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"Our experience with CRi during our recent employee engagement survey has been truly outstanding. We have been tremendously impressed by your knowledge, professionalism, efficiency, and sensitivity to the local culture. The value received from our association with your company in this project has exceeded all our expectations."
- Dr. M. Elbestawi, Vice President Research,
McMaster University

Canadian universities, increasingly accountable for the quality of their teaching and research, are focusing their attention on raising the level of employee engagement among staff and faculty as a way to improve their overall success.

Higher rates of engagement equate directly to better performance and higher productivity among existing employees.

A more highly engaged workforce creates an improved work environment that results in better retention rates and an increased ability to attract good people to fill vacancies. As well, highly engaged support staff and administrators provide an attractive environment for highly engaged top quality faculty.

Engagement can be managed — once you can identify and prioritize your employees' needs.

CRi provides a cost-effective research solutions to measure engagement and to identify where your organization needs to make changes.

> Practical recommendations to bring about meaningful improvements
Because CRi's analysis clearly identifies and prioritizes the changes needed to improve employee engagement right at the department or work unit level, the university is able to move quickly to implementation of the research results.

> CRi offers proven methods to increase employee participation
Employee engagement research can only be effective if employees take part in the greatest possible numbers. To help ensure response, CRi has developed procedures and tools that clearly lay out the benefits of participating in the research to staff while allaying their concerns about breaches of confidentiality.

> Easy implementation
Our clients' time commitment is minimized through CRi's turnkey approach. CRi handles most aspects of the survey program – adapting the survey instrument, working with the university to motivate employees to take part, inviting employees, and analyzing, preparing and presenting the results.

> Cost effective
CRi's clients are nearly universal in their agreement that our research solutions provide tremendous value for money.

> Improved employee relations, increased employee engagement
An Employee Engagement survey creates a powerful opportunity for dialogue about improving engagement between the university and its employees. CRi can work with the university to present the research results to work units and to help them develop work plans for improving engagement.