Insights

Webinar Recording
Getting your survey communications right: An interview with The Leprosy Mission

In this webinar we heard from The Leprosy Mission (TLM) about how they communicated their global survey and increased response rates.

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Our Reflections survey platform is evolving

For many years our clients have used our Reflections survey platform to support their employee surveys and volunteer surveys. We are now underway with a substantial development.

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UK Third Sector staff survey scores pre-Covid VS during Covid

We conducted some analysis to see how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted UK Third Sector staff survey scores. This infographic looks at the key findings from our analysis.

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Taking action on your survey results: An interview with NCHA

In this webinar we explored how to take your employee engagement survey results forward into meaningful action.

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The most discriminating engagement survey questions for INGOs

Which engagement survey questions have the greatest variation in results between INGOs?

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Running an effective pulse survey

Watch the webinar to find out what differentiates a full survey from a pulse survey, what the key benefits are and how they can impact your organisation.

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Webinar Recording: Running a Respectful Workplace Survey

In this webinar we look at how not-for-profit organisations can use Respectful Workplace Surveys to listen to the experiences of their people.

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Successful communication methods for promoting your surveys

In this webinar we explored some successful communication methods for promoting your employee and volunteer surveys.

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Running a Diversity and Inclusion Survey

Download the slides to discover how not-for-profit organisations can enrich their diversity and inclusion initiatives by using survey data.

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Taking action on your survey

In this webinar we explored how to take survey results forward into positive change for your organisation.

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Measuring staff health and wellbeing

In this webinar we explored how not-for-profit organisations are measuring and sustaining staff health and wellbeing within their organisations.

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Maximise the impact of your volunteer survey

In this webinar we explored how you can make the most impact with your volunteer engagement survey.

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Designing your engagement survey

In this webinar we explored the range and types of questions you can include in your engagement surveys, to have the greatest impact on your organisation.

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Managing confidentiality in your people surveys

In this webinar we addressed concerns around confidentiality and explore some strategies you can use to manage confidentiality during your survey process.

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Driving culture change with engagement surveys

In this webinar we explored how engagement surveys can help drive culture change in not-for-profit organisations.

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Maximise the insight from your survey

Tools and techniques to analyse your survey results, obtain deep insight and communicate this effectively.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the UK Third Sector

In this webinar we took an evidence-based approach, exploring what we have learned about Diversity and Inclusion in the UK Third Sector.

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Third Sector HR and Workforce Data for 2021

Key results and the latest charity hr data from our People Count 2021 HR and workforce benchmarking study.

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Webinar recording: Running a successful global engagement survey

How do you make sure your engagement survey is meaningful and impactful, when you have staff working all over the world?

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Report: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the UK Third Sector

This report sets out our key findings and insights on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the UK Third Sector from the CHRN DEI Members Survey 2021.

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Where in the world: Global employee engagement

In this blog we present our global heatmap of engagement and the breakdown of differences across countries.

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Webinar Recording
3000 volunteers and a survey: English Heritage’s volunteer survey journey

English Heritage's Annie Bethell and Mirabai Ruskin join us to explore their volunteer survey journey.

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The Benchmarking Cycle

See why your organisation should be benchmarking key HR and workforce metrics.

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White Paper: Using Engagement Surveys to Provide Deep Insight into Diversity and Inclusion

This white paper is about how to use surveys to provide deep insight into Diversity and Inclusion in your organisation.

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Respectful Workplace in Practice: An Interview with Tony Do, IOM

Agenda Director Roger Parry interviews IOM's Ethics & Integrity Officer on the organisation's respectful workplace survey.

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The Journey to Gender Equality: An Interview with Gyde Bugge, HR Director of NRC

Agenda Director Roger Parry interviews NRC's HR Director Gyda Bugge on the organisation's journey to gender equality.

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Taking action from your survey
A guide for leaders and managers

This guide is about how to take survey results forward into positive change for your organisation.

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Webinar Slides
Exit Surveys

Download the slides to discover how not-for-profit organisations can improve retention with exit survey data.

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Webinar Slides: Maximise the impact of your survey

You’ve invested in a survey and your staff have taken the time to respond. Now you want to analyse their feedback and create an action plan for improving engagement...

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Third Sector HR and Workforce Data for 2020

Key results from our People Count 2020 report - the latest HR and workforce data for the UK Third Sector.

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Webinar Slides
The Changing Landscape of Surveys

Download the slides to discover how organisations' approaches to surveys are changing.

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Latest HR and Workforce Data

Download the slides to discover the latest HR and workforce data from the UK not for profit sector.

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UN System COVID-19 Staff Health and Well-being Survey 2020 Summary Report

In this report we present the key findings from the UN System COVID-19 Staff Health and Well-being Survey 2020.

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White paper: Keep your finger on the pulse

Pulse surveys are becoming more popular. This white paper describes the reasons for this and how organisations can use pulse surveys to achieve the most impact.

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How does Social Care Reward work?

Find out how the annual pay and reward benchmarking study for the Social Care sector works and how to take part.

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Engagement in the time of COVID-19

Lockdown has had a huge impact on most organisations, but employee engagement has risen. Can organisations sustain these improvements over the longer term?

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Mental Health in the Not-for-profit Sector

Our mental health, just like our physical health, needs looking after. In this blog, we explore mental health in the not-for-profit sector and what organisations are already doing to...

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Employee Engagement in International Organizations: Key Questions

In this infographic we share some key questions for international organizations to ask themselves to get the most out of their employee engagement surveys.

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Case Study: The Leprosy Mission’s global engagement survey

We interviewed Jane Willcocks and Cindy Norfor, Global HR Advisors at The Leprosy Mission International about the challenges and accomplishments involved in running a global engagement survey. 

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Physical distancing, not social isolation

In this personal reflection, Research Consultant Aidan Stead highlights how it is vital to maintain healthy social connection with our colleagues.

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Employee Engagement in the Third Sector: The Key Findings

In this infographic we present some of the key findings from the sector-wide report 'Changes and Challenges: Employee Engagement in the Third Sector'.

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Caring for your people at challenging times

As everyone in your organisation is affected by the current crisis, this is a moment of truth for employees: did my organisation care about me or not?

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Guest blog: Unconscious bias and discrimination

Strategic People 2020 workshop leader Emma Burrows explores unconscious bias and the part it plays in recruitment or promotion decision making.

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Guest blog: Culture is key

In this guest blog, Graham Atkinson of Atkinson HR Consulting examines why culture is key and gives his top five tips for developing a strong organisational culture. 

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Employee Engagement in International Organizations: Challenges and Differences

Download our sector-wide analysis report on employee engagement in international organizations.

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Guest blog: Understanding the link between motivation and performance

In this guest blog Kate Turner, Founder of Motivational Leadership, looks at how leadership and motivation work in practice, which she will explore in more depth in her workshop...

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Guest blog
Employment Law: What to look out for in 2020

2020 promises to be a year of significant change, and employment law is no exception! Emma Burrows, Partner at Trowers & Hamlins, looks into 2020.

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Eurocontrol: Boosting a culture of collaboration … with lunch

We interviewed Sélim Jardak, HR manager at Eurocontrol on the collaboration initiative that lead to them winning the CDR Employee Engagement Award.

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Guest blog: 5 Ways to Use Social Media to Engage Volunteers

Guest blog: Recruitment software specialist and Strategic People 2020 exhibitor Hireserve detail how social media can help engage volunteers.

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Guest blog: A leader who never needs to know

Guest blog: Jo Mosley, HR Director of Salvation Army and workshop leader at our Strategic People conference 2020 reflects on leadership and parenthood.

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2020 Vision

2019 was a busy year for us at Agenda. This blog details the trends we've seen throughout 2019 and our plans going in to the New Year.

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Do people trust each other in your organisation?

How can HR professionals drive positive cultural change within their organisations? In this blog, the spotlight is on trust.

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Achieving Greater Gender Equality in INGOs

We recently attended the Feminist Futures workshop hosted by Wild Research. In this blog, Roger Parry pinpoints five strategies organisations can adopt to move forward on gender equality.

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Case Study:
Norwegian Refugee Council tackles gender equality

Roger Parry, Director of Agenda Consulting interviewed Gyda Bugge, HR Director of NRC to explore how NRC used a survey to develop an impactful, long-term strategy to tackle gender equality.

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Generational Analysis: “What is the best thing about working for your organisation?”

A generational analysis infographic comparing the priorities and focuses of people working for non-profit organisations, based on age.

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Profile of a Charity Employee

What does a typical charity employee look like? What is their average salary, typical gender, ethnicity and length of service?

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Board of Diversity?

Guest Blog: Rob Hayter, TPP Recruitment's Director of Recruitment explores the importance of cognitive diversity and barriers to inclusivity on charity boards.

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Charities in the UK – Findings from the People Count 2019 study

We've extracted some of the key findings from the 2019 report.

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“What one thing would you change about working for your organisation?”

We analysed a sample from recent surveys to plot the three most common themes.

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Internal Communications
The Foundation of a Successful Organisation

Throughout human history, communication has been the driving force behind societal developments and technological advancements. Put simply, without communication societies and communities simply do not exist.

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Firing up careers after a baby: What HR leaders can learn from parents who’ve succeeded.

Why do careers stall after having children? Find out more from some recent research…

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Unmasking vulnerability as a leader

Kate Turner, Director, Motivational Leadership. Vulnerability is about bravery, read more here…

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Investigating Generational Engagement

Which generation is most positive in your workplace? How do our findings compare?

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Response rates:
The key to a successful survey project

One of the key factors to a successful survey project is achieving a high response rate. Compare yours with our findings!

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Career development in INGOs

Our Senior Consultant Catherine Wearden explores promotion prospects in INGOs.

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Does your organisation have a
Gender Engagement Gap?

Gender engagement gap: Are there differences between men and women in terms of their employment experience?

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Employee Engagement in Social Care
2018 Annual Report

How engaged are those working in Social Care, and what are the drivers of engagement?

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Social Care Employee Engagement Survey Findings 2019

See the key findings from the last 2 years' aggregated Social Care Employee Engagement Survey responses

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Social Care: Engaging and retaining your best people

Explore the link between engagement and turnover, plus tips for non-financial retention approaches.

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My personal experience of using staff survey results

Read Catherine's blog about her experiences at 2 UK charities.

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Employee Engagement Survey Benchmark Report

We are delighted to publish the 2018 overall analysis report, in partnership with Humentum. 

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Shining a Spotlight on Staff Harassment and Abuse

Our acceptance of the abuse of one human being against another, and the deafness of institutions to being challenged, has at last changed.

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Social Care Employee Engagement Survey Findings 2018

The key findings from last year's Social Care Employee Engagement Surveys.

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What drives volunteer engagement?

There’s lots of information available about employee engagement, but what about volunteer engagement?

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When a “Welcome” is a “Welcome Back”

Give employees returning from a career break a great back-to-work experience with these top tips from Lara Roche at The Talent Sphere.

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Sleep-ins – A tipping point?

An independent research piece in partnership with Trowers & Hamlins, to understand and measure the impact of the sleep-in pay crisis.

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The Generation Game

How can HR and Volunteer Management professionals learn from each other to build effective multi-generational teams?

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Congratulations to EMERGE: CDR Employee Engagement Award Winners

Agenda sponsors a new Employee Engagement Award at the CDR Conference.

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Engaging passive talent in 2018

Hireserve share some practical suggestions for developing your own talent communities.

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Volunteer information: from data to insight to action

A joint workshop with Battersea Dogs and Cats Home at the AVM Conference 2017.

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Keep your employee and volunteer survey action plan on track

Drive forward your effective survey action plan.

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Volunteer Motivations

Why do people volunteer, and what's their favourite thing about it?

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What is a good response rate anyway?

Analysis of historical data by sector and headcount.

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Third Sector Employee Survey Open Question Analysis

What is the best thing about working in third sector organisations? What would people like to see change?

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How to attract the volunteering skills you need

Hireserve ask: How can you encourage people to donate their skills to your organisation?

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Moments of Truth – Customer Service and Volunteer Engagement

Rob Jackson says customer service is an essential aspect of leading and managing volunteers.

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Maximise the Impact of Your People Survey

12 approaches that you can take to maximise the impact of your people survey.

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Internal Comms – Engaging hard to reach groups

Overcome the challenge of reaching individuals and groups that are difficult to engage.

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Why good recruitment experience still matters for volunteers

Why it's essential to retain volunteer talent throughout the application process.

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Volunteers in Social Care – The Business Case

The strong case for involving more volunteers in social care.

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Latest Research Findings: Employee Engagement in Social Care Organisations

Social Care organisations looking to improve engagement should pay attention to leadership, service delivery, and values.

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There’s no ‘one-size-fits-all’ for technology in internal comms

3 starting points to consider when rethinking your Internal Communications offering.

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Internal Communications: Building Capacity in Leaders and Managers

How internal communications can play a role in building skills in leaders and managers in your organisation.

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How to Engage the Workforce with a People Survey

Tips for an effective people survey.

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