In a two part interview, Gallup questioned Douglas R. Conant, president and CEO of the Campbell Soup Company on his approach to engagement and how that helped him when he took over at Campbell Soup nine years ago when he company’s share price was down and customer loyalty was falling. Since Mr. Conant stepped in, […]
Posted on April 30th, 2010 by admin
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Although the local and national healthcare industry has continued to thrive, the millions of dollars lost by local hospitals could adversely affect Las Vegas nurse jobs and other health-related professions. The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services recently reported that hospitals in the Las Vegas area saw operating losses of $133.1 million during 2009, […]
Posted on April 28th, 2010 by admin
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I’ve followed and been involved in discussions too numerous to count on the proper definition of employee engagement, is engagement real or just the latest HR buzz word, and similar. The reality is well expressed by APQC in a recent Workforce Management article about a study of various leading organizations and their engagement efforts: “Each […]
Posted on April 28th, 2010 by admin
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Recent results from Modern survey on the state of employee engagement in the U.S. have shown employee engagement down in all aspects. “After a year of upward trending engagement scores, Modern Survey’s latest study on employee engagement in the U.S. workforce shows a precipitous decline in workers’ psychological investment in their organizations. While the economic […]
Posted on April 26th, 2010 by admin
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A recent issue of Incentive magazine offered interesting insight into trends in “incentive” programs and 2010 expectations in a reader forecast survey. Results of the survey found that readers expect more budgets to be cut than increased in 2010, “but companies that maintained programs in 2009 say they gained a competitive advantage.” In answer to […]
Posted on April 24th, 2010 by admin
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I was appalled to see the structure of research that was recently released concluding that CFOs believe bonuses were the most effective way to acknowledge a job well done. The research was poorly constructed with pre-directed selections (bonus, time off, department lunch, tickets to events) that were very specific but no broad option such as […]
Posted on April 21st, 2010 by admin
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The Corporate Executive Board (CEB) recently ran an excellent three-part series on recognition and reward best practices. Highlights are below, but be sure to click through and read the full series. From Beyond the Bonus: Four Ways to Recognize and Reward with Little or No Money: “There has been much written about the limitations of […]
Posted on April 19th, 2010 by admin
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In my newsfeeds and blog readers, a good headline will often jump out and catch my attention. Soon after the Academy Awards in Hollywood, this headline caught my eye: “Too good to reward? You might just have Streep Syndrome.” What is “Streep Syndrome?” “Those who go through it are the go-getters, the ones who bat […]
Posted on April 16th, 2010 by admin
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Once you’ve aligned your strategic recognition program to reflect your changed company objectives to help communicate new strategies, approaches or even organizational structure, how do you know your efforts are succeeding? Disturbing results from a survey of senior managers at more than 500 blue-chip organizations in the US, UK and Ireland found: “More than half […]
Posted on April 15th, 2010 by admin
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Once you’ve aligned your strategic recognition program to reflect your changed company objectives to help communicate new strategies, approaches or even organizational structure, how do you know your efforts are succeeding? Disturbing results from a survey of senior managers at more than 500 blue-chip organizations in the US, UK and Ireland found: “More than half […]
Posted on April 14th, 2010 by admin
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