For many organizations, systems with a knowledge base—such as SocialChorus, Digital Signal, Ryver, ServiceNow and Zendesk—can increase employee engagement, eliminate paper processes and make information available faster and in more useful ways for employees. MORE

The Egyptian artisans hired to build the necropolis for Pharaoh Ramses III in the 12 th century BC were not connected in the sense of today’s connected employee. Despite the lack of SMAC gear that’s the norm for connected employee in today’s leading companies, the Pharaoh’s artisans connected without hesitation when they got shorted on their food rations. And employees continue to organically connect today. They have 22 percent higher productivity. MORE

Related Hashtags (based on recent tweets w/ #HRTechConf). Deloitte’s Human Capital practice digital leader and global practice leader for HR Strategy & Employee Experience. cgoldt08 : Product Leader at Workday. GretchenA : By day, I manage a product strategy team. MORE

Even employees who are clamoring for more learning and development options can dread the drudgery often associated with such opportunities. It leverages some of the common elements of games—like keeping score, competition with other players, and rules of play—to engage learners. MORE

We’ve seen staggering engagement lows reflecting this shortfall — and the accompanying financial ramifications (See more on that here ). As organizations attempt to transform in response to a lack of psychological safety and needed shifts in the role of “manager” — we’ll see remarkable changes in the way organizations relate to their employees. Acknowledge the employee-employer exchange agreement. organizations millions of dollars each year in lost productivity. MORE

But there has to be other means for tracking employee training metrics. Metrics are a standard of measurement which is used to assess the performance of your employees based on what they have learned and their ability to apply it skillfully. MORE

Measure employee engagement. Improve the employee experience. There is a category of products that helps reduce the amount of time HR teams spend on these administrative tasks: ticketing systems. HR receives a ton of knowledge and service requests. As Forrester’s Principal Analyst Paul Hamerman says : “Employees won’t use [an HR tool] if it’s a typical in-house intranet and not user-friendly. The user experience has to be engaging.”. MORE

What this means for HR is not only smarter ways of working on standard duties like hiring, but also the unlocking of new value for employees through greater engagement and sharing of information. Strategic HR AI employees hiring HR MORE

Happy employees are productive employees. Research after research shows that having loyal and engaged employees is directly related to higher profits. But how do you boost employee engagement? What are the best tools and approaches that companies can utilize to drive more engagement among their employees? Employee Engagement Defined. Furthermore, engaged employees are keen on constantly improving their skills. MORE

Employee engagement is now a phenomenon that’s deeply implanted in the collective consciousness of progressive HR leaders. This is supported by the huge surge of content, conferences, awards, Internet chatter, and Facebook and LinkedIn social media groups solely focused on employee engagement. Large numbers of HR tech vendors and service providers roam the HR domain offering a smorgasbord of engagement-related products and services. Engagement MORE

We’ve seen staggering engagement lows reflecting this shortfall — and the accompanying financial ramifications (See more on that here ). As organizations attempt to transform in response to a lack of psychological safety and needed shifts in the role of “manager” — we’ll see remarkable changes in the way organizations relate to their employees. Acknowledge the employee-employer exchange agreement. MORE

Effective internal communications is the only way to build trust and align employees to your business objectives. Otherwise, employees are left in the dark with digital initiatives—and that can leave your entire strategy at risk. Reach all employees with a multi-channel approach. MORE