Description: In this episode, we’ll explore the June edition of MRA's monthly Talent Report: Employee Engagement and Assessments.  We’ll hear from Jim Morgan, Vice President of Workforce Strategies, on best practices regarding employee engagement, uncover C-Suite priorities and top creative HR strategies, learn how to improve employee retention, and more!  Resources: Talent Report+ Webinar Series  MRA Membership  About MRA  Let's Connect: Guest Bio - Jim Morgan  Guest LinkedIn Profile - Jim Morgan  Host Bio - Sophie Boler  Host LinkedIn Profile - Sophie Boler  Transcript: Transcripts are computer generated -- not 100% accurate word-for-word. 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:21:03UnknownHello everybody and welcome to 30 minute Thrive, your go to podcast for anything and everything HR, powered by MRA, the Management Association. Looking to stay on top of the ever changing world of HR? MRA has got you covered. We'll be the first to tell you what's hot and what's not. I'm your host, Sophie Boler, and we are so glad you're here. 00:00:21:04 - 00:00:55:23UnknownNow it's time to thrive. Hello, everybody, and welcome to this episode of 30 Minute Thrive. We're excited to go over this month's talent report with Jim Morgan, vice president of Workforce Strategies. As we kind of go into what you've been seeing talent wise for June. So just as a reminder, if you aren't familiar with the monthly report, Jim Morgan gives an up to the minute review on what's going on in the world of business with an emphasis on talent, which is based on input from CEOs, CFOs and HR leaders from MRA's 3000 plus member companies. 00:00:56:01 - 00:01:21:20UnknownSo thanks for coming on the podcast again, Jim. Glad to be here. Well, this month it looks like you're focusing on employee engagement. So why did you choose this topic for you? You know, we've talked in the past on the Talent Report about, you know, last couple of years were attraction, attraction, attraction and everybody spinning. And now people are starting to take a look at retention and how do we hang on to the people we've got. 00:01:21:20 - 00:01:43:12UnknownSo we're not spending quite as much. And so employee engagement is just a huge part of that. And, you know, one of the things that we do here at MRA- to do employee engagement surveys and do employee engagement strategies, because I mean, right now companies are really trying to get a handle on to what extent are their employees invested in the organization. 00:01:43:14 - 00:02:04:10UnknownHow do we how do we get them engaged? How do we get them aligned with the mission and vision of the organization? How do they know that what they're doing truly contributes to what it is? The organization as a whole is going to do? And really just trying to figure out, you know, how do we make sure they know their contributions are valued? 00:02:04:12 - 00:02:28:23UnknownAnd that all sounds very oh, of course, you know, it's value. You know, we want to have you here, but, you know, if you're a couple layers removed from the top of the pyramid here, they can okay, I'm just down here and I'm running the marketing department. What do I have to do with the other things? It's really trying to make sure that everybody understand what you did here today makes a difference in everything that we're we're trying to do to accomplish. 00:02:29:01 - 00:03:04:04UnknownSo I think part of it is just trying to figure that out and then, you know, really trying to look at those employees that are having an organized national impact that are not just in my little corner doing my own little thing, but I can see how if I keep doing this and add this to it, it has even a bigger impact, you know, on the organization and really some of those employees that are going the extra mile, that that usually is a pretty good sign of engagement that, you know, we asked Sophie to do a and she went and did A, B, C and D and engaged employees that you want me to do 00:03:04:04 - 00:03:23:05Un