I had the great pleasure of attending SingularityU Nordic Summit in Stockholm the 25th October 2018. Danske Bank and TheHub invited Adapto Technologies and 99 other impact driven Nordic Startups, and it was a great experience meeting thought leaders and entrepreneurs at the summit.
Here are my reflections and notes from a great day!
Author: Chris Schack Noesgaard
Reflections from SingularityU Summit
As a startup you constantly have to make important decisions, and many of them evolves around which systems and tools you should use. Here are the decisions we took in Adapto and hopefully it might help you in your decision process.
Stop annual employee engagement surveys now and do this instead
Employee engagement as a term was coined back in 1990 by Kahn and since then more and more companies have measured employee engagement. Gallup spearhedeaded the measurements with their Q12 measurements in the early 90ies. And with the emergence of survey technologies like SurveyMonkey it was now possible for anyone to make an employee engagement survey.
What are the true cost and effect of your leadership training?
Skilled and high performing leaders are a key driver for increased employee engagement and performance, and the nearest leader is actually the most important factor according to a study by Gallup. Leadership training, therefore, continues to be the #1 priority in corporate training as companies seek to increase employee engagement, performance and retention, which all improve business results. But do your leadership training efforts actually have a lasting effect on your employees?