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3 Mind-Blowing Employee Communications Stats
We have just previewed our latest research around leader and employee communication on May 23rd and now we are taking it on a tour around the world. As part of our research, we have surveyed more than...
View Article3 Steps to a More Attractive Employment Value Prop
A 21% increase in compensation is needed to lure candidates who feel an Employment Value Proposition (EVP)—the set of attributes that the labor market and employees perceive as the value they gain...
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On Employees, Productivity and the IRS
I once started a speech with the line: “Socrates says that the beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms, but I’d like to disagree with Socrates.” Predictably, the speech went downhill from...
View ArticleWhy Science Graduates Prefer David to Goliath
The R&D Talent Wars Corporate R&D has a talent problem: With an aging workforce and many key employees nearing retirement age, organizations need a new generation to sustain innovation. Yet the...
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Getting Smarter About Finance Job Rotation Programs
Most finance departments experiment with some form of rotation program for their staff to meet diverse departmental and organizational objectives. However, too often, these finance departments do not...
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The Start-up Threat: Be Not Afraid
The R&D Talent Wars Part II Read Part I of the R&D Talent Wars here. Start-ups present a threat — but also an opportunity. Start-ups are a threat to large enterprises in more ways than one:...
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2013 Summer Reading List for Communicators
Somehow I blinked, and summer arrived. This means that you are all probably operating at half of your usual productivity, and sitting around day-dreaming about your summer vacation plans which are just...
View ArticleEmployee Engagement: Necessary But Not Sufficient
Many of us in HR roles have talked a good game over the past 10 years when it came to employee engagement. We had data and proven linkages to organizational performance to back us up. We had research...
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China: The Death of the Western Employer Brand Premium
In China, western Multinational Corporations (WMNCs) have enjoyed a long-standing premium position in China’s talent market. Like consumer brands like Audi and Louis Vuitton, western employment brands...
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Why You Don’t Need to Settle for a Mediocre Performance Culture
Commercial banks have a high performer problem. With over 40% of RMs failing to meet loan goals, robust credit growth relies largely on a few high performers. But many banks lack the in-role career...
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Steal This Idea: A New Approach to Employee Recognition
Communicators wield an incredibly powerful tool – employee recognition. Whether it’s a feature story on the intranet, a lead article in the all-staff newsletter, or a formal recognition ceremony,...
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The Best Time To Conduct An Employee Survey Is…
I am often asked by HR professionals and senior leaders “when is the best time to survey our employees?” While it seems like a simple question that should have a simple answer, this has always struck...
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American Workers Unhappy? Think Again
According to a new Gallup report, the “State of the American Workplace” is fairly bleak: the data suggests that less than 1 in 4 employees is engaged and thriving, and that the average employer is...
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Engaging Gen Y Operations Staff: A Regional Comparison
We recently shared some new findings on how Milllennials – whose numbers are rising significantly in the Operations workforce – vary in employment preferences and drivers compared to previous...
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Are Communicators Looking for New Jobs?
As I have been digging deeper into our first semi-annual Communicators’ Workforce Trends data set, one thing that I found really fascinating is how communicators stack up (or don’t stack up!) compared...
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Are You Doing Enough to Promote Financial Advisors’ Work/Life Balance?
Thirty-five percent of wealth management employees ranked work/life balance as most important in CEB TowerGroup Wealth Management’s recent proprietary Quarterly Global Market Labor Survey Q2 2013....
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What Motivates Reps
Compensation unarguably is an important driver of attraction and retention of sales talent. But, if you try to fix an attraction/retention problem with compensation alone, you’ll end up with an even...
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Where “One Company” Initiatives Fail
Is a “One Company” strategy really the panacea some think? Read on to learn about what it is (and isn’t) good for. A common theme heard throughout conversations about employee communications is the...
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For Managers: How To Set Up Successful Development Conversations
Looking across communications teams in the membership, we’ve uncovered some enlightening trends when it comes to team development and what skills communicators need to succeed today. Some might say the...
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China: The Death of the Western Employer Brand Premium
In China, western Multinational Corporations (WMNCs) have enjoyed a long-standing premium position in China’s talent market. Like consumer brands like Audi and Louis Vuitton, western employment brands...
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