Molly Howard shares her experiences and insights in raising student achievement as the Principal of Jefferson County High School in Louisville, Georgia. Graduation rates increased 21% over 4 years. One change: Howard adopted a new grading system: A,B,C, NY (Not Yet). Structured Extra Helps builds efficacy-assigning zeros or failing grades does not. To View Her… [Read More]
Employee Engagement Blog
HBR Blog: What is Your Brand Against?
February 15, 2011, HBR Blogs, Scott Goodson Goodson makes the case for companies to address, “What are we against?” in their branding efforts instead of only focusing on, “What are we for?”. “Marketers may be reluctant to take a stand against anything because it feels controversial or divisive. But the truth is, some of the… [Read More]
Gallup: Employment Branding
To be competitive in today’s job market, your organization should be able to answer the question, “What are the advantages to committing to your organization?” There are many definitions of employment brand, but it is the image of your organization. Just as marketing is focused on gaining, and retaining customers, an employment brand helps to… [Read More]
Loyal Employees or Extreme Branding?
HR Magazine, February 2011, page 18, Dori Meinert Anytime Fitness is serious about their brand. Several years ago, a personal trainer decided to get Anytime’s corporate logo, a purple stick figure they call, “Running Man” tattooed on his body. Their Chief Executive Officer, Chuck Runyon even paid for it. Since then, hundreds of employees (and… [Read More]
Bloomberg Business Week: Rally “Disengaged” Employees
Today’s Tip Contributor: Bob Kelleher, February 21, 2011 Bob Kelleher, author of Louder Than Words and CEO of the The Employee Engagement Group, outlines 10 steps to help engage your employees, so they will drive business results. Link your engagement efforts to high performance Engagement starts at the top-leaders must demonstrate support for an engaged… [Read More]
Bob Kelleher to speak at SHRM’s 2011 Annual Conference in Vegas
Bob Kelleher will deliver his, “Louder Than Words: 10 Practical Employee Engagement Steps that Drive Results” keynote during a mega session meeting at SHRM’s annual conference on June 27th. To View His Keynote Session, Click Here To Register for SHRM, Click Here
2011 Aberdeen Human Capital Management Summit, March 9-10, New York
Great Speakers, Best Practices, and complimentary for HR Directors and above. Register Here: http://is.gd/7q8EFy
Social Media Isn’t the Problem, It’s Your Culture
2/15/11, Judah Schiller According to the most recent data, Twitter now has 200 million users, posting to as many as 110 million tweets per day. Social media is a focus of many people’s lives and within a decade, it will be a major part for businesses and organizations. Leaders should take notice and build a… [Read More]
Daniel Pink: Why You Should Come Up With At Least One Bad Idea Today
2/18/11 Scott Adams, the creator of the cartoon, Dilbert, explains a creativity exercise that can generate new, fresh and innovative ideas. When you need to create a solution for any problem, instead of concentrating how you can’t fix it, think of a “bad version”. The goal of the “bad version” is to stimulate your mind… [Read More]
Deloitte Debates: Do You Need a Chief Operating Officer for HR?
Deloitte asks the question, Would a HR COO drive performance improvements across a Human Resources organization? Should your company consider adding this position? Reasons to Support this Role: Global HR is becoming increasingly more complicated and the need is there They can add value with culture transformations and major events such as merger integration A COO… [Read More]