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High-trust, high-engagement cultures stand out.
In challenging times, these 15 organizations show we work
better when we work together
OVER THREE YEARS AGO, Ahria Consulting set
out on its quest to make London and Southwestern
Ontario the home to Canada's most engaged employees.
To facilitate this, we needed a scientific tool that truly
measured engagement that would stand out in a market
crowded with numerous pseudo-scientific and often
" feel-good " measures.
We asked ourselves, how can we effectively measure
employee engagement within an organization? Not to
mention, then validate these numbers to the leaders
of these organizations and show them why employee
engagement matters.
Enter members of the Western University Industrial
& Organizational Psychology department. With our
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HR advisory and talent development expertise backed
by Western's scientific analysis, we created the Ahria
Employee Engagement measure. The assessment
has been developed based on years of research and is
designed to measure the three main components of
employee engagement: dedication, effort and interest.
We also needed data. Specifically, we needed a
benchmark for how engaged employees working in
London and area's organizations are.
In 2019, the first year London Inc. and Ahria
Consulting partnered to produce the Best Places to
Work program, we were pleasantly surprised to see
that most organizations participating in the annual
assessment received scores that most would consider
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