Communication | Opportunity | Resources | Engagement
For years (20+) the talk has been about Employee Engagement. Over that time a creative tension has developed. Tension between the certainty that engagement matters and the uncertainty of how much it matters.
Just about everyone agrees that engaged employees perform better, deliver more, and stick around longer. But many of us want to know how much better, how much more, and how much longer?
The employee engagement survey is an increasingly popular [...]
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This posting’s title should not confuse.
Corporate values generate employee engagement
and
engagement creates value in the organization.
First, let’s look at proof that a company’s meaningful attention to corporate values contributes to greater success. From a 2004 poll of 365 senior executives conducted with the Aspen Institute, Booz Allen Hamilton reported:
“Top performers consciously connect values and operations. Companies that report [...]
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An organization’s purpose goes beyond the tangible results it seeks to generate. Achieving corporate goals and objectives is like passing landmarks and milestones along the way to fulfilling purpose.
Ironically and perhaps hopefully, a corporate purpose may never be fulfilled completely. Purpose is a company’s reason for existing. Companies that have stood as repeatedly successful and admirable institutions have purposes that state what they intend to give [...]
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