Gregg McLachlan, WorkCabin Communications A survey of 1,400 CFOs was conducted by Accountemps, a division of Robert Half International about the role Social Media has in the workplace. Based on the restuls, McLachlan stresses that the future of communication includes social media. It is a must have tool for doing business. Cutting people off from… [Read More]
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It’s Not About Employee Satisfaction: Do’s and Don’ts for Conducting an Employee Engagement Survey
Bob Kelleher, Insights, Northeast Human Resource Association, Winter 2011, pgs. 18-20. Bob Kelleher, speaker, consultant, CEO of The Employee Engagement Group and author of, Louder Than Words- 10 Practical Employee Engagement Steps That Drive Results shares his viewpoint for conducting an employee engagement survey. Instead of striving for employee satisfaction, Kelleher believes our goal should… [Read More]
The Last 5 Minutes of Your Day, HBR Article by Peter Bregman
January 3, 2011 Peter Bregman authors, The Best Way to Use the Last Five Minutes of Your Day in HBR’s January edition of HBR. Bregman shares a real life example of a top performer at work, but was very difficult to work with. After receiving some coaching assistance, her behavior and the way she treated… [Read More]
Keep on Engaging, Incentive Magazine
Keep On Engaging Article in Incentive Magazine. Noted speaker, author and thought leader, Bob Kelleher shares low cost ideas for driving employee engagement after the holidays and throughout the year. Office get togethers should not be viewed as one-time events Pledge to improve your communication process Focus your efforts on building a learning culture Determine… [Read More]
FREE Webinar: Do you know your Employment Brand? 1/27/11
What’s Your Story? How to Build An Employment Brand that Engages FREE Webinar: January 27, 2011: 1:30 EST Hosted By: NEHRA (Northeast Human Resources, The Employee Engagement Group & Allegory Studios) Companies spend a lot of money to better understand customers and/or clients, and even more money branding and marketing their services and or products…. [Read More]
Towers & Watson: Employee Well Being: Taking Engagement and Performance To The Next Level
February 2010 Employees’ level of well being can sustain or deteriorate a company’s level of engagement. The importance of an employee’s well being goes beyond caring. The benefits are tangible. For the employee, they feel a sense of work/life balance, a sense of appreciation for their work, and a feeling of control over their lives. … [Read More]
60 Minutes Interview with Co-Founder of Facebook & Staggering Social Media Statistics
On Sunday, 12/5, 60 minutes interviewed Mark Zuckerberg, Co-Founder of Facebook. Interviewer Lesley Stahl primarily covered the company’s culture, the site’s growth and aspirations, privacy concerns, new features of FaceBook’s profile page and the hit movie, The Social Network. Whether you respect Zuckerman or not, there are staggering statistics that reinforce the importance that social media plays… [Read More]
Don’t Get Discouraged!
Although November’s unemployment rate inched up, employees shouldn’t get get discouraged, and firms shouldn’t get comfortable that their employees “have no place to go”. Third quarter profits for private sector firms were higher than anytime during the past 2 years! Productivity indexes are up. New Hires were up. It is easy to get discouraged when reading the… [Read More]
Report: Many Customer-Service Employees ‘Highly Disengaged’
The Corporate Leadership Council just released it’s quarterly engagement trends report measuring employees’ discretionary efforts, intent to stay with their current employer and engagement levels. Results showed: Only 22% of employees plan on staying in their current positions (out of 618,000 global employees). Disenagement levels remain high with 21.6% of employees describing themselves as “highly… [Read More]
Importance of Branding, HBR Article and Kelleher’s YouTube Video
In December’s issue of HBR, “The One Thing You Must Get Right When Building A Brand” correlates to our message of the importance of branding, and employee engagement. While the article focuses on customer engagement, the message resides with employee engagement-the fundamentals are the same. Brands should capitalize on new media possibilities built on 4… [Read More]