Latest News: Gallup-World Cost of Disengagement $7.8 Trillion; Top Lawyer Focuses on ESG...

Gallup report finds huge waste due to disengagement….Preet Bharara, prominent former prosecutor, joins law firm to focus on ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance)…Stakeholder Capitalism, human capital management and Total Rewards covered in recent RTN OTT TV program.

Gallup--$7.8 Trillion in Waste Due to Disengagement

In this Gallup report by Ryan Pendell, "Employees who are not engaged or who are actively disengaged cost the world $7.8 trillion in lost productivity, according to Gallup's State of the Global Workplace: 2022 Report. That's equal to 11% of global GDP."

According to the report, 21% of employees worldwide are engaged in their work, roughly the same as the year before.

Stress among the world’s workers reached an all-time high— again, the report finds: 44% of employees experience stress a lot of the previous day.

Europe and South Asia were hit particularly hard in 2021 by COVID-19 waves, asserts the report. Only 11% of employees in South Asia say they are thriving — the lowest regional state of wellbeing in the world.

The job market made a remarkable recovery in the US and Canada region: 45% of employees say now is a good time to find a job, up slightly from last year, but less than the record 55% in 2019.

For all their challenges, the US and Canada remains the best region in the world to be an employee, the report concludes, coming up high in rankings for employee engagement, job opportunities, well-being, and living comfortably.

Preet Bharara, Prominent Former Prosecutor, to Focus on ESG

According to an article by Benjamin Weisner and Ben Protess writing for The New York Times, Preet Bharara, the former federal prosecutor, is joining WilmerHale, an apparently well-connected law firm where many former government officials have landed.

The article reports that Bharara expects “his role to include a focus on issues of ESG, or environmental, social and governance. That area can include how companies treat employees, encourage diversity and equitable practices and battle climate change. ESG has attracted some pushback, particularly from conservative activists who have derided it as “woke capitalism.”

But Bharara is quoted as saying: “Simple-minded criticism of this issue fails to appreciate its complexity and its emerging importance.”

Stakeholder Capitalism, Enterprise Engagement, Total Rewards Featured on RVN OTT Show

This episode of the show, the Advocates, with hosts Al Cini and Mark Iorio shared the following points about Stakeholder Capitalism, Human Capital Management, and Total Rewards in an interview with Bruce Bolger, Enterprise Engagement Alliance founder.

Guest Bruce Bolger, Founder, the Enterprise Engagement Alliance explains to The Advocates hosts Al Cini and Mark Iorio and their viewers the economics and framework of Enterprise Engagement. He provides background on the history of Stakeholder Capitalism dating and talks about the value of Total Rewards as part of an overall engagement strategy.

• Stakeholder Capitalism goes back 40 years ago as a better approach to business, long before Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and has nothing to do with "woke" capitalism.

• Woke capitalism is indeed alive and well and very legitimate criticism--but both sides are guilty of diverting shareholder resources to the left and/or right causes and politicians based on various pretexts.

• Stakeholder Capitalism aims to do for people management what ISO 9001 quality management standards helped do for manufacturing--enhance productivity, quality, and experiences for all stakeholders, including their communities and the environment.

• Some on the left are attacking it because anything connected with making money is suspect, and some on the right are opposed because they fear that the jig is up with an approach to business that extracts wealth for the benefit of a few.

• Implementation is not rocket science, requires no major change in management processes, and has clear and measurable benefits.

• While we talk about pay equity, let's not forget fun equity. When baked transparently into the purpose and culture of an organization, let all stakeholders have a chance to enjoy the same perquisites senior executives and top sales performers enjoy.

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Master the “S” of Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG), A.k.a. Stakeholder Capitalism

The Enterprise Engagement Alliance at TheEEA.org is the world’s first and only organization that focuses on outreach, certification and training, and advisory services to help organizations achieve their goals by fostering the proactive involvement of all stakeholders. This includes customers, employees, distribution and supply chain partners, and communities, or anyone connected to an organization’s success.

Training and Thought Leadership

Founded in 2008, the Enterprise Engagement Alliance provides outreach, learning and certification in Enterprise Engagement, an implementation process for the “S” or Social of Stakeholder Capitalism and Human Capital Management and measurement of engagement across the organization.
The Enterprise Engagement Alliance provides a training and certification program for business leaders, practitioners, and solution providers, as well as executive briefings and human capital gap analyses for senior leaders.
The EEA produces an education program for CFOs for the CFO.University training program on Human Capital Management.
Join the EEA to become a leader in the implementation of the “S” of ESG and Stakeholder Capitalism.

Engagement Digital Media and Marketplaces

The ESM information portal and The Enterprise Engagement Advisors Network solution provider marketplace cover all aspects of stakeholder engagement, and the EEA information library lists dozens of resources.
The RRN information portal and Brand Media Coalition marketplace address the use of brands for gifting, incentives, recognition, and promotions. The BMC information library provides information and research resources.

Video Learning

The EEA Human Capital Management and ROI of Engagement YouTube channel features a growing library of 30- to 60-minute panel discussions with leading experts in all areas of engagement and total rewards.

Books

Enterprise Engagement for CEOs: The Little Blue Book for People-Centric Capitalists. A quick guide for CEOs.
Enterprise Engagement: The Roadmap 5th Edition implementation guide. A comprehensive textbook for practitioners, academics, and students.

Enterprise Engagement Advisory Services

The Engagement Agency helps:

Organizations of all types develop strategic Stakeholder Capitalism and Enterprise Engagement processes and human capital management and reporting strategies; conduct human capital gap analyses; design and implement strategic human capital management and reporting plans that address DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), and assist with managed outsourcing of engagement products and services.
Human resources, sales and marketing solution providers profit from the emerging discipline of human capital management and ROI of engagement through training and marketing services.
Investors make sense of human capital reporting by public companies.
Buyers and sellers of companies in the engagement space or business owners or buyers who seek to account for human capital in their mergers and acquistions.