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Two Steps to Improve Employee Retention & Engagement

The key to employee retention is ensuring you have talented and personable supervisors on staff. Studies show that employees who have good feelings about their bosses also have good feelings about their jobs, pay and benefits. So why do only 14% of companies hold supervisors accountable for employee retention?

 Richard P. Finnegan Retention , Talent Management June 3 2011
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Engaged…and Headed for Divorce

Just because an employee is working hard at their current job doesn’t mean that they aren’t looking for a new one. A recent study says that only 42% of people are satisfied with their jobs and a huge 96% would take a call from a recruiter about a new career opportunity. What are you doing to keep your employees at your company?

 Richard P. Finnegan Engagement , Retention , Talent Management May 27 2011
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M&A 2011 Style: The Cultural Fit Factor

Why do 75 to 80 percent of mergers and acquisitions fail to meet financial projections or return on shareholder value? Companies ignore the necessity of culture fit when combining workforces. An enormous amount of money is being lost; here’s how to capture it.

 Lizz Pellet Corporate Finance , Culture , Mergers & Acquisitions , Talent Management May 26 2011

Transform Your Techie

The role of the chief information officer is evolving. No longer, says Fran Hawthorne, is the CIO the ‘nerd-in-chief.’ Possible responsibilities have grown across multiple areas of business, from customer service to marketing. Is your CIO changing with the times?

 Fran Hawthorne Talent Management , Technology May 19 2011
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What Your HR Chief Isn’t Telling You

As your company navigates change and positions for growth in new markets, you simply can’t afford an HR function that’s reactive, risk-averse or both. The CHRO needs to be sitting at your right hand and ready to take strategic vision and practically implement it.

 Joe McCool Leadership & Strategy , Talent Management May 10 2011

Selling the Best Hour of the Day to Yourself

Many of the best organizations are learning organizations that encourage their employees to take time to think creatively and innovate. Do you put a priority on learning? Here’s an idea to use your time in clever ways to advance your learning and thus your effectiveness.

 Andy Boynton and Bill Fischer Leadership & Strategy , Personal Effectiveness , Talent Management , Talent Management May 3 2011

Go Beyond the Annual Performance Review

It’s time to rethink the practice of evaluating your employees only once a year. A continual feedback loop will lead to great success and engagement. Here are some painless and productive ways to critique your employees.

 Morey Stettner Engagement , Talent Management , Talent Management May 3 2011

An Inversion of Values

When Johnson & Johnson reversed the values of its credo of putting its customers first, it became an imitative player. In 2010 the company had to weather a year of recalls and setbacks. So what went wrong and how can the company fix itself?

 James O. Rodgers Culture , Leadership & Strategy , Talent Management May 3 2011
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Brian Bedford, Republic Air CEO, Takes Wing

Republic Airways CEO Brian Bedford doesn’t just sit in his corner office, he takes to the planes. By working undercover (doing everything from customer service calls to cleaning) this chief executive took his company to new heights.

 Jennifer Pellet CEO Interviews , Operations , Strategy , Talent Management April 8 2011

The “Six C’s” Model for Building A Culture of Innovation

A study examined the practices and behaviors of BCG’s top 100 innovative firms around the world.

 Sharon Daniels Culture , Innovation , Leadership & Strategy , Leadership & Strategy April 7 2011

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