by Michelle Gant | Dec 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
We all want to feel valued. We all want to feel that we matter. And one way in which employers can help to engender this sense is through focusing their engagement and communications in a more personalised way. It can be as simple as using someone’s name,...
by Michelle Gant | Nov 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
We fell silent at the weekend. Just momentarily, just brief pauses of remembrance. And yet, in those few minutes, I was struck by how much we said, how much we shared. I could feel it profoundly within my own home and I could see it clearly within the expressions of...
by Michelle Gant | Nov 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
When I was setting up The Engaging People Company, it was really important to me that ‘kindness’ became one of the core values. I wanted ‘being kind’ to underpin all that I did through my work, and in how I worked. Because for me, kindness is absolutely integral to...
by Michelle Gant | Oct 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Managers have a vital role in supporting mental wellbeing in the workplace. Because, even though work might not cause an employee’s mental health problems, the company, the manager and the team will all be impacted significantly by an employee who is struggling with...
by Michelle Gant | Oct 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Recently I was at a conference where the speaker talked about the importance of ‘trust’ in employee engagement. His message was that managers who trust their employees benefit from better relationships. This is undoubtedly true. It has been my experience that when...
by Michelle Gant | Oct 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last week, Tom Oxley of Bamboo Mental Health and I ran a workshop which focused on empowering managers to support mental health in the workplace. It was a thought-provoking day where interesting and useful ideas were shared, underpinning a real commitment to...
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