As Background… Market Basket is a large regional supermarket chain in the New England area consisting of over 25,000 employees at 71 locations. Originally called DeMoulas, it started out as a small “mom and pop” grocery store by Greek immigrants in 1916 in Lowell, Massachusetts. The store was sold to two DeMoulas sons, Mike and… [Read More]
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How are Employee Engagement Goals Similar to a Gym Membership?
We have all been there: signing up for the gym membership, feeling motivated to get in shape and create healthy goals. It’s easy though, you sign up and now that you have this great membership you expect the pounds to start dropping, and your clothes to start fitting better. But did you sign up to… [Read More]
Kaitlyn Carr joins The Employee Engagement Group
June 19, 2014 – Woburn, MA – Kaitlyn Carr joins The Employee Engagement Group The Employee Engagement Group is pleased to introduce Kaitlyn Carr as their newest team member as an Organizational Development Specialist. Kaitlyn will assist clients in all facets of organizational effectiveness including employee engagement surveys, leadership and engagement workshops, employee engagement certifications,… [Read More]
Engagement Clue #1: Spell Your Employees’ Names Correctly
If you read my blogs, you are familiar with my correlations of sports teams to employee engagement and leadership development. When I heard this blunder about the Yankees-I have never been so excited to write a blog! My blog isn’t about Jacoby Ellsbury leaving my beloved Red Sox, and joining the dreaded Yankees. My blog is… [Read More]
US Men’s Olympic Hockey: Can We Please Go Back to 1980?
Written by: Stephanie Mello, @stepheeg, @emplyengagement I am a 1980, US Men’s hockey-team fanatic from a coach and team perspective. As a company, we present the Olympic story to Coach Brooks’ lessons of team innovation to the movie, Miracle. It is one of my favorite multimedia presentations to deliver. Like many Americans, I was watching the… [Read More]
This Valentine Day, Get Engaged…. TO YOUR EMPLOYEES!
The 3 C’s of Engagement Diamond rings are evaluated on the 3 C’s of cut, clarity and color. I see three Cs of Employee Engagement that all leaders should embrace: • Communication is the cornerstone of engagement: Recognize the power of a robust communication plan, one built on clarity, consistency, and transparency. With today’s technological… [Read More]
My Crushes: Herb Brooks and Claude Julien…..no typos here!
My Leader Crushes: Herb Brooks and Claude Julien. Liam Hemsworth, Bradley Cooper-they don’t do it for me. Hottie actors-yes but they are not my “leader crushes”. About 2 years ago, our company created a multi-media presentation of the 1980 US Olympic Men’s ice hockey team gold medal (featured in the movie Miracle) to the theme of… [Read More]
What Does a Large Software Company and Brad Pitt Have in Common?
We all experience moments where we ask ourselves, “They did WHAT?! Are you kidding me”? As I read Boston Globe’s The Region’s Tech Sector, In A Fishbowl by Scott Kirsner, I can’t help but further comment. Change Happens. It can be difficult to accept and embrace it. It can even be more challenging to decide what… [Read More]
AEC HR Summit 2014: Capturing New Talent Now! April 3-4, 2014, Las Vegas
Top 10: WHAT’S NEW IN 2014 1.) Our closing keynote speaker, Greg Bell has spoken on TED, PBS, and all over the world-now he is taking on AEC! 2.) New format-we heard your feedback and changed the format-peek inside to see what’s new 3.) You like to learn and talk to each other-so more time… [Read More]
Tools Workshop-Not What You Think! November 6, Waltham
WHAT: Employee Engagement ENGAGE Workshop WHEN: November 6, 2013, 7:30am-8:00am, Check In/Breakfast, 8:00am-4:00pm, Workshop (Includes snacks, lunch and parking) WHERE: Forefront Conference Center, 444 Wyman St, Waltham, MA WHY: 7/10 U.S. workers are disengaged, costing the US economy $370 million-Why Wouldn’t You?! HOW: Register NEHRA (Northeast Human Resources Association) Click Here Download Brochure-Click Here! Facilitated by Employee… [Read More]