Marcus Evans 7th Annual Internal Communications & Situational Messaging Conference - <i>Nov 30-Dec 1 - Boston</i>

This year’s event will be one you won’t want to miss! We’re featuring two-full days packed with presentations and panel discussions lead by BP, Eddie Bauer, Lowes, American Airlines, BNSF Railways and many more. Attend and learn how to effectively handle situational messaging at your company including: crisis communications, mergers and acquisitions, corporate social responsibility and change management.

Marcus Evans 7th Annual Internal Communications & Situational Messaging Conference - <i>Nov 30-Dec 1 - Boston</i>

This year’s event will be one you won’t want to miss! We’re featuring two-full days packed with presentations and panel discussions lead by BP, Eddie Bauer, Lowes, American Airlines, BNSF Railways and many more. Attend and learn how to effectively handle situational messaging at your company including: crisis communications, mergers and acquisitions, corporate social responsibility and change management.

Culture, Leadership, Engagement: Getting Close to the Action

A revealing Q&A with Curt Coffman, author of First Break All the Rules – What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently, on the key role of engagement in corporate culture

Marcus Evans 7th Annual Internal Communications & Situational Messaging Conference - <i>Nov 30-Dec 1 - Boston</i>

This year’s event will be one you won’t want to miss! We’re featuring two-full days packed with presentations and panel discussions lead by BP, Eddie Bauer, Lowes, American Airlines, BNSF Railways and many more. Attend and learn how to effectively handle situational messaging at your company including: crisis communications, mergers and acquisitions, corporate social responsibility and change management.

Maybe the Traditional Approach to Engagement is All Wrong

Employee Engagement has now moved beyond the buzz into the Executive Suite. Employee Engagement is an employee’s psychological and emotional connection with their job, which influences both their loyalty and performance. The definition seems logical enough. So how hard can it be to foster an environment where employees want “to stay; say positive things; and use their discretionary effort to benefit a company”?

The Privilege of Leadership: A Different Perspective

"Leading others is a privilege with great responsibility."

Your Best People are Updating Their Resumes Right Now

Times were tough – they still are. So you cut back on your training budget and you backed off your employee development programs because, let’s face it, it was that or layoffs. Your employees understood – they all nodded their heads in the company meeting when your CEO said it was time for everyone to tighten their belts and work through this difficult year. No one resigned. No one even asked any questions.

10 Steps That Ensure Employee Engagement Success

Improving Employee Engagement is not the product of one initiative. Organizations need a framework to achieve significant improvement in engagement. Sequencing and content of the initiative are critical, as is communication.

Article: Finding the Right Mix

Determining the right mix of compensation, benefits, training, and rewards & recognition.

Article: Performance Management & Incentives in the Era of Sarbanes-Oxley

A brief overview of sections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that warrant the most attention for people involved with incentive programs or compensation, as well as how SOX affects incentive and recognition programs.

Article: The Art of Motivation: An Incentive Industry Primer

Goals direct our behavior. Employees and consumers can be motivated and "The Art of Motivation" will provide a blueprint for your success.

AstraZeneca Leads the Way to Enterprise Engagement

This feature article from Engagement Strategies Magazine looks at how AstraZeneca's internal and external engagement efforts have helped to make it one of Fortune Magazine's "Most Admired Companies."

Calculating the ROI of Recognition Programs

Measuring the ROI on recognition programs is difficult, given the range of benefits and their long-term impact, but it can be done. This article from the Enterprise Engagement Alliance offers some ideas on how to do it.

EEA: Sample Article

Going One-on-One: The New Rules of Engagement

This article provides an overview of enterprise engagement - why it matters, the prerequisites of engagement, the tools, and the role of rewards and recognition.

How Does Gender Fit Into Engagement Strategy?

A recent study finds that men and women have very different ‘motivation sets’

Human Capital Diagnostics: Measuring the Intangibles

Measuring Intangibles Boosts Performance A new EEA white paper, Human Capital Diagnostics: Measuring the Intangibles, offers compelling proof that companies perform better when they make a concerted effort to measure things like employee performance, engagement, innovation and change. If human capital represents a company’s largest cost and most critical asset, it follows that decisions about talent are among the most important any organization will make. It also means that accurate human capital diagnostic (HCD) and assessment tools are vital to organizations in order to prevent expensive mistakes in hiring, training, deploying and managing the performance of talent.

People Over Profits: How Enterprise Drives Success

Kirk Kazanjian, author of Exceeding Customer Expectations, says it’s the little things that mean a lot when it comes to employee engagement

Return on Talent: Measuring the Relationship Between People and Profitability

This term is likely to become as pervasive in the business lexicon as Return on Investment in the coming years.

ROE: Return on Engagement

This short article from Enterprise Engagement Alliance looks at the profound cost of employee disengagement and argues the need for and benefits from improving employee engagement levels in organizations.

Seven Steps to Performance Through People

Breaking new ground, people performance management takes familiar disciplines and integrates them across functional lines to maximize results.

The Birth of a Needed New Profession: People Performance Management

This article looks at how organizations can maximize long-term financial performance through a strategic focus on their most valuable asset - human capital.

The Economic Case for People Performance Management and Measurement

This article looks at the compelling research links financial results and customer satisfaction to engaged employees and channel partners.

The Economics of Engagement

In today's economic environment, employers are struggling to find every advantage possible to thrive, grow or simply to stay in business. For most US based organizations payroll represents the largest expense. Advantages therefore, come first and foremost through better talent management.

The Economics of Retention

A carefully considered employee retention strategy can help boost engagement and reduce hiring, training, and other costs associated with turnover.