|
| David MacLeod, who is speaking at the
Institute’s annual conference on May 13th, is heading up a new
government taskforce to boost employee engagement in the UK.
The industry-led Employee Engagement Taskforce, launched at the end of March, at 10 Downing Street, will be led by MacLeod and Nita Clarke, who have been asked to build on their 2009 report ‘Engaging for Success’ which was commissioned by the last government to explore the business case for improving workforce engagement. It will concentrate on sharing good practice with employers, as well as stimulating on key engagement issues and passing on advice via a new website. David will be sharing his thoughts at the Bournemouth conference on how the employee engagement agenda has progressed over the last two years. The taskforce will collaborate with leading academics, think tanks and leading practitioners. It will report back next year on the strategies it recommends that organisations should adopt to promote best practice and learning. David MacLeod says: “If employee engagement and the principles that lie behind it were more widely understood and shared we could see a step change in productivity and performance across the UK and a rise in levels of employee well-being and motivation. Engaged employees will be key to growth in the private sector and ‘better for less’ in the public sector.” To hear David’s views first-hand, book a place at the IoIC conference via the website.
|
