We’re in the midst of preparing for the second annual Aberdeen HCM summit in NYC on March 24-25th.   Contact me (@andrew_boyd) if you are interested in comp passes.

Over the past week or so, I have been absorbed by Mollie Lombardi’s report on employee engagement (1,2,3).  Today’s post offers a few summary thoughts, until I revisit the topic again.
The concept of employee engagement is still in its nascent stages and the benefits are still largely qualitative. While 82% of the Best-in-Class report [...]

The August 24 & 31 issue of BusinessWeek has a short article on the link between engagement and the bottom line.  According the the article’s author Michelle Conlin, Best Buy “says that a 2% increase in employee engagement at one of its electronics stores corresponds to, on average, to a $100,000 annual rise in sales [...]

Continuing the discussion (1,2) on Mollie Lombardi’s report on employee engagement, I thought it might be interesting to take a step back and dig into why engagement is important from both the employee and employer point of view. The research indicates that the economy is definitely having an impact on talent plans; 43%* of respondents [...]

A couple of days ago, I posted about a report that Mollie Lombardi from the Aberdeen Group wrote on employee engagement. Richard commented:
Ultimately, engagement is about feeling involved in the business, and believing in it… The senior leadership and management team have to take a strong lead in creating an engaged workforce. If the management [...]

Over the past 18 months, employee engagement has emerged as a key theme in Aberdeen’s HCM research.  Mollie Lombardi at the Aberdeen Group has recently published an excellent report that not only begins to define this nebulous concept, but also gives concrete steps that managers can begin to take to engage (not just satisfy) their [...]

The economist suggests that as economic conditions continue to take precedence, the focus on HCM issues will wane:
The biggest loser in the struggle for power will be the human resources director. In the past five years HR has been enjoying the greatest power it has ever had. The “war for talent”, which companies have fought [...]

I had the opportunity to speak with David Priemer (@dprimer) from Rypple’s product and community team earlier today.  If you haven’t had the opportunity to check this product out yet, I’d highly recommend that you do. In a nutshell - it allows you to micro-survey (he told me they hate that word over at Rypple) [...]

Although we’ve discussed it here before, Pete over at Share Tactics has stumbled on one of the littler known aspects of customer satisfaction; that is, employee satisfaction. As the as the eyes, ears and (for better or worse) the voice of your organization, your employees are one of the single biggest factors contributing [...]

With the bonus season upon us and as managers sit down to design the 2007 bonus plans, they should be asking themselves how they can develop a culture of innovation and openness to new ideas. For sales people, bonus plans are relatively simple, you either make your number or you don’t. But what about [...]