For the last 25 years, The Great Place to Work® Institute has been working with organisations all over the world to help them create ‘a great place to work’. Over 3,400 organisations take part globally, making it the world’s largest employee-centred survey. Katie Pattullo asks Williams Johnson at the Institute, what makes an organisation apply

Colette Hill, CEO of workplace communications consultancy CHA, discusses the results of their recent research, highlighting a growing restlessness in today’s workforce

Values-driven leadership and authentic leadership are phrases that crop up all the time, but what do they really mean, how do they relate to each other and why is it important? Tom Barry of BlessingWhite examines these concepts and explores how managers can put them into practice

How can organisations ensure that the communication of benefits is positive, engaging and relevant for employees? Here Terry Pegg, head of sales with AIG Benefits, outlines some of the steps employers should consider as part of an engagement strategy

Friends Provident had a clear mission: to take employee engagement to the next level. Keiron Lynch, Friends Provident’s HR communications consultant, describes how they used research to find out how to bring out the best in their employees to drive the business forward

It is a well known fact that most mergers do not meet expectations and this can often be blamed on lack of attention to the so-called ‘softer side’ of the deal – namely, the people. Natalie Marshall, communication manager at Premier Foods, and Lesley Allman, managing director of Allman Communication, explain how Premier Foods kept employees informed and engaged after acquiring a company twice its size to become the UK’s biggest food producer

With the enormous task of understanding what creates and sustains levels of engagement across a workforce of 500,000 employees, John Bell, head of employee engagement at the Cabinet Office, certainly has his hands full. Here, he tells Employee Engagement Today of the importance of evidence-based policies and good leadership to achieving their engagement goals

Storytelling is nothing new. Humans have communicated narratively with each other since we lived in caves and socialised round the campfire. But it is not just a social communication tool, big businesses are now seeing the benefits of using it as a powerful resource for learning and development. After all, what better way is there to capture the attention of your employees, illustrate abstract concepts and enthuse staff in organisational issues? By Widget Finn

New immigration legislation means employers need to be vigilant.
By Adrian Barnes, Barrister, Premier Legal LLP