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In another sign of increased mergers and acquisition activity in the engagement and rewards space, Sodexo announced that it has acquired Inspirus, a 120-person engagement services company based in Fort Worth, TX, that offers a comprehensive employee engagement technology platform to companies of all sizes. The acquisition will ... [ read more ]

A newly-released study by Baylor University finds that executives in human resources, marketing and public relations generally agree that "building a business reputation from the inside out - with employees giving a company high marks as an ethical place to work" - provides a competitive edge, alongside offering high quality customer service and products. ... [ read more ]

In a recent letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) specifically requested the disclosure of human capital investments, including spending on training and employee engagement. The comments are related to a request for comments from the S.E.C. business and financial disclosure required by Regulation S-K and could eventually lead to formal revisions. ... [ read more ]

How can executives and investors benchmark companies based on their effective use of human capital? OMS LLP, a U.K.-based organization, has developed a human capital rating system known as OMINDEX it hopes will spur organizations around ... [ read more ]

Engagement University & Expo, set for April 18-20, 2017 at the Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park, will feature an intensive learning program on the framework and implementation process for Enterprise Engagement, including preparation for the Certified Engagement Practitioner program.... [ read more ]

Despite reporting on the increased interest by the investment community in the value of human capital assets and engagement, CFO Publishing Deputy Editor David McCann remains skeptical that companies will rapidly see the economic value of human capital management and engagement. The key obstacles:... [ read more ]

The Enterprise Engagement Alliance was formally accepted to serve on the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) which represents the interests of the United States on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee that is developing standards on human capital management, known as ISO/TC 260... [ read more ]

Richard Warwick, Business Development Executive at Lipic's Engagement in St. Louis, has earned Certified Engagement Practitioner (CEP) status from the Enterprise Engagement Alliance. Warwick is responsible for developing and implementing the company's business plan for bringing employee engagement solutions to ... [ read more ]

For 40 years, Dittman Incentive Marketing has been helping organizations to motivate their employees and business partners to achieve more – to move their clients to the next level. To reflect this purpose, the company has... [ read more ]

For the past eight years, the Enterprise Engagement Alliance has advocated for the application of the invaluable research developed by multiple organizations to design more effective programs to engage people across the enterprise to perform or help achieve organizational objectives. Evidence is mounting that a growing number of ... [ read more ]

What if business executives and investors could put a dollar value on an organization’s human capital in a way that could be compared between companies, industries, even categories of employees? That’s the goal of a group of professors at the University of Saarland in Saarbruecken, Germany. They have not only developed this formula, but have tested it on at least three companies, are working with other academics in Europe to... [ read more ]

Each year, the Employee Engagement Awards identifies forward-thinking businesses that strive to do things differently and put their workforce at the heart of operations. The organization recently announced... [ read more ]

Dittman Incentive Marketing has announced enhancements to its TotalPRO Recognition Platform - specifically, the addition of a Program Activity Dashboard and PRO Reporting module. With these new reporting enhancements, platform administrators can now see and measureDittman Incentive Marketing has announced enhancements to its TotalPRO Recognition Platform - specifically, the addition of a Program Activity Dashboard and PRO Reporting module. With these new reporting enhancements, platform administrators can now see and measure... [ read more ]

In yet another sign that traditional incentive and recognition companies are broadening their positioning to take advantage of the engagement movement, Next Level Performance™ will be the new name of Dittman Incentive Marketing effective Aug. 1, 2016, the 40th anniversary of the founding of the company.... [ read more ]

Despite being part of the business conversation for about a decade with little change in employee engagement statistics over that time, the employee engagement marketplace is in "early stage" with "huge" potential, according to the 2016 Starr Conspiracy Employee Vendor Brandscape report evaluating... [ read more ]

The International Organization for Standardization (aka: ISO) has established standards for a wide range of business functions, but curiously none exist in the area of human resources. That is about to change. ISO Technical Committee 260, which now has 24 participating countries, seeks to ... [ read more ]

With an increasing volume of research demonstrating the link between levels of employee engagement and share-price performance of public companies, it was only a matter of time before investors began to take note. Enter the Human Capital Management Coalition (HCM Coalition), a consortium of 25 diverse global institutional investors representing... [ read more ]

Written and edited by Bruce Bolger, Richard Kern and Allan Schweyer of the Enterprise Engagement Alliance, Enterprise Engagement: The Roadmap is the newly updated version of the book formerly titled Enterprise Engagement: The Textbook. The name was changed to ... [ read more ]

Three leading corporations, three engagement solution providers and three key contributors are recipients of the Enterprise Engagement Alliance's inaugural 'First' Awards, honoring early innovators in the field of Enterprise Engagement. ... [ read more ]

The Enterprise Engagement Alliance has announced the winners of its 2016 People-Centric Awards. A total of 18 publicly-held companies warrant recognition this year for their dedication to generating returns for shareholders by investing in their relationships with customers, employees and communities. ... [ read more ]

Enterprise Engagement brings together major industry associations and organizations for a week of education, exhibits and networking events at Engagement World, April, 25-28, Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld. Four organizations in management, face-to-face engagement, loyalty, and rewards and recognition have united to promote the concept of enterprise-wide engagement at Engagement World, April 25-28, at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld. ... [ read more ]

Now entering its fourth year, the Engaged Company Stock Index (ECSI), a partnership between McBassi & Co. and the Enterprise Engagement Alliance, has outperformed the S&P 500 by a whopping 21.5% including dividends, a performance that surpasses all but... [ read more ]

Global engagement solutions firm ITA Group recently announced the debut of Motivology, its exclusive brand of motivation. With Millennials projected to make up half the labor force by 2020 and even larger Generation Z on their heels, the challenges of motivating an already dynamic, diverse workforce continue to grow in complexity. That's where Motivology ... [ read more ]

A Swedish marketing campaign that connects potential visitors with Swedish volunteers willing to talk with strangers about their country is more than a clever idea – it demonstrates to what degree Enterprise Engagement is changing marketing as we know it. As reported in ... [ read more ]

The biggest news for ESM readers about Alex Edmans' Most Recent article, 28 Years of Stock Market Data Shows a Link Between Employee Satisfaction and Long-Term Value, is that it was featured in the Harvard Business Review... [ read more ]