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Engagement and enablement: Improving your workforce productivity

In organisational terms, the two key elements of engagement are commitment and willingness to give discretionary effort. How do you engage your employees? And is that enough? Are they engaged – but not enabled to perform their jobs? Hay Group’s Will Werhane talks about how to measure and increase engagement and enablement to increase productivity among your employees and the importance of surveys. Listen

The big squeeze: the productivity challenge

Front line services are facing a squeeze. On the one hand, expectations have never been higher but on the other, growing public sector debt and recession will limit resources. Leaders are being asked to become more efficient and more effective at the same time. Hay Group's latest research offers a comprehensive programme of change, which can be applied in any service, from hospitals to schools to police forces, from local to central government. Watch

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Learn more about the Best Companies for Leadership study

Ruth Wageman discusses why we study the Best Companies for Leadership and the lessons we can learn from these organizations. Watch

The future of leadership: key trends

Mary Fontaine discusses changing trends in leadership that we have seen over the last 10 years and specific findings from the 2009 Best Companies for Leadership study. Watch

Learn more about the importance of culture

Ruth Wageman discusses the culture of big, complex organizations and the leadership qualities that make them unique. Watch

Learn more about the importance of strategy

John Larrere discusses how leaders are the 'chief story tellers' in organizations and the clarity that stories can provide. Watch

Engaging and enabling your best for the recovery

Mary Fontaine discusses the importance of engaging and enabling your best for the recovery. Watch

How can Emotional Intelligence help during trying times?

The relationship between performance and stress is interesting. When stress is low, performance is low. This means that people are not involved. There is good stress, which goes from low to optimal performance. A high performing company needs their workers at this level, as explained in this video by EI expert Dan Goleman. Watch