Tips & News - December 2013

All together Now

Enduring products and people you can depend on. That's our promise – a commitment our employees live up to every day. So keeping the HPS family motivated is serious business. Over the years, our HPS Management teams have cultivated a spirit of employee engagement by celebrating milestone achievements, recognizing safe work practices, and respecting the effort they dedicate to delivering quality in everything they do. The benefit of engaging employees has been well documented by independent studies over the last decade and the results can not be denied. In addition to team building and giving back to the community, employees are happy, motivated and driving overall performance. All Together Now, is our employee engagement program. Established by the employees and ran 100% on a volunteer basis, it is a true testament to the people who work at HPS. In our Aiken and Centralia facilities, management takes time to grill steaks and serve employees when they hit a big milestone. In Shanghai, China, employees gather to play badminton on their lunch break. In Leeds, they're a little rowdier; they go white water rafting and are currently starring as the Hubbell Soccer team. The program and its activities focus on fun, community impact, fitness and skill building. Leeds, Alabama employee, CharisMcLaren shared her thoughts on employee engagement, "Hubbell is a big company, but it still feels like it is family-owned. It's a great thing to know we all work hard, but make time to have fun as a team."

How do you rally your troops? Email your stories and photos to hpsliterature@hubbell.com.

Source: AON Hewitt, Trends in Global Employee Engagement. Dale Carnegie, The Importance of Employee Engagement.

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Companies with engaged employees outperform those without by up to