Employee engagement critical to recession survival

Better employee engagement could do more for the success of UK businesses “than almost anything else”, according to the author of a government-backed review.

David MacLeod, whose report on employee engagement was published today, said harnessing the full potential of employees would be crucial for surviving the recession and making the most of the upturn. He said employee engagement was not simply about a survey, as many employers thought, but a “way of managing and thinking about people as human beings, not just human resources”.
 

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Linda Holbeche, director of the Holbeche Partnership and visiting professor of HRM/OD at Cass Business School