Nurturing and sustaining employee engagement is one of the most important aspects of successfully managing a workforce.

This makes perfect sense since highly engaged employees tend to be high performers*. And we all want high performers on our teams.

On January 31st renowned author and engagement expert Chester Elton (@chesterelton) will lead a webcast based on his runaway best-seller “The Carrot Principle.”

During this webcast, Chester will demonstrate how purpose-based recognition can lead to higher [...]

While implementing talent management best practices can have a tremendous impact on employee engagement and bottom line results, there’s a lot to consider.

There’s the culture shift involved, refining talent processes in a way that gives you the critical talent data you need while also engaging and motivating employees, and driving success through organizational alignment – just to name a few.

That’s why we’ve created the 12 Days of Talent Management – a calendar full [...]

The news of SAP’s plans to acquire SuccessFactors has a lot of people speculating on several aspects of this deal.

First there’s the big price tag. $3.4 Billion dollars is a lot of money. While it validates the importance of the talent management market as a whole, the coverage is focused on the huge premium SAP is offering the beneficiaries: SuccessFactors shareholders. Hey, they’ve earned it.

Then there’s the big technology challenge. Several pundits have weighed in [...]

If you wondered about the sudden sprouting of moustaches on men’s faces in your community last month, Movember was the reason. The annual fundraiser takes place in November with men around the world growing “Mo’s” to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer. Today, Movember is officially over and with over $32 million dollars raised, Canada tops the world in raising funds for this prostate [...]

I recently read an article that focuses on debunking some common myths about Gen Y employees. While we may think we know what this younger generation of employees is all about, the truth is we don’t.

So are Millennials Lazy or Lost?

Millennials are often dubbed as lazy, easily bored, lacking in emotional intelligence, unwilling to work hard…and so on. What the article I read points out however, is that the very characteristics many see [...]