Insights from the 2023 Engage for Success UK Survey - 16th April 2024 - 1pm to 2.30pm

Employee engagement dropped significantly during the pandemic and has struggled to return to pre-pandemic levels. Coupled with stagnating UK productivity and increasing employee unrest, the future is concerning.

Join us to hear insights from the 2023 Engage for Success UK engagement survey and discover how variations in engagement are influenced by organisational action (or inaction).

The session will explore:

The current state of employee engagement in the UK.
Discuss the Engage for Success Employee Engagement Index and the current UK engagement benchmark.
Explore variations in engagement levels and what this means in practice.

Speakers:

Dr Sarah Pass, Nottingham Trent University

Dr Sarah Pass is a Senior Lecturer in HRM. She specialises on research methods, consultancy projects and employee engagement modules.

In addition to teaching, Sarah is an Ambassador for Engage for Success a not-for-profit movement that was tasked by the UK Government in response to recommendations from the MacLeod Review (2009) around the importance of employee engagement.

James Court-Smith

James leads Stillae - helping companies make sense of the data they collect, and put it to profitable use, across multiple industries in Europe. Prior to founding Stillae, he was European Head of Gallup’s Employee Engagement Practice.James contributed to the original MacLeod Review of Employee Engagement in 2009 and has been Senior Advisor to the Engage For Success taskforce since 2011.

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