Recognize This! – Don’t forget the key ingredients to employee engagement and excellence.

I’ve written a few blog posts in the last couple of months where I noticed I used these two words in conjunction – Useless Unless. Two little letters of difference, yet a tremendous differentiator.

Think of the ramifications in…

Recognize This! – Companies that treat employees well outperform the S&P Index.

Creating a work environment in which employees choose to engage directly impacts the bottom line. Companies who treat employees well have returns at least 4% better than the S&P Index, year after year.

That’s a bold statement to…

Recognize This! – Ignoring employee potential to leave is just as dangerous and short-sighted as ignoring the reasons why they would.

How many news reports, blogs or tweets have you read about…

Recognize This! – You can’t ask people to become what they do not know or understand.

At this stage, I think we can all agree that employee engagement is critical to organization success. We…

Recognize This – Culture is the foundation of any company’s success, especially over the long-term.

Since the latest Fortune “Best Companies to Work For” list came out, there have been several interviews with CEOs and presidents of various organizations. I’ve read…

Recognize This! – Translating the benefits of employee recognition to bottom-line results will help secure the executive sponsorship you need for program success.

Yesterday, I wrote about…

Recognize This! – Employee engagement is a business driver, not a “nice to have.”

Why should CEOs and CFOs care about employee engagement? Increased engagement drives bottom-line business results. Towers Watson over the years has done…

Recognize This! – Rules for happy employees only work when leadership is willing to commit for it.

My timing seems to be a bit off. Yesterday I wrote about 4 steps to happiness at work, and…

Recognize This! – We can choose to be happier (and more engaged) at work. These steps help.

Are you a happy person, generally? Do you tend to have an optimistic, “glass is half full” demeanor and approach to life? If so, does that tend to carry over into your work and workplace, or do you find that workplace pressures, stresses or negative…

Recognize This! – Don’t believe the naysayers. True employee engagement has tremendous value.

Employee Engagement is not important. That’s what this article argues. The…

Recognize This! – All efforts to increase employee engagement will fail unless individuals clearly see the meaningfulness and value of their contributions and efforts.

One of my go-to UK bloggers on all thing related to Human Capital Management (HCM) is…