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Aug 25, 2021 4:32:45 PM

Employee engagement and productivity - Vaisala Case Study

About Vaisala

Vaisala is a global leader in weather, environmental, and industrial measurements headquartered in Vantaa, Finland. They have been solving global challenges with innovative measurement technologies for 85 years, and over the past nine decades have created thousands of innovations and taken significant technological leaps.

As they hope to continue being a leader in the world of innovation, they recognize the importance of creating a positive work culture to foster wellness in their greatest asset -- their employees. Vaisala implemented the use of the VibeCatch employee engagement tool in order to dig deeper into their employee engagement and productivity. We sat down with their US HR Director to review the results and get some helpful insights.

The Context and the Challenges

Vaisala had identified that the traditional employee engagement platform they had been using wasn’t a sophisticated enough tool to produce the full results.

They were looking for a tool which would enable a culture change and address employee engagement within their digital organization.

Though the tool provided bar charts and response rates, it didn’t provide the type of in-depth analytics that allowed them the opportunity to have a big influence on employee wellbeing.

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Apr 26, 2021 12:45:00 PM

How do businesses identify and reduce Work Disability Risk?

Australian statistics report that 92% of their serious mental health concerns in the workplace are mainly caused by work-related stress. Other countries are not far off, unfortunately.

Problems like mental exhaustion, physical weariness and emotional burnout put employees at risk of what’s called ‘work disability’.

Work disability risk occurs when employees become unable to work due to ongoing illnesses, consistent anxiety or enduring injuries. This can be due to extreme job dissatisfaction and stress, resulting in employees losing the motivation to go to work and perform their roles. As a result, your company suffers from longer-term negative consequences including lost productivity, poor customer service and lower revenue generation.

Every business and employee wants to avoid this outcome. So it’s important to understand work disability risk and how you can mitigate its impact.

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Mar 23, 2021 1:55:10 PM

How to effectively address staff turnover risk

Why do you think Google invests in providing office spaces that cater to various relaxation, creativity and socialisation activities for employees?

Have you ever wondered why Nike prioritises inclusion and diversity across their business, or why NVIDIA provides generous medical plan benefits for their staff?

The answer is simple.

Companies know that employees are integral for excellent service delivery and overall success. The workforce drives performance, and that’s why businesses often go over and beyond to keep people on board and motivated.

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Dec 10, 2020 8:15:32 PM

Identifying Employee Risks In Your Organisation With Vibecatch QWL

As a Team Leader, HR Manager, or CEO of a company, your primary concern is the wellbeing and motivation of your employees. You know your employees are your biggest asset and that creating a positive work culture is a main driver of productivity and profit for a company.

As leadership, wouldn’t it be helpful to have a tool that gives you the ability to know in advance how your employees feel, as well as provides a solid approach to prevent and/or mitigate the biggest risks that affect employee engagement and productivity in the workplace?

Now, you can do even more with Vibecatch employee engagement QWL (Quality Work Life) polls, with new features and report functions that provide concrete numbers to assess risks and to help you move forward with actionable items that will improve your company’s QWL.

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Nov 25, 2020 11:02:44 AM

5 Reasons Why HR Needs To Invest In Employee Pulse Surveys

Work has been challenging for everyone lately.

In particular, employees are having to bear the responsibility of producing consistent results despite the unprecedented turbulence and recent disruptions.

As part of a company’s HR or Management team, you have to check in on them more frequently to assess:

their overall welfare and mental health
if they feel sufficiently supported across all aspects of their job and
if they have the means to succeed, despite working remotely or under unusual conditions.

Most businesses have been doing this through lengthy surveys. Unfortunately, these tend to not be very effective in resolving employee engagement issues.

To bridge this gap between survey results and employee engagement, more companies are now investing in pulse surveys. Here’s what you need to know about pulse surveys and how they can address your business’ needs.

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Oct 29, 2020 11:02:33 PM

QWL: The Best Way To Conduct Employee Engagement Surveys

Employee engagement surveys, as discussed in our previous blog, have an important role in collating and understanding your team’s levels of motivation, involvement and satisfaction towards your company and the work they do.

Most of the time, employee engagement surveys are conducted through generic ready made pulse surveys that can include an option of creating your own questions.

While this is the default option, a Quality of Work Life (QWL) engagement survey offers a much higher and more useful level of insight.

Here’s why conducting a QWL engagement survey can help your business in many ways by learning more about your staff.

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Sep 10, 2020 1:30:00 PM

7 Best Practices For Conducting Employee Engagement Surveys

Hiring great people is one thing. However, to achieve growth and success, the key lies in retaining them over the longer term.

Employee engagement is a crucial part of talent retention because engaged employees are more satisfied with what they do. They find fulfilment in achieving their tasks and they are happy working with their colleagues and assisting your customers.

How your employees feel towards their job also impacts the ways they deliver results and contribute to the overall goals of your business.

So, how do you measure their engagement? By conducting an employee engagement survey.

When done correctly, it can help you assess employee situations better and gain helpful insights for overall business improvement.

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Aug 18, 2020 12:30:00 AM

Easy Steps to Avoid Employee Burnout

Employee burnout, unfortunately, a common scenario today, with the fast-paced, high-pressure world we live in.

Burnout can lead to serious complications for your workers and your overall operations if you don’t pay enough attention to it and view it as a very real condition.

While striving for high productivity is essential in pursuing business growth and success, HR teams and leaders like you should be keeping a close eye on the well-being of your team.

Ensuring employees are in good health is an important part of achieving business objectives, so it’s vital that you provide your team with a stimulating, balanced and fulfilling work environment.

To guide you, here are some simple tips that can help prevent your staff from burning out.

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Jul 23, 2020 11:10:20 AM

What Are The Advantages of Employee Feedback on Your Company’s Crisis Management Processes? 

The recent months have been a whirlwind of unpredictable and disruptive global events - from natural disasters and viral pandemics to economic downturns.

Organisations like yours are left with no choice but to deal with the impact of these circumstances through crisis management processes, which are focussed on reducing disturbances.

However, one important factor that is often overlooked during these times is employee feedback. Listening to their concerns and ideas can help you to support them better during these difficult times, while also gaining useful insights which allow your business to cope and survive.

Here are some benefits of employee feedback and why it plays a crucial role in your company’s crisis management process.

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Jun 18, 2020 2:33:44 PM

How things be different for your business in the ‘new normal’ of 2020

In the past few weeks, we’ve witnessed the impact of COVID-19 on the global workforce.

An estimated 2.7 billion employees globally have shifted to working remotely due to lockdowns and social distancing measures. There were also unfortunate cases of layoffs because some businesses were forced to close.

As every organisation struggled to survive during the crisis, the Human Resources (HR) stood on the frontlines, guiding employees, adapting policies and improving systems to ensure that the productivity of operations and workers remained.

However, things are beginning to normalise again.

Now that businesses are dealing with the aftermath of the pandemic, everyone from managers to staff members are having to face the “New Normal” work setting.

This means the HR team will once again play an important role in assisting employees and implementing new processes.

To help, here are a few changes to your business post-COVID and the ways you can provide support in the new era of 2020.

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