Category: Employee Experience

New research shows that 32% of UK workers are surveilled by employers

According to recent research, employers ‘spy on’ a third of UK workers, and webcam monitoring has more than doubled. Bosses and business owners are using dystopian surveillance tools more often to make sure their workers are being diligent. As we get...

How to reinvent your employee experience in 2022 

Last year saw just the beginning of what has been dubbed the ‘Great Resignation’. Brits, predominantly those working in leisure, hospitality, retail and healthcare, have voluntarily left their jobs at “historically elevated levels” that were last seen in 2009. While...

Three ways to make your CX team more gender diverse

Less than 6% of software engineers identify as female, while barely 5% of technology leadership positions are held by women. As such, is it any wonder that 78% of us can’t name a single famous female computer scientist working in...

Facing the truth: customer support agent turnover rate is constantly increasing 

One of the defining workplace themes of 2021 was the Great Resignation. Employees started leaving their jobs at record rates, with 4.3 million people quitting in September 2021 alone. Shortly after, many employers began forecasting a focus on retaining talent,...

Vulnerable leadership is key: building a bridge from intent to action

Last week, I talked to Miranda Cain, the managing director at Elev-8, a consultancy dedicated to changing behaviours to elevate business performance. The team behind Elev-8 won over 27 awards, including the UK Business Awards™️ in 2021. With over 25 years...

Latest Gulf Sustainability Awards 2022 launched at the Netherlands Pavilion in Dubai 

Organized by Awards International, a pioneer in conducting awards in the Middle East region, launched their latest edition of Gulf Sustainability Awards 2022 to be held at the Netherlands Pavilion in Dubai.  ‘Together, we want to communicate how to find sustainable...

EX trends in 2022: will EX replace CX as a top priority?  

With reports of almost 1 in 4 UK workers expected to quit their job and change employers in the next few months, in what has been dubbed ‘the Great Resignation’. Business leaders are now prioritizing employee experience (EX) as workers...

The rise and fall of employee loyalty: insights from 200,000 eNPS scores 

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been monumental. Where work is concerned, businesses across the world have experienced seismic shifts in how they operate, and the same can be said for employee loyalty. With discussions of a global resignation...

Diversity initiatives to increase business performance

In response to the grassroots movements of #BLM, #MeToo and by the exposure of pronounced and increasing equity gaps during the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations are allocating ever-increasing budgets to diversity-related initiatives. Already in 2002, MIT Sloan School of Management found that...

How to create a sustainable website

With an increased focus on the climate and our planet’s future, sustainability is a concern across all areas of our lives.  And that applies to websites now too. Chris Baker, Director of a leading London web design agency, explains, “We recently...