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The Enterprise Engagement Alliance has teamed up with TM Evolution, a compensation and work life people analytics company, to create a practical way for almost any size organization to analyze the impact of investments in all stakeholders consistent with the new European Union Corporate Sustainability Directive. Click here to view the demo or scroll down ... [ read more ]

A look at the history of the anti-ESG (environmental, social, governance) firestorm suggests a lot of it was the legitimate response to corporate greenwashing encouraged by corporate communications firms that failed to anticipate the backlash and the inevitable rabbit hole that opened after CEOs started speaking out on politics, social, and religious issues. Here’s an overview of what happened and how the damage is getting repaired.... [ read more ]

In the wake of the 2023 United Auto Workers (UAW) strike, an increasingly important question has emerged: Were US automakers’ extensive stock buybacks a sound use of capital compared to investing in labor conditions that might have reduced the risk of a costly strike? ... [ read more ]

A new article in MIT Sloan Management Review examines why traditional human resources structures fail to address employee well-being—and argues that performance gains depend on integrating talent, learning, and benefits into a unified system focused on how work is designed. ... [ read more ]

A review of Texas Roadhouse using the Enterprise Engagement Alliance’s “Golden Rule” stakeholder framework finds the company performing at a high level across most constituencies, particularly customers, employees, and communities. Drawing on company filings, sustainability reports, and third-party research, the analysis suggests Texas Roadhouse meets the threshold for a “Golden Rule” organization—while still facing gaps in environmental strategy and supply chain transparency. Click here for a list of all the EEA Golden Rule companies and leaders to date. ... [ read more ]

A review of 100 management consulting firms found 15 leading consulting firms that say they provide employee engagement, culture, and customer loyalty services—and a growing number highlight well-being—but only a few clearly define measurable systems or ROI frameworks. The gap between messaging and methodology remains significant, not unlike service providers in the area of incentives, rewards, and recognition. ... [ read more ]

A detailed review of about 125 companies across the global incentive, rewards, and recognition (IRR) ecosystem reveals a clear imbalance: most firms focus on recognition platforms and reward distribution, while far fewer are positioned to design engagement systems tied to measurable business outcomes. Next week: an analysis of the services of leading management consulting firms. ... [ read more ]

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Here is an approximate analysis of the cost of turnover at Starbucks and the estimated financial benefits of achieving a 20-30% annual turnover rate instead of 50%. None of this accounts for the disruption and unhappiness often created for managers, employees, customers, recruitment, and human resources. ... [ read more ]

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Leaders at every level of an organization are expected to align people around shared goals, yet few are trained in how to systematically engage stakeholders. While research and standards affirm its importance, only a handful of universities and programs offer structured approaches—leaving a critical gap in leadership development. that helps explain why employee and customer engagement are near record lows around the world. ... [ read more ]

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Here’s an update on the status of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, whose scope was narrowed after significant pushback from business. The CSRD will continue to affect a lot of companies because the world’s largest firms will likely be asking for more disclosures from their US suppliers, including detailed human capital information. ... [ read more ]

Key practices that drive engagement, performance, and culture in shared-ownership firms.... [ read more ]

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Why leaving engagement program design to untrained managers and solution providers is a hidden—and growing—enterprise risk. ... [ read more ]

As stakeholder thinking steadily moves into the mainstream of management practice, and more organizations find themselves at an inflection point, the risks grow of more nomenclature confusion.... [ read more ]

The Enterprise Engagement Alliance (EEA) Certification equips HR, sales, marketing, and total rewards professionals with a practical, systems based framework grounded in Total Quality Management (TQM) for people, addressing historically low engagement outcomes by teaching measurable stakeholder engagement design and implementation. ... [ read more ]

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Chief Analytics Advisor, Enterprise Engagement Alliance; President and CEO at Talent Management Evolution, and CEO of the International Center for Enterprise Engagement. ... [ read more ]