Steph. Mello, VPE This past week I grabbed dinner with a colleague whom I had not seen in 6 years. He is all grown up now-and currently a VP of Sales at a technology company. When he asked, “Now what do you do?”, I smiled because a concise answer was all [...] Read more »
3 Things to Boost Employee Engagement, Bob Kelleher
1. Develop and brand a captivating Employer Value Proposition (“why do people work here”) that galvanizers all employees, from C Suite to new graduate. 2 Relating to above, make sure there is a focus on Purpose, which is key to capturing both the hearts and heads of employees. 3. Eliminate [...] Read more »
Direct Marketing News: Creativeship Culture, Bob Kelleher
How can leaders build sustainable cultures and business models? What has the collapse of industry leaders such as Enron, WorldCom, and Arthur Andersen taught us about what happens when firms become so singularly focused on profit that they lose their moral compass and forget their greater purpose? Why are traditional [...] Read more »
TEEG Introduces Anton Thallner, Director of Video and Media Solutions
Anton is in charge of all things video. He is a full-time student in his senior-year at Boston University studying Film and Television Production. Anton is extremely knowledgeable and passionate when it comes to creating promotional videos. He has been making movies for over ten years, and brings experience and [...] Read more »
What We Can Learn about Employee Engagement from the Boston Bruins
Even though I am Boston born and raised-I haven’t been a lifetime, Bruins fan. I grew up on the Celtics and Red Sox. That all changed in 2011 when they won the Stanley Cup Championship. It is embarrassing to admit that but it’s the truth. I have been a diehard fan [...] Read more »
It’s The People: Ireland and Employee Engagement
I just returned from the trip of my life to Ireland. It was 100% pleasure: no concerns, no email /voice mail –a true vacation. People asked me, what was the best part? I struggled with this question, but only once. It was difficult to pick my favorite thing, because there [...] Read more »
Hire the B.E.S.T. Employees to Create an Engaged Workforce, Sharon Lauby
Our guest post comes from Sharlyn Lauby of HR Bartender and ITM Group. For the second year, she’s attending our annual users conference, SilkRoad Connections, and sharing her thoughts on the event. Employee engagement starts before an employee is hired. I think we have a tendency to think of think [...] Read more »
Tiger Woods and Employee Engagement: Huh?
In no way am I going to share my personal feelings about Tiger Woods. That would be another blog on another site. What is so obvious to me though-are the parallels between the controversy at this year’s Masters and when unfairness erodes your organization’s culture. Ask yourself: Do you make [...] Read more »
It’s Time to Give “Tri-Branding” a Try
There’s no denying that social media has taken the world by storm. Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter boast millions of users. Social media is a huge engagement, staffing, retention, and increasingly, branding tool. It’s at the foundation of what I call tri-branding. Tri-branding is when companies use social media to link both [...] Read more »
I Don’t Blog about Politics but There is an Engagement Lesson Here…
There are a handful of subjects I won’t blog about. The 2 obvious ones are politics and religion. It’s too personal. So why am I blogging about politics? I kind of am, and kind of not. When it comes to employee engagement, there is a recent example worth noting. Keep [...] Read more »