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A recent study by SHRM reminds us that employee satisfaction and employee engagement are not one in the same. “While 83 per cent of employees said they were generally satisfied with their current positions, only 68 per cent claimed to feel passion and excitement and just 53 per cent felt tuned in at work. read more

Did you know that millenial employees who give more after work are more likely to give more at work? According to The 2011 Deloitte Volunteer IMPACT study, there’s a link between volunteerism and employee engagement. read more

In “Three non-negotiables for improving employee engagement”, Lorna Brett of Dynamic Business describes some of the findings of AON Hewitt’s recent report, Your Pathway to Improving Employee Engagement. read more

In a recent article for Industry Week Joyce L. Gioia made the point that employee engagement has a direct impact on creativity and productivity and by extension, your bottom line profitability. read more

Nick Cowling  gets it right in his latest column for The Huffington Post when he underscores the value – and also some of the inherent challenges – in internal communications. read more

The great David Zinger – host of The Employee Engagement Network- recently shared 10 Building Block’s For Employee Engagement as part of Harvey Schachter’s column in The Globe and Mail. read more

There’s a great article in Inc. about the 8 Qualities of Remarkable Employees. Two traits in particular jumped out at me: “They ignore job descriptions. read more

In their popular study on the 10 C’s of Employee Engagement, authors Gerard H. Seijts and Dan Crim in the Ivey Business Journal listed “Congratulate” near the top. read more

61% of organizations have introduced at least one social tool on their intranet yet most executives are less than satisfied with their functionality, according to a new study on The Social Intranet. read more

As communicators we have a responsibility to keep our employees motivated and informed around the topics that keep them efficient and productive corporate citizens. read more