What we think...
September 2009
Some very clear themes and topics of concern emerged from this year’s Employee Engagement and Employer Brand conference organised by Osney Media. It was particularly interesting to hear David Macleod and Nita Clarke, authors of the government-commissioned Macleod Report, speak on their key findings regarding employee engagement from the extensive research conducted across numerous organisations.
Apologies. It’s been a dry old month on the blog front, I know, but the new term is starting and we’re raring to go. And what better subject to start with than the old chestnut of trust in organisations. I’ve written about this before, but it deserves another mention as a timely report has emerged from the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) that shows that a third of our workers don’t trust their bosses, and labelling CEO’s as those who are trusted least. Not surprisingly (and it’s not new news), line managers came off better in the trust stakes.