Best Practices for Driving Employee Engagement: Leading HR Executives on Partnering with Managers and Workers to Build a Motivated and Loyal Team

Best Practices for Driving Employee Engagement provides an authoritative, insider's perspective on fostering a company culture that emphasizes engagement for maximum productivity. Featuring HR executives from leading companies across the country, this book addresses essential topics such as accurately measuring employee engagement and utilizing that data, identifying the motivators that drive your workforce, developing the people skills of your managers, and learning what pain points lead to turnover in your organization. From recognizing the importance of work-life balance to presenting a clear view of the organization's goals and path forward, these executives share their insights on the factors that must be considered in any workforce engagement strategy. Additionally, these authors discuss the challenges of keeping employees motivated, such as identifying non-financial rewards when budgets are tight, ensuring that effort and hard work are recognized, and improving the performance of managers whose direct reports are less engaged, and give suggestions for navigating those difficulties. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the leading human resources minds today, as these top executives offer their thoughts on creating a workforce that is both loyal to your company and dedicated to its success.

Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business and legal intelligence from leading C-Level executives and lawyers. Each chapter offers thought leadership and expert analysis on an industry, profession, or topic, providing a future-oriented perspective and proven strategies for success. Each author has been selected based on their experience and C-Level standing within the business and legal communities.

Chapters Include:

1. Jim Link, CHRO, Randstad North America — “Employee Engagement as a Driver of Business Success”
2. Robert Rigby-Hall, EVP and CHRO, NXP Semiconductors — “Making Engagement a Core Part of Leadership”
3. Gail McKee, CHRO, Towers Watson — “Using Engagement Research to Inform Organizational Priorities”
4. Lisa A. Whittington, SVP, Human Resources, Host Hotels and Resorts — “Engage = to Occupy the Attention or Efforts of; to Attract and Hold Fast; to Secure for Employment”
5. Susan Quackenbush, CHRO, Presidio Inc. — “Driving Employee Engagement Through the Voice of the Employee”
6. Wei-Li Chong, EVP, People and Family Experience, Knowledge Universe — “Let's Make Engagement a Way of Life, Not Another HR Buzzword”
7. Tanya Axenson, VP and CHRO, Aerotek Inc. — “Driving Ongoing and Sustainable Employee Engagement”
8. Lisa Mancini, SVP and Chief Administrative Officer, CSX — “Safety, Service, and Efficiency: The Impact on Employee Engagement and Offering Employees What They Need”
9. Ann Best, SVP of HR, Iron Mountain Inc. — “Driving Performance Through Employee Engagement: The Journey So Far”
10. Barbara Nisivoccia Ring, EVP and CHRO, Avantor Performance Metals — “Increasing Employee Engagement: Remembering That Your Workforce are People First and Employees Second”
11. Jo Stoner, EVP and CHRO, Informatica Corporation - “Comprehensive Ways of Understanding Employee Engagement: Acknowledging the Many Varieties of Engagement Among Employees”
12. Scott Northcutt, SVP HR, Bacardi Limited — “Harnessing the Power of Family Values to Drive Employee Engagement and Business Success”
13. Johnni Beckel, SVP and CHRO, OhioHealth — “Engaging an Employee's Head, Hands, and Heart to Create a Competitive Advantage”
14. Sonja Narcisse, SVP, Global Resources, and CHRO, Tronox — “Ensuring Employee Engagement by Solving Real Business Problems”