EEA – THE BLOG
Engagement World: The Engagement How-To Conference and Expo, April 25-28, Orlando
This year’s conference marks a major milestone in the expansion of the field of Enterprise Engagement, which helps organizations achieve concrete goals by fostering the proactive involvement of all of the people critical to business success. Registration is now open — the EEA’s Engagement University registration includes free access to the E2MA Red Diamond Congress […]
Peter Hart, Recognition Leader, Reflects on Engagement Movement
I recently caught up with Peter Hart, CEO of Rideau Recognition, and asked for his thoughts on the engagement movement and its impact on the recognition field. Rideau acquired the Recognition Management Institute in 2006 and has been a consistent supporter of, and active participant in, the field’s trade organization, Recognition Professionals International, and other […]
Achievers’ Valuation Promising for Rewards and Recognition Firms
The report that Blackhawk Network paid $110 million cash for Achievers was good news for the private equity companies moving into the rewards & recognition industry (and the broader engagement space), as well as for the owners of such companies, since that valuation appears to be well beyond the standard 5-times EBITDA of most businesses, […]
Take an ‘Engagement Selfie’
Kevin Sheridan has spent thirty years as a high-level Human Capital Management consultant and Keynote Speaker. He has helped some of the world’s largest corporations break down detrimental processes and rebuild a culture that fosters productive engagement, earning him several distinctive awards and honors in the process. Kevin’s premier creation, PEER®, is consistently recognized as […]
Salesforce.com Enters Employee Engagement Field
As many readers may know, Salesforce.com recently released new human resources tools designed, as reported by Techcrunch.com, “to improve employee engagement.” What is most significant from our standpoint, based on what was reported, is that Salesforce.com actually hasn’t created new technology; it’s repackaging its technology specifically to go after human resources with what TechCrunch says […]
Is Recognition Ready to Hit the Re-set Button?
Over the last few weeks, two of the leading U.S. recognition firms, Achievers and TharpeRobbins, have appointed as CEOs human resources veterans who both recently held top management positions at Kenexa, a large human capital management firm now owned by IBM. Is this a coincidence? Achievers is primarily owned by Sequoia Capital, one of the […]
Is Centuries-Old Incentive and Recognition Business Set for More Change?
Most people don’t know that the history of incentives, rewards and recognition goes back thousands of years and that it was a formal business profession as long ago as the turn of the last century, when Premium Practice, now Incentive magazine, was founded. Now, the emergence of Engagement and extensive research on the role of […]
Motivation Live: April 22 – 24 Excel Center London
While we’re on the subject of the United Kingdom this week, we thought we’d draw attention to Motivate Europe Live, set for April 22-24 at the Excel Center in London. Billing itself as Europe’s only annual exhibition and conference bringing together incentive and motivation industry professionals and thought leaders, the combined conference and exhibition will […]
U.K. Engagement Efforts, Led by Prime Minister Cameron, Far Surpass Progress in the U.S.
Many in the U.S. might assume that we generally lead the world in business innovation. Of course that’s not true – case in point: engagement. With it’s government-initiated Engage for Success program aimed at promoting engagement throughout business there, the United Kingdom far surpasses the U.S. in its top-level acceptance of engagement as a critical […]
Take Employee Recognition beyond Service Awards
Cindy Mielke
The EEA Social Footprint
