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A key to engaging and employees through difficult economic times are the front-line managers who interact with, support, supervise, and are charged with developing the largest number of associates in an organization. It is at this level that the employee value proposition either springs to life or Read More

Research with over 400,000 participants has borne out that three elements, when vigorously pursued in combination, will deliver a significant increase in individual performance and productivity:
Goal-setting, emotional commitment, and focus.
This post centers on focus, perhaps the least well-know Read More

These 15 tips for a better blog come from business Laura-Lee Walker via Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of WordPress, who oughta know from blogging advice. If you have a business blog or are thinking of starting one, this is some great advice, short, sweet and to the point that will help make an Read More

Why do people make seemingly irrational choices? Well, for starters, they are human. That is what humans do. So why are we so often mislead when what someone says they want is not the same as what they are willing to work hard to achieve?
The answer is complicated, but this post (and the attached Read More

Remember that crazy young person you knew as a kid...the one who broke every rule...the one who could not help but do crazy things, always taking the dares...? Well it is quite possible that same person, now an adult, has started a successful private business venture and is doing quite well, thank Read More

Part 2 of a multi-part discussion on the strategic elements that must be addressed in order to improve employee engagement and loyalty. This is a growing concern among companies across North America, particularly as the economy (slowly) begins to turn up. When the hiring engines are restarted, how Read More

Part One of a multi-part discussion around employee engagement and the critical aspects of building employee loyalty.
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Most people have set goals for themselves. Or do they?
This post helps you decide if you have goals or merely dreams... There is a difference. With some help from Chris Brogan, your author, Rick S. Pulito (keeper of the ideationz blog at http:ideationz.wordpress.com) point out the most important Read More

Are you still relying on consumers to search for and find your website? That's a dangerous game, and one you will lose over the long term.

How about your employees. How do you communicate with them? Do you rely on e-mails or an intranet site to get key messages across to them? I hope not.

The world has left the building...Your consumers and your employees are mobile now and they ain't coming back to find out what is happening on your website.

This post is all about getting out from behind your brand and letting it fly, wirelessly, to your customers, to your channels, and to your employees.

It's all about goin' mobile, because, like it or not, your most important constituents already are Read More

Two workplace studies show a decrease in returns for companies with highly engaged workers, but a much larger decrease among those with the least engaged employees Read More