Knowledge

This primer outlines how to create a corporate sustainability report in conformance with the new draft European Corporate Sustainability Directive, which could undergo final changes before final publication in the summer of 2023. In addition, specific provisions may differ for companies based in individual European Union countries. This report is designed for boards, CEOs, C-suite executives and any management involved with the creation of a formal stakeholder management, metrics, and reporting strategy. ... [ read more ]

Kicking off the new Enterprise Engagement Alliance Brand Engagement 360 Knowledge Management program with the Association of National Advertisers, this primer on Brand Engagement 360 is prepared for marketing and agency management ready to implement a strategic brand engagement process that includes its internal and other stakeholders--including employees, distribution and supply chain partners, communities, volunteers, donors etc. This article summarizes the two key phases of the process: 1) Strategic brand purpose definition and 2) Implementation. Neither require major investments in time and money and in fact are designed to save both over time while enhancing performance and stakeholder experiences through greater alignment and efficiency. These processes are based on over 40 years of academic research and processes time tested in the world of total quality management in factories around the world. ... [ read more ]

This "model" human capital report condenses the longer profile of the "ideal" practitioner of Stakeholder Capitalism - a fabricated organization known as IMC, an integrated communications company. See ESM: -"The Perfect Company: Anatomy of an Ideal Practitioner of Stakeholder Capitalism." This model was created to help organizations of all sizes visualize the format and contents of a human capital report based on ISO 30414 Human Capital reporting standards for employees and ISO 10018 People Engagement standards for customers, channel and supply chain partners, and communities. ... [ read more ]

This book by Gary Chapman, Jennifer M Thomas, and Dr. Paul White, founder and CEO of culture company Appreciation at Work, provides guidance on how to reduce conflict at work.... [ read more ]

The concept of Stakeholder Capitalism has existed for decades but there remains confusion about the definition that is either a natural phenomenon with the emergence of any new concept or in some cases an effort to poke holes in the concept by deliberately mis-defining it. ... [ read more ]

Last week, the Enterprise Engagement Alliance released its updated Enterprise Engagement for CEOs: The Little Blue Book for Stakeholder Capitalists. This week, it has published its updated Enterprise Engagement: The Roadmap - How to Implement Stakeholder Capitalism to provide management at all levels a comprehensive implementation guide with detailed information on the theory, economics, and practices of Stakeholder Capitalism and human capital management across the enterprise. ... [ read more ]

The Enterprise Engagement Alliance's newly updated Enterprise Engagement for CEOs: The Little Blue Book for Stakeholder Capitalists provides boards and senior management with a short course on how to turn theory into action. A recent survey by the Conference Board found that 92% of CEOs agree with the shift to Stakeholder Capitalism and 82% say they have begun the implementation process. ... [ read more ]

With an increasing focus on professional program design, return-on-investment management, and effective human capital management and reporting, everyone in business can benefit from the most comprehensive, authoritative knowledge management center in the field of stakeholder engagement.... [ read more ]

This new book, Understanding and Reporting Human Capital, by a retired senior financial executive dedicated to human capital aims to provide a practical framework "that uses the input, activity, output, and outcome business model for integrated reporting and demonstrates how the model can be populated with relevant metrics, including emerging areas such as organizational culture."... [ read more ]

In this episode, we talk about performance, incentives, and employee engagement. Rob created CarltonOne to crack the code of employee engagement alongside making a positive impact on the environment.... [ read more ]

This book is designed to help organizations of all sizes design and implement an effective system for collecting and sharing employee knowledge - a strategy that is even more critical in the work-from-home environment. ... [ read more ]

A fundamental premise of Stakeholder Capitalism and Human Capital Management and measurement is that organizations with higher levels of people engagement do better. HCMoneyBall, which created the SaaS platform known as HCMetrix for human capital analytics and benchmarking, provides a free calculator enabling any organization to track its Human Capital ROI (HCROI) and the potential impact on financial performance.... [ read more ]

A new book by author Nick Shepherd, an accomplished finance professional, asserts that today's accounting profession is failing to report on what truly counts: human capital.... [ read more ]

Professors from Harvard Business School, University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and George Washington University author books that include the fundamental need for CEOs to lead a strategic and systematic approach to addressing the needs of all stakeholders. ... [ read more ]

Four new books focus on: how gratitude can improve morale, efficiency and profitability; strategies to reduce organizational griping; a new approach to maximize the customer experience through a holistic approach, and how to better measure the value of human capital. ... [ read more ]

Does your CEO and CMO know that organizations spend $50 billion or more on brands for use in business, event, and promotional gifting, rewards and recognition programs that provide invaluable brand exposure and incremental business that most brands consistently overlook or undervalue. ... [ read more ]

Dr. Rhoads is Professor of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Marriott Graduate School of Business at Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City and Chairman of Xvoyant, a fast-growing sales engagement company, and before that, founder of Allegiance, the first Enterprise Engagement company focused on connecting the voice of the customer to employees.... [ read more ]

Ask anyone involved with technology implementation, and they'll tell you that the most frequent cause of failure is to strategically and consistently address the people issue. ... [ read more ]

This is the first directory of Engagement Solution-Providers for organizations seeking to design and implement a strategic and systematic approach to engaging all stakeholders.... [ read more ]

There's no reason to wait for engagement standards from ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, to profit from engagement. While ISO recently approved the creation of formal standards for engagement, the organization has already created Quality Management Principles and standards for engaging employees in quality management practices... [ read more ]

The only practical guidebook and desk reference for executives and front-line management seeking to apply a strategic and systematic approach to achieving organizational objectives and improving shareholder value and share-price performance in public and privately held organizations, government, and not-for-profits. ... [ read more ]

The Employee Engagement Awards recently published its first eBook, Creating the Best Workplaces: Insights from Global Employee Engagement Influencers. It contains Top Tips identified by... [ read more ]

In their new book, "Inbound Organization," authors Todd Hockenberry and Dan Tyre, among the earliest leaders in the Inbound and Content Marketing movement, focus on the importance of engaging the entire organization, principles that will resonate with ESM readers and Enterprise Engagement Alliance members. ... [ read more ]

Over the last few years, the recognition field has seen a significant shift from traditional length-of-service awards to programs that focus on supporting critical organizational goals -- quality service to internal or external customers, participation in volunteer initiatives, a willingness to go the extra mile, etc. ... [ read more ]

In his book, Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations, behavioral psychologist Dan Ariely details an experiment that pitted three motivators against each other. ... [ read more ]