Employee engagement is a big buzzword these days. Everyone in the HR sphere, it seems, is talking and writing about it. In many of your organisations, an annual survey is rolled out to employees to gauge their level of engagement. If you are in a progressive organisation, the results are shared with everyone, and action…
CEO for a Day at your company ?
November 13, 2012 by 1 Comment
I caught an interview of Essa Al Mulla, Executive Director of the Emirates National Development Programme (ENDP) on Dubai One’s Emirates 24/7 on Sunday. Mr Al Mulla was explaining the importance of the “CEO for a Day” campaign. As part of emiratisation efforts, the ENDP is targeting some Zayed University undergraduates to make them shadow…
Overview of the HR Congress Qatar 2012
October 2, 2012 by 1 Comment
Last week I attended the HR Congress Qatar organised by IQPC. It was my first time in Doha and I really enjoyed the place. It is smaller than Dubai or Abu Dhabi but there is a very nice energy to it and the focus on culture is obvious in town – nice ! Now, the…
FTSE 100 companies due to report employee engagement level
September 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
My latest post was about the metrics that can be used in order to assess a decrease in engagement levels. I expanded that post from a slide extracted from one of my workshops on designing retention and recognition schemes – and the metrics all came from my experience at past companies and also, common sense…
Which metrics indicate a decrease in employee engagement?
September 6, 2012 by 3 Comments
I have written about employee engagement in the past, and how pay is only one component of what motivates employees and drives them to greater discretionary effort… and therefore greater results for the organisation. It is actually easier to identify signs of decrease in employee engagement than to track positive KPIs of engagement (unless you’re…
Catch up on the Human Assets Middle East Summit 2012
May 29, 2012 by 1 Comment
I was honoured to be one of the speakers at Naseba’s 7th Annual Human Assets Expansion – Middle East Summit. The conference turned out to be one of the best I have ever, attended in the region. The speakers were knowledgeable and entertaining, the audience was very active and engaged, there was enough time for…
Will you meet me at these HR and Compensation events ?
March 22, 2012 by 1 Comment
I am delighted to announce that I have been invited to speak at 2 upcoming conferences that will take place in Dubai soon. At the Human Assets Expansion Middle East Summit (May 21 to 23, 2012), I will present a keynote about aligning Performance Management with the business strategy. I have not finalised my presentation…
