2018 Trends in Global Employee Engagement

whitePaper | May 2, 2023

The importance for companies to be able to react rapidly and pivot their operations at scale in line with shifting market needs was underscored during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

whitePaper | July 6, 2020

In 1997, a groundbreaking McKinsey study exposed workforce vulnerabilities for human resource teams in their book, "The War for Talent," yet almost 20 years later as the human capital field is desperate for a revolution, most organizations are not prepared for battle. The dynamics of talent’s low supply and high demand are playing out across the globe, affecting every industry sector and continent. A recent study from PwC called "Redefining Business Success in a Changing World" found that 72% of CEOs are concerned about the availability of key skills and 48% are planning to increase headcount1.

whitePaper | November 26, 2019

Before you can start to utilize the 70 20 10 model in your learning and development strategy, you need to understand it. Let’s explain what this model is, the types of learning it supports, and how it can be leveraged to build a high performance workforce. 70 20 10 is a learning and development theory that encapsulates all of the different ways that people learn. Learning from experiences, interacting with others, or through training, are at the core of this approach.

whitePaper | December 17, 2021

The needs of the modern enterprise are no longer built on labor arbitrage but on creative innovation. In the last 40 years, the contributions of digital technology in enabling this innovation has proven prodigious. Today, we stand at a new threshold, with a confluence of transformative tools of our own making, such as block chain, machine learning, neural networking, and artificial intelligence, just to name a few. When combined they possess the potential to offer us the ability to create a new kind of workforce, a digital workforce, one that can work alongside humans to help them make the best, data-driven decisions and enhance productivity.

whitePaper | August 27, 2022

Organisations are at an important turning point when it comes to employee experience. When the pandemic invoked a sudden shift to remote working or drastic changes to employment structures in 2020, it also laid bare which employers treated their teams well. Whether it was how well managers communicated changes to working patterns, transparency around furlough, or flexibility for employees to juggle home-schooling with deadlines, workers soon discovered whether their employers’ claims to value their workforce stood up to scrutiny.

whitePaper | April 15, 2022

As the world of work shifts on its axis, Poly is working with the research team at Worktech on a rolling program to create new thinking, define the main challenges and explore emerging opportunities around hybrid working. We encourage our partners and customers to become involved in this work. The picture is changing quickly and in bringing people, spaces and technology together to form a new corporate canvas for hybrid work to unfold, there is much to discover. In this paper, we look at one of the key building blocks of the hybrid model a successful and effective return to office (RTO). Why are so many companies around the world struggling with this, and what can be done to create a more seamless workplace re-entry for employees on the journey to hybrid?