Category: Employee Engagement
Employee Alignment & Engagement - Workscape CEO Tim Clifford
[On May 27th, J.P. Donlon, the Editor-in-Chief of Chief Executive Magazine, interviewed CEO Tim Clifford on the topics of employee engagement, aligning individual strategy with employee goals, and visibility and governance over corporate compensation in the TARP ERA. The video interview was broadcast live to a select audience of CXOs from midsized and large organizations. The segment above is one of a series of responses made available on YouTube for public consumption.]
In this video, Workscape CEO Tim Clifford articulates the two components of “engagement.” Tim observes that the “engagement” can be distilled into two measurable areas for employees:
- Discretionary Effort
- Staying with the company
PermalinkLeveraging an HR Portal for Enhanced Engagement: The Workscape Story
One of the many challenges currently facing HR leaders is communicating effectively with a dispersed workforce. Whether these are workers are in the lower 48 or offices around the world, the challenge and the need is to ensure that employees are continually connected to everything from strategic initiatives to day-to-day operations. In an era marked by Blackberries and iPhones, where employees need – and have the capacity to both “broadcast” and receive – more information, a portal can play a vital role in ensuring connectedness and driving employee engagement.
Group Sponsored Insurance & Voluntary Benefits: Together at Last
As companies look to increase employee engagement through providing broad benefits offerings to their employees, group sponsored insurance plans are typically complemented by voluntary benefits such as supplemental life, pet insurance, long-term disability, among others. If effectively communicated to employees and provided as an integrated part of the enrollment process, these additional offerings can be an effective way to boost talent retention efforts with minimal expenditures.
Responsible Parents Being Responsible Employees
This morning had a difficult start, as my son and daughter had doctor’s appointments first thing. While this isn’t a really big deal, yesterday I had to take my son to the same doctor for conjunctivitis. I’m sure the doctor was glad to see him again, knowing that it was 24 hours later and he wasn’t contagious anymore.
The doctor’s trips were also challenging because I found it somehow difficult to balance that much time for my kids with the pressures of work sitting in the back of my mind at a critical time for many of my projects. I felt very guilty that I was spending more time on my kids this morning then work. However, now I feel more guilt for having felt guilty in the first place. Being a father should be a number one priority.
Leadership Lessons from the Baseball Diamond
Looking back on my first season as Head Coach of my kids’ T-Ball team, I now realize that while teaching the game of baseball to a group of eleven five-year-olds may seem far removed from corporate America, there are numerous effective leadership parallels between the two.
