What Makes Employee Engagement Scores Crash
Key insights Falling engagement usually traces back to leadership gaps, patchy communication and employees losing sight of why their work matters. Great Place To Work research shows trust predicts retention, innovation and business performance more reliably than an engagement score does. Patterns only appear once you segment survey results by team, department and manager. Your […]
7 Questions To Ask Before Choosing an Employee Experience Platform
Key Insights 69% of employees hit at least one barrier using HR technology in the past year. Only 24% of HR staff say their function gets full value from the tech it owns. Ask vendors for weekly manager usage, not total logins. Gartner surveyed more than 1,200 employees and found 69% had run into at […]
What are Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)?
The inclusion gap 83% vs 59% Employees who say their ERG is effective are far more likely to feel included at work: 83%, compared with 59% for employees who rate their ERG ineffective, according to McKinsey research involving almost 25,000 employees. For HR leaders, employer branding teams and people managers, ERGs can be one of […]
Best Workplace Recognition Programs for Company Culture
Key Insights Recognition functions as a daily signal of what a workplace values, not a program that runs once a year. In O.C. Tanner research, 37% of employees said more personal recognition would encourage them to produce better work more often. The Trust Index survey measures recognition directly, so leaders can see where appreciation lands […]
Which External Signals Have the Biggest Impact on Employer Reputation?
KEY INSIGHTS Employee reviews outrank polished employer messaging. A poor hiring process becomes public before day one. Leaders build credibility when their actions match their words. A candidate has one thumb scrolling through job listings, the other through reviews from people who have worked at the company. Your new careers video may be beautifully lit […]
How To Choose An Employee Experience Platform
Key Insights Start with one broken employee journey, not a feature checklist. Adoption depends on frontline access, manager habits and useful content. AI features need data boundaries, testing and human accountability. A new employee experience platform can look glorious in a demo. One login. Clean dashboards. A cheerful AI assistant that appears to know where […]
Fruit Wont Fix The Frontline. But Fair Pay, a Say and a Straight Answer On AI Might
KEY INSIGHTS Around half of frontline workers live paycheck to paycheck: 55% in Australia and 51% in New Zealand 76% of Australian and 76% of New Zealand frontline employees work voluntary overtime at least occasionally. 65% of Australian and 58% of New Zealand frontline employees feel they are “living to work” rather than “working to […]
The Most Underrated EVP Lever? Financial Wellbeing
Financial wellbeing benefits are reshaping what Australian employers offer. Here’s what actually moves the needle for employees feeling the cost of living squeeze. Australian employees are losing an average of six working hours every month to financial stress. Obviously, that number lands differently depending on your team size. Multiply it across a hundred employees and […]
Employer Branding on LinkedIn: What Top Employers Do Differently
KEY INSIGHTS A strong employer brand on LinkedIn cuts cost-per-hire by up to 43%. Certified great workplaces are 15x more likely to be chosen by job seekers. 75% of candidates check employer brand before looking at salary. Before your best recruiter sends a single message, candidates are already forming their view of your organization […]
Celebrating Pride: LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the workplace
Coming out is not a one-time declaration; it’s a recurring decision that LGBTQIA+ individuals face repeatedly throughout their professional lives. Each new interaction, whether with a new colleague, a new boss, or during inter-departmental collaborations, poses the question of whether to reveal their true selves. This ongoing decision-making process is critical because trust and connection […]