement, it sticks out like a sore thumb when we use real-time data as the basis of our decisions in finance, marketing, product development and more.

American healthcare company, Aetna, recently caught the imagination of the press and business leaders looking for innovative ways to improve employee welfare and boost productivity.

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