Employee engagement is key to both weathering the recession and preparing for an upturn.

The economy is poised at a crucial tipping point. Several key indicators suggest that the economic storm of the past 18 months may be softening and that the first signs of optimism are already with us. This is a critical time for employers too.

The last year has witnessed tough times for employee/employer relationships – mergers and acquisitions, redundancies and both pay freezes and reductions. Necessary actions, but actions, sadly, unlikely to improve employee engagement. Ironic, given that this engagement or bond has never been so critical.

Organisations need to ensure that they are getting the most and the best out of their people in terms of productivity. At the same time, they need to ensure that the great people who have helped get them through the downturn remain for when the economy genuinely picks up. Finally, the effective employee engagement goes a significant distance to ensuring the integrity and resilience of an organisation’s employer brand.

Faced with this challenge, TMP has developed a unique research-driven process for employer bonding. We can help our client partners identify the level of employee engagement and define the nature of the bond which currently exists (or doesn’t exist) between an organisation and its workforce. We can also recommend appropriate strategies and initiatives to strengthen and solidify that bond, if required.

By focusing on maintaining and developing a firm bond with its employee groups, an organisation can help keep its people focused and committed. And as things do begin to improve across the economy, this firm bond can simply help an organisation keep its people.

For more information on Employer Bonding please contact Wayne Nguyen on Wayne.Nguyen@tmpw.co.uk or Neil Harrison on Neil.Harrison@tmpw.co.uk