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A survey of 377 incentive industry professionals comprised of 45% corporate buyers, 33% incentive provider, and 21% suppliers, conducted between July and August 2019 by the Incentive Research Foundation, finds net optimism for the economy at 41%, nearly double the response in 2017: 85% of respondents forecast that their companies will have strong economic performance in 2020. ... [ read more ]

The International Center for Enterprise Engagement at TheICEE.org has named Zahid Mubarik Executive Director for the Middle East, Central Asia and European regions. He launches his new role with a series of webinars on ISO human capital standards, particularly people analytics standard ISO 30414 internal and external reporting guidelines.... [ read more ]

Comments were overwhelmingly in favor of even more specific disclosures of human capital investments than proposed in new Securities & Exchange Commission 10-K disclosure requirements, with investors and individual commenters in favor of more specifics and business interests generally opposed to any additional disclosure requirements. ... [ read more ]

The Human Capital Investment and Reporting Council (HC IRC) Fall Forum features panels and member discussions on "Making the Right Talent Investment for a Competitive and Sustainable Future." ... [ read more ]

Over the last three months, the prestigious Business Roundtable and trend-setting CEOs such as Marc Benioff of Salesforce and Henry Blodget of BusinessInsider.com have advocated for a new approach to capitalism that all have one principle in common: the need to strategically and systematically address the needs of all stakeholders-customers, employees, business partners, communities, anyone who touches the organization directly or indirectly. The question is no longer if CEOs are going to get it, but rather what they are going to do. ... [ read more ]

The recent feature articles, "Human Capital's Big Reveal" in CFO magazine and on "Factoring Workforce Engagement Into a Business Evaluation" in Business Valuation Resources demonstrate the growing importance of human capital and engagement in financial management.... [ read more ]

Lee S. Webster and Dr. Ron B. McKinley answer the most frequently asked questions about the new ISO human capital standards and the role of the International Center for Enterprise Engagement at TheICEE.org.... [ read more ]

Jeff Grisamore, President & CEO of EGR Inc./BlackLab Media, a New York-based company that was among the first to brand itself an engagement agency in the early 2000s, reflects on the return on his near 20-year investment in the Enterprise Engagement movement and why he believes it has the potential to disrupt not only the traditional incentive, recognition, and loyalty business, but also the marketing, advertising and consulting businesses. ... [ read more ]

This new outreach effort addresses the special connection between people and brands and the need for solutions providers that can help organizations implement a strategic and systematic approach to engaging all stakeholders in a sustainable way.... [ read more ]

A report in Barron’s Sept. 9 edition, “How Investors Helped Curb Walmart Gun Sales,” asserts that a letter by leading Environmental, Social, and Governance investor John Streur, an “ESG titan” who runs Calvert Research & Management, the Responsible investing unit of Eaton Vance, helped convince Walmart it was time to take a firmer stance on gun sales. ... [ read more ]

The combined organization describes itself as the largest Enterprise Engagement firm, with sales of over $300 million in employee, channel, and sales channel engagement, and owner of the only ISO 10018-compliant Enterprise Engagement portal technology. ... [ read more ]

To better understand the potential impact of the new Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) Human Capital disclosure language in the new proposed SK regulations, ESM turned to Larry Beeferman. As a Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program who helped establish and for many years led the Pensions and Capital Stewardship Project there, Beeferman is a realist when it comes to matters related to human capital and investment concerns. While encouraged by the new attention to human capital management, Beeferman is concerned that the draft regulations do not call for sufficient disclosure.... [ read more ]

David Simmonds, Chairman, HR Analytics Ltd., is the first individual to receive a professional certification for ISO 30414 Human Capital Internal and External Reporting, announced Dr. Ron B. McKinley and Lee S. Webster, co-founders of the International Center for Enterprise Engagement at TheICEE.org, the only organization offering this certification. ... [ read more ]

Knowledge management (KM) expert and author Patricia Eng is the first to earn professional certification in ISO 30401 knowledge management systems from the International Center for Enterprise Engagement at TheICEE.org, the first and only organization offering certification to this standard.... [ read more ]

Nearly 10 years after the Enterprise Engagement Alliance was founded, the world’s leading CEOs in the Business Roundtable formally embrace an enterprise approach to engaging all stakeholders that uses language almost identical to that adopted by ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards, including ISO Annex SL requirements in ISO 90001 Quality Management and 60 ISO standards, as well as in ISO 10018 Quality People Management standards and ISO 30414 Human Capital Management guidelines.... [ read more ]

The new rule would require public companies to disclose more information about the "attraction, development, and retention, of personnel." Anyone is invited to comment at the e-mail or web site address provided below. ... [ read more ]

The Enterprise Engagement Alliance's Enterprise Engagement Advisors Network and Brand Media Coalition have both partnered with The PERKS Conventions to introduce its large and fast-growing audience of HR executives and managers to more exhibitors and resources in employee engagement strategies and services, as well as brands, experiences and technology for rewards and recognition, promotional gifting, company stores, and business gifting. ... [ read more ]

A front-page article in a recent edition of the New York Times shows the extent to which CEOs are hearing about the importance of addressing the needs of all stakeholders. ... [ read more ]

Here's a perspective of human capital from the CEO’s vantage point to help understand how to demonstrate how CEOs above all can benefit from a strategic and systematic approach to engaging all stakeholders--not only be producing more sustainable results, but also by creating better experiences for all stakeholders and reducing risks of accidents, defects, and lawsuits, not to mention management squabbling. ... [ read more ]

A former technology and HR exec, Tatiana Frierson is now both CEO of Inspirus and Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services USA. ... [ read more ]

Gail Glazerman, a chartered financial analyst for the Sustainability Accountability Standards Board in San Francisco, writes in a recent blog that “the human capital dimension of sustainability has garnered increasing attention because of a growing number of labor actions, protests on behalf of contractors in the gig economy, the increasing number of teacher strikes, and increased focus on pay inequities and more. ... [ read more ]

MaritzCX, a leader in customer experience analytics and advisory services, co-founds the new Enterprise Engagement Advisory Network “Needs Referral” service launching Sept. 5. The goals: 1) to help educate, engage, and reward the growing number of consultants and agencies bringing complex, integrated engagement solutions to their clients and 2) to test a new crowd-sourced business referral platform for complex business-to-business solution selling in an increasingly inter-connected, networked gig economy. ... [ read more ]

Capitalism clearly isn't working for the majority of Americans: 70% say they feel blue before the work week begins, less than 40% report feeling engaged at work, customer satisfaction has remained at the same level for 10 years ago, and the majority of Americans say in polls they are dissatisfied with the current state of affairs despite record employment. ... [ read more ]

The study finds that standards apparently have a broad impact on the economy that can be measured in dollars, innovation, and competitive advantage. ... [ read more ]

HR professionals and consultants now have a new way to distinguish themselves as industry leaders through the first-ever ISO certifications for human capital management provided only by the International Center for Enterprise Engagement by the people who helped pioneer their creation. ... [ read more ]