Honestly Engagement Blog

The Future of Recruitment – What HR Has Learnt From Corona

Slowly but surely, life is returning back to normal: playgrounds and parks are open to visitors, the local hair salons and restaurants are back in business and the offices are letting their employees return back to work, albeit under strict precautions. But what has changed and how we can we use this change to our advantage? In the field of HR, Corona has disrupted the perception of many businesses towards practices that seemed necessary up to 2019, but are now being challenged.

Coping with Coronavirus – Agility And Crisis Management

While some countries are already recovering from COVID-19, the spreading of the virus is far from being contained in Europe. What can businesses do to help contain the spread of Coronavirus? The methods of precaution range from avoiding handshakes and face-to-face meetings to the implementation of remote working strategies. The increased use of technology enabled tools and digital communication methods are a big help in this regard. On top of that, there have been great examples of how agile crisis management has kept some stores in business and employees engaged even in turbulent times such as these.

Employee Embeddedness – The Key To Keeping Your Top Talent

“Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first” –Angela Ahrendts When talking about employee engagement, the retention of employees is always a big topic and there are many ways and means which can help you improve your retention strategy. But what if we go one step further? What if we don’t just want our employees to be engaged, but embedded into the framework of the company?

Internal Communication and How it Affects Engagement

Many companies with an open and value-oriented culture often have one thing in common: internal communication as a driver for employee motivation. Strong internal communication is not only important for obvious reasons, such as sharing information effectively, it also strengthens inter-departmental relationships, relationships between employees, as well as the relationships between employees & management. But what is internal communication exactly? Out of the many definitions we have come across, the most common one is by businessdictionary.

Employer Branding Strategy for Employee Retention

You have probably noticed that it is becoming increasingly difficult for companies to find and retain motivated, well-trained talent. The good news is that there are many methods companies can use to improve this. Classic examples, such as innovative recruiting methods, thriving culture, or cool benefits have always been the factors that give you a competitive edge over your rivals. Throwing the right amount of employer branding into the mix might just be that extra something you need to make your strategy even more scalable, which is why we decided to make it this week’s topic.

360 Degree Feedback – Five Steps to Perfect Feedback Culture

In every company, the personal and professional development of employees is essential for growth. A prerequisite for this is a consistent and healthy feedback culture, and 360 degree feedback is one method to accomplish this. Especially for managers, the multifaceted input obtained through 360 degree feedback is a strong pillar of support when it comes to developing into the kind of leader that will help the company and its culture flourish.

How to Motivate Employees – Actionable Advice

How to motivate employees is a topic that is becoming more and more relevant as companies embrace business models that require a high degree of self-management. Remote work and the policy of flat hierarchies in general are built on the premise that employees have a high degree of self-motivation. But employee motivation has also been an important issue for another reason. Richard Branson once said the following: Lower productivity when working from home?

Employee Engagement Trends in 2020

There are two things that are certain at the beginning of every year: the new year’s resolution to go the gym more often and a list containing various possible trends for the year ahead of us. Let’s not get stuck on the new year’s resolution, we all know that we will have failed this endeavor come Easter. The list with employee engagement trends, however, has already been put together and we are more than happy to share our predictions with you.

Best Of 2019 – Our Top Five

It is that time of the year again, the company Christmas tree has found its way from the basement into our office, reindeer sweaters and other questionable fashion statements are gaining popularity, Christmas lights are decorating the office cactus and Mariah Carey has seized control of radio stations worldwide. We would like to add something else to these already existing pre-Christmas essentials, namely our “Blog Article Best Of 2019”. From now on, we will gather our most read blog articles of the past year and summarize them in an annual wrap-up article, giving you an overview of what our readership has been most fond of lately and to show what topics were particularly hot in the field of Employee Engagement.