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Assessing engagement throughout employee lifecycle
HR Magazine - January 2012
Hannah Stratford, Head of Business Psychology at ETS, explains why companies need to go beyond annual employee surveys to accurately measure and drive engagement.
LV launches joiners and leavers survey
HR Magazine - September 2011
LV= has launched a joiners and leavers survey as part of its investment in employee engagement and talent retention after appointing ETS.
Is 'best practice' holding you back?
HR Magazine - August 2011
Hannah Stratford, Head of Business Psychology at ETS, argues that companies need to look beyond best practice and adopt a 'best fit' approach to HR solutions to maximise success.
G4S global staff survey reports "significant" increases in employee engagement
HR Magazine - July 2011
International security solutions group G4S, has today published the results of its 2011 employee survey of 625,000 staff, reporting "significant" increases in employee engagement.
Employees are growing happier with their work-life balance, poll of 185,000 staff reveals
HR Magazine - May 2011
New statistics reveal a rise in workers’ happiness with work-life balance.
Nearly half of employees not happy with performance appraisals
The Grapevine Magazine - April 2011
Almost 40% of employees are dissatisfied with the performance appraisals process, new research by ETS reveals today.
Employees happy with jobs but worried for the future
The Grapevine Magazine - March 2011
New research by ETS shows that employee morale and job satisfaction has risen but workers are worried about job security.
Private sector's garden is rosy, survey finds
HR Magazine Online - March 2011
Research looking at the views of 185,000 private sector employees reveals a spring in the step.
G4S launches high-tech worldwide staff survey
People Management online - February 2011
This real-time reporting tool will reach 625,000 employees and will be delivered in numerous languages.
Security giant G4S revamps one of the world's largest employee surveys
HR Magazine online - February 2011
International security solutions group G4S, the world's second largest private sector employer and biggest employer on the London Stock Exchange, is overhauling its global employee engagement survey.
Performance appraisals: Must try harder
Performance appraisal article in Human Resources - November 2009
Research shows many employees think appraisals are a waste of time because they are not tied into reward decisions, career development and promotion prospects.
Engaging employees: making line managers linchpins
Performance appraisal article in The HR Director - September 2009
In the face of a major recession, we need our workforces to be highly engaged, committed and contributing to their organisations' survival and ultimate success. 'Intention to stay' is now less valid as a measure of engagement and old certainties that have guided HR directors are no longer so reliable.
Survey on employee engagement among UK HR directors
People Management - September 2009
A survey of 150 CEOs and HR directors found that 99 per cent firmly believed greater employee engagement triggered better company performance, not the other way round.
Workplace 'golden age' may be over, says employee survey expert
Employee survey article in HR Network Scotland - September 2009
Worker happiness peaked in 2008, according to results released from the ETS from employee surveys among thousands of employees. "We've just lived through a golden age of rising
pay, profit and opportunity that led to a highpoint
in employee happiness. Sadly, that chapter may
have closed," according to an ETS consultant.
Manufacturers take employee satisfaction and performance appraisals seriously
The Manufacturer - June 2009
In an ideal world, a performance appraisal is central to effective people management. It is a chance for managers to talk to employees about their strengths, weaknesses, aims and objectives for the coming year.
Appraisals rated poor
People Management - April 2009
Thirty-eight per cent of employees are dissatisfied with the appraisal process carried out by their employers, according to the 'Performance Management Review', a survey by HR consultancy ETS, which questioned 175,000 people.
Workers lose confidence in employers
People Management Online - January 2009
For the two years up to the last quarter of 2008, 84 per cent of the 150,000 employees of UK blue-chip companies surveyed by consultants ETS said they were confident that their firms would meet their objectives in 2009.
Economic crisis affects UK workers’ morale
Grapevine Online - January 2009
Over a third (37%) of employees in the UK are concerned about losing their jobs, an increase of 10% in the last quarter of 2008 alone.
UK workers' morale falls as job loss fears rise
Talent Management Review - Q1 2009
Nearly four out of ten employees (37 per cent) fear they may lose their jobs. This is up by 10 per cent in the last quarter of 2008 alone, according to the ETS Employee Survey of 150,000 UK employees.