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The opposite of engagement…
Few concepts have been so thoroughly explored as the notion of employee engagement, and the value of a committed, focused and energetic workforce. More resources have been deployed against this effort...
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Powerful new insight on decision-making and behavior change…
The current (February, 2012) issue of the Journal of Economic Psychology features a terrific article by an assemblage of behavioral psychologists, “Influencing behavior: The mindspace way.” Among the...
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Let’s not confuse appreciation with an act of recognition…
I am unaware of a single company that is not focused to some degree on engaging employees. The central concept of employee engagement has, since 2008, risen from the odd conversation to a strategic...
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Engagement: The little things that mean a lot…
Rodd Wagner, author of 12: The Elements Of Great Managing and Power of 2: How To Make The Most Of Your Partnerships At Work And In Life, and currently Vice President of Employee Engagement Strategy at...
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The emotional exchange: Buy on rumor, sell on facts….
A long-held belief in the stock market is that equities are over-bought when rumors persist about a company (clarification: generally referring to bullish outlook), and are sold when news is made. I...
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I’d rather be good than lucky…
In 1897, Samuel Clements wrote Following the Equator – A Journey Around the World. Its opening lines are, “Be good and you will be lonesome. Be lonesome and you will be free.” These words have stayed...
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Provocative insight on Employee Engagement…
Breaking news… BIWORLDWIDE was just named #1 in Customer Satisfaction for Employee Engagement Agencies globally by HROToday! To celebrate this designation of Best-In-Class, BIW is hosting a no-cost...
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Your employees are not engaged. Now what..?
There is a huge and growing interest in determining the level of employee engagement in companies of every size and scope. Organizations such as Gallup, Mercer, AON Hewitt, and others in the Employee...
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Just give me a gift card and leave me alone…
One of the more significant generational differences between our legacy Gen X and Boomer workforce and the Gen Y / Millenials is how they view their relationship with the company (i.e., leadership,...
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Is engagement enough..?
Everyone it seems is focused on engaging some group as a way to perpetuate and grow their business. HR wants to engage the employees, Marketing wants to engage the consumer, Sales wants to engage the...
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Of gift cards and disappearing value…
Once again, it appears that purveyors of retail gift cards and vouchers for retail gift cards are at it again… Running around to large organizations touting that the gift cards they peddle deliver...
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“Look, mom, I’m a commodity!”…
Everything changed once everyone got access to everything they need to make every decision they will ever need to make. Every want, every desire, every unmet need, all of them, can be shaped, defined,...
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Talent Management and Social Recognition: Mind The Gap
Across all industries, the performance review process is being scrutinized, along with many aspects of talent management, in light of the dramatic changes taking place with technology, generational...
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Nobody Said Engaging Employees Is Easy…
Nobody, that is, except those slippery guys that want you to believe that all you need to do is buy their (one size fits all) recognition and rewards platform. These companies (and there are a lot of...
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When “Sloppy” meets “Slapdash”, or, How Not To Write A Business Book.
The current issue of The Economist looks at three new business books, and finds two of them laden with the detritus that characterizes too many of the published efforts these days: “sloppy” sentences,...
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On The Turning Away…
It’s been four and a half months since my last post on ideationz. Time flies, right? Well, there has been an awful lot going on at work, coupled with a glorious summer spent travelling East, driving...
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