Insights

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

This blog is about the importance of Internal Communications in an organisation, and follows some recent research we carried out and presented.

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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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Social Care Reward – Mini Report

Download the report for comparisons in the sector.

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Social Care Reward Infographic

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

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Response rates: The key to a successful employee engagement survey project

Does a low response rate mean your people aren’t engaged? What factors might influence it? Find out 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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Maximizing your INGO’s engagement survey insight through external benchmarking

How do your survey results compare with those of your peers? Our recent webinar explains how benchmarking gives deeper meaning.

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Agenda Consulting Social Care Employee Engagement Award 2019

Recognising Agenda clients in the social care sector, who have demonstrated high levels of employee engagement within their organisations.

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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

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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TPP Recruitment Ltd shares their 2018 Non-Profit Salary, Rewards and Retention Survey results

TPP's latest non-profit salary, rewards and retention survey 2018 results.

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Employee and Volunteer Safeguarding Survey – Questionnaire Framework

Draw from these when undertaking surveys, and benchmark their results with other organisations

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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

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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5 top tips for taking part in People Count 2019

Whether you're a regular People Count participant, or taking for the first time, here are some tips to help you.

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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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Planning for the 2018 pay review – slides from the recent webinar

Reward expert Ann Cummins focuses on what to consider when planning your 2018 pay review.

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Our Survey Process – How we work with you

Agenda - Our Survey Process and how we work with you.

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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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Social Care Employee Engagement Survey Research Findings

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

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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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The Benchmarking Cycle

See why your organisation should be benchmarking key HR, volunteer, and finance metrics.

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Volunteer Motivations

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

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What do INGO staff think should be changed about their organisations?

Responses from INGO staff to "What one thing would you change about the organisation?".

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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 2016

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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Key Drivers of Employee Engagement in the Third Sector

Understand how to develop and maintain high levels of employee engagement.

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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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Drivers of Engagement – INGOs

INGOs looking to improve engagement should pay attention to wellbeing and communications.

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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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Agenda Consulting’s ‘Volunteers Count 2015’ reports reveal increase in volunteer numbers and contribution

The latest findings from Volunteers Count.

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Latest Third Sector HR trends revealed in Agenda Consulting’s People Count Third Sector 2015 reports

The latest findings from People Count.

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Employee surveys – how do you compare?

Some interesting findings about engagement surveys in the not-for-profit sector.

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Building Communications Capacity in Leaders and Managers

How Internal Comms can play a role in building skills in leaders and managers.

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What you say… People Count

What our clients say about People Count.

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How to Engage the Workforce with a People Survey

Tips for an effective people survey.

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Finance Count 2014 – Results

The key findings from Finance Count 2014.

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Case study: Volunteers Count – The Children’s Society

How The Children's Society have used Volunteers Count.

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