Transparency is a popular buzz word on Wall Street these days, and many investors are demanding it. However, transparency doesn’t only serve outsiders trying to understand the strengths and weaknesses of your company, transparency can play a valuable role inside the company walls, as well. By sharing numbers with employees, not just executives, you can [...]

Top-performing organizations understand that employee engagement is a force that drives performance outcomes. In the best organizations, engagement is more than a human resources initiative – it is a strategic foundation for the way they do business. Engaged employees are more productive, more profitable, more customer-focused, safer, and more likely to withstand temptations to leave. [...]

Does this little story sound familiar? “This is a story of four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it.  Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that [...]

Successful measurement systems – systems that energize and actually do what they’re supposed to do, which is boost performance – is often hard to find. Do a little performance measurement of your own: Assess it against this checklist. How to ensure successful performance measurement?