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3 Business Reasons for Employee Engagement Program

Chart Your Course

2) Operating margins increase: According to the Towers Watson 2012 Global Workforce Study, companies with the highest sustainable engagement scores had an average one-year operating margin of 27% (vs. 14% for companies with traditional engagement and 10% for those with low engagement).

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Investing In People Builds Resilience Against The Covid Recession

The Horizons Tracker

The findings came from an analysis of the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey that was undertaken by the UK government either side of the 2008 recession. In a Covid context, this means operating in the right way, and investing in both your workforce and your community.

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Heather understands this as well and shares some interesting facts from a recent Kelly Services survey on the role money plays in encouraging improved employee performance. Benjamin McCall, ReThink HR : Why Can't HR Make an Impact?

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Be More Productive Now: Mindful Strategies for Increasing Performance

Strategy Driven

He is the founder of The Potential Project – a leading global provider of corporate based mindfulness solutions operating in 20 countries. Rasmus has a Master’s degree in Organizational Development & Adult Learning and degrees in Philosophy and Human Resources. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 191, 2011, 36–43.

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The Problem with Using Personality Tests for Hiring

Harvard Business Review

They surveyed 1,000 Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) members — HR Managers, Directors, and VPs — with an average of 14 years’ experience. And yet that’s how many companies operate. According to a 2011 NBC News article , the use of personality assessments are on the rise, growing as much as 20% annually.

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Gender Shouldn't Matter, But Apparently It Still Does

Harvard Business Review

As we said in our previous blog, the pattern in the data we cited from our latest survey is unmistakable.The majority of senior leaders are still men, and the higher up in the organization you go, the greater the disparity becomes. Areas like sales, operations, engineering, IT, R&D, and facilities management are perceived as male bastions.

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Strengthen Your Workforce Through Volunteer Programs

Harvard Business Review

According to the Deloitte Volunteer Impact Survey (PDF) , Generation Ys who frequently participate in their company's volunteer activities are more likely to be very proud to work for their company, feel very loyal, and are very satisfied with the progression of their careers.