10 ways to improve employee survey response rates
Giving employees a voice and, crucially, acting on their feedback is a fundamental enabler of engagement. Employees feel more valued, more involved, more listened to when leaders actively seek their opinion and report back on the action that was taken in response to their feedback…
Turning the seasonal blues peachy
We don’t believe in ‘blue Monday’ but there are certainly reasons why January can be tough on our mood. The credit card bills from Christmas are starting to land on the door mat. Good intentions and New Year’s resolutions have fallen by the wayside, and…
The business case for employee engagement
Employee engagement goes above and beyond job satisfaction and employee happiness. It is an emotional state of passion and commitment that brings benefits to employees as well as employers. Why does employee engagement matter? Employee engagement is considered by some to be ‘soft and fluffy’…
2020: HR trends and predictions
What’s in store for HR leaders in 2020? Add these thought-leadership pieces to your ‘must read’ list. The start of a new year – and a new decade – has seen a flurry of predictions and trends from industry analysts, thought-leaders and practitioners working in…
Bad news doesn’t travel uphill
Why leaders need to reconnect with the reality of work through employee listening. The organisations we work with at Peachy Mondays are diverse; large and small; from a wide range of sectors; and located in over 60 countries. The questions that our clients ask and…
Reflections from UNLEASH World
There was much talk about ‘employee experience’ at UNLEASH World in Paris last month. It’s a broad term and not easy to define succinctly. It encompasses multiple factors that impact an individual’s experiences throughout their entire time with an organisation. Employee experience as organisational lens…
How managers can support employees through change
Change is a constant. At Peachy Mondays, many of our clients initially engage us because they are about to embark upon a major period of change and transformation. Successful transformation requires changes to culture and behaviour as well as changes to structure, systems and processes….
From feedback to action
How well do you listen to your employees? Do you know what they really want? Do you know what motivates and inspires them? Do you know what their challenges are and why they are experiencing them? Listening to your employees via surveys and pulses is…
What’s next for employee engagement?
Research shows ¹, time and again, a clear link between employee engagement and increased business performance (including increased customer satisfaction). Employee engagement can unlock productivity and transform the workplace for its people. Traditionally, the annual employee engagement survey has been the staple go-to tool for…
Make lasting change happen
Human beings have evolved to perceive change negatively. We fear it. It’s uncomfortable. It is also becoming the norm in today’s workplace. Change management is complex and there is no single go-to solution. Around 70% of change efforts fail, a statistic that has repeatedly been…