Category: Employee Engagement
When it Comes to their own Benefits, Many Employees are Missing the Boat
Nov 20, 2008
As it’s open enrollment season for U.S. businesses, millions of employees from Seattle to Baton Rouge are making important decisions about health care and benefits that will affect them and their families in 2009. However, surprisingly, millions of employees still aren’t participating in these decisions.
If your employees knew they were throwing money away, would they change their course? A newly released CareerBuilder.com survey reveals that nearly a quarter of workers (23 percent) do not take advantage of the new and potentially cost-saving measures being offered by their respective companies.
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- Categories Employee Engagement, Survey Results
Taking Innovation into Consideration: Why These 5 Companies are “Most Admirable”
Nov 10, 2008
I recently re-read Fortune’s list of this year’s Most Admired Companies, and I noticed how much the idea of “innovation” was mentioned. Because I also happened to have diversity on the brain, it occurred to me how closely diversity and innovation are combined. After all, what is innovation if not the result of divergent thinking and untapped ideas? But on top of that, it’s also about cultivating a culture that encourages new ideas, learning, skill development, career advancement, etc.
With all of this in mind, I looked at Fortune’s separate list of the Most Admirable Companies for managing talent to see what they’re doing right with regards to these elements, and how the combination invariably leads to continued success.
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- Categories Building a Best Place to Work, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention
Hiring Lessons from the 2008 Presidential Election
Nov 4, 2008
In honor of Ben&Jerry’s Free Scoop on Election Day, bestselling author Seth Godin wrote a great post analyzing the 2008 election campaigns and what they teach us about marketing and staying competitive today. I thought it worth sharing because he’s awesome hiring managers can get just as much value from his “lessons” as marketing professionals. You can read Seth’s complete post here, but below are my favorite takeaways:
Stories really matter. ”When people look back at the election,” Godin says, “they will remember mavericky winking… it’s human nature…The story is what people respond to. Mainstream media isn’t powerful because we have no other choices…It’s powerful because they’re still really good at writing and spreading stories, stories we listen to and stories we believe.”
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- Categories Employee Attraction, Employee Engagement
How Many of Your Workers Plan to Vote in Tomorrow’s Election? CareerBuilder.com Survey Results
Nov 3, 2008
How many of your employees are voting in the presidential election tomorrow (or have already, thanks to early voting)? How many are voting for the first time?
This presidential race has been the most exciting in my life thus far, and some are saying it very well may be the most important election of many of our lifetimes. So amid the scrambling to register or re-register, find your polling location, obsess over political news sites, and stock up on your favorite Obama/Biden monogrammed blanket or McCain/Palin dish set, have you taken notice of how many people in your own office are voting in the 2008 election?
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- Categories Employee Engagement, Survey Results
IT’S A WRAP: October in Review
Nov 3, 2008
Post-season baseball, football in full gear, entertaining politics, creative costumes, lots of candy and cooler weather—what’s not to love about this past October (other than losing half of your retirement)? Aside from the “Trick or Treat?” you asked last Friday, this past month had its share of many other questions:
Marcia, Marcia, Marcia… You did what???
Why did I stay up to view the most-watched (yawn) VP debate in history?
The bailout’s here! The markets will be safe now, right?
The Dow lost how much in one day? The Dow gained how much in one day? Wait, now you’re saying the Dow lost more points again? Hold on a sec, I thought you said it lost 800–today it gained 800?
O.J…. guilty? Really?
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- Categories Economy, Employee Attraction, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Employer Advice, Interviewing, Monthly Review
Latest Tip for Boosting Productivity May Surprise You
Oct 30, 2008
I knew it!! Okay, so today my boss sent me this post from The Standard which argues the case that businesses can use social media as a strategic recruiting tool. (Ah, yes. I agree.) But it goes even further, saying that sites like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, for instance, are useful in engaging employees as well, and that, in fact, bosses should allow their employees to use social media sites at work.
While I know I’ve argued the point of using these sites to help with recruiting tactics, I was actually a little surprised but also way psyched to hear the case for giving employees the freedom to peruse these sites during business hours. But according to the Demos research the article mentions, using these sites can actually boost productivity and communication among employees.
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- Categories Employee Attraction, Employee Engagement, Social Media
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