Mark C. Crowley, a recent guest poster on this blog, recently bylined an article for Fast Company on the link between happy employees and financial success. In his article, The Proof Is In The Profits: America’s Happiest Companies Make More Money, Crowley reports on the Parnassus Workplace Fund, which he asserts “has proven, dignity has [...]
The new Enterprise Engagement Alliance Good Company Stock Index, produced by human resources analytics leader McBassi & Co., isn’t for day traders. In fact, in its first three days, the “bad” companies are leading the “good companies.” What we expect to support over time (a three- to five-year period) is that organizations with highly engaged [...]
The Enterprise Engagement Alliance (EEA) announces the launch of the Most Engaged Employee contest to publicly recognize actively engaged employees for making a significant difference for their employers, colleagues and customers/clients. Interested parties can submit their nominations and/or anonymously test their level of personal engagement at www.mostengagedemployee.com The annual winner, to be named in May [...]
Organizations often confuse the symptom with the underlying disease. By putting the power of crowd-sourcing into the hands of consumers and employees, social networking has indeed shifted the power in a way most organizations never thought possible. As a result, every major company is spending millions on implementing a social networking strategy to put the [...]
Meeting planners get ready for a new type of meeting bringing together customers and employees. As more and more organizations understand the importance of connecting the customer and employee brand, I think we can expect more meetings like the one depicted in a currently running GE television ad we recently featured on the EEA portal [...]
Enterprise Engagement involves a wide variety of strategies, tactics, tools and technology. The EEA’s goal is to assemble leaders in all areas, from human capital and communication to rewards & recognition and technology, to help create an industry of solutions for organizations that understand the power of engagement but need help with various areas of implementation. [...]
The following is a guest posting by Brad Callahan, Manager of Business Solutions, Marketing Innovators Markets are volatile, costs are rising, your customers are squeezing your margins as they push for the best possible “deal,” and — if yours is like most businesses these days — you’re doing more with less and increasingly called upon to [...]
Having had the opportunity over the past year to meet with dozens of senior managers at large companies who have begun the engagement journey, the need for a formal framework for implementation has become increasingly clear. As a result, the EEA has created a training and facilitation process for corporations, not-for-profits, management consulting and marketing [...]
The Enterprise Engagement Alliance’s growing library of Curriculum webinars is now available at EnterpriseEngagement.org/webinars. Access is FREE! These webinars cover an increasing number of topics related to Enterprise Engagement; many more will be added this year. Many thanks to our sponsors.
All about price? I heard WCBS Newsradio and Wall Street Journal reporter Joe Connolly say the other day that price has become everything… Not so. Look at the performance of Whole Foods over the last year, whose stock has provided a handsome return for investors. People will pay more for a pleasant, quality experience. Shopping [...]