Tag Archives: Employee Engagement

Teaching an Old Dog new tricks.

This week I was presenting at the Marcus Evans HR Summit on the Gold Coast – and I shared some of what I believe has created an engaged team at RedBalloon. I was very quick to let the audience know that I am not an HR professional, but a marketer passionate about a brand… who [...]
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Recognition Every Day… (RED)

At RedBalloon we talk about recognition all the time, not only what we do at work, but what we are learning from our clients. Matt the RedBalloon head of corporate has put 52 recognition ideas into a handy little business card size piece. It is really quite fun – filled with great suggestions of how [...]
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What does disengagement look like

Thank you to Bruce Morton of Talent2 for this very illustrative image of disengagement. Loved it. Gallup tells us that it takes six engaged employees to fix up the mess made by disengaged staff.  In some instances it is clearly more.
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Zip up your purpose

RedBalloon was acknowledged by Hewitt as one of only five employers to be accredited best places to work in 2009 - I have had interesting discussions with the people from Hewitt. They have shared much of the research outcomes with us. I like hearing about the theory about why we have achieved such a high [...]
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Better out than in.

I was chatting with a friend this morning who said that he had three of his team resign in the last week. He asked ‘That’s not good is it?’ On the surface we look at the cost of replacing them and all the history and experience that they depart with, and of course we say - [...]
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Roman Holiday – Brand lessons

After a massively long and productive 2009 it is time to refresh... It is family time. As the kids are much older now, their first trip to Europe has been in the planning for more than a year. Italy for a month. It is wonderful to watch them delight at ice skating on the banks [...]
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An Amazing Experience

This is my ninth RedBalloon Christmas... And so far it has been the most exhilarating. The numbers are way up on last year. All the planning, preparation and investment means that things seem to be going smoothly. No chaos. The team has it all in hand. We are so much bigger now that there are [...]
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3 ideas to reduce employee Christmas disconnect

I'm wishing I had a dollar for every time someone told me they had had a tough year this year.  ‘So glad to see the back on 2009’. People are saying that they have worked harder than they have in years yet ‘Christmas bonuses are long since a thing of the past, and salary reviews [...]
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Employer Worst Gifts ever

Given that Christmas is fast approaching.. most businesses have organized what they are giving their people now, but sometimes I shake my head in disbelief as people share with me how thoughtless or simply dumb some employers are about giving a gift. People have worked harder this year than they have in years – and [...]
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