Profiles

One10 Marketing, a top-10 full-service performance improvement company, faced the pandemic by finding new ways to serve customers and leverage its people and expertise, says Richelle Taylor, Vice President Strategic Marketing. It is helping companies rapidly shift to new ways to engage, from moving travel incentives and meetings to merchandise and other rewards and virtual events; connecting to the hearts and minds of employees through enterprise engagement technology and effective communications and training, and by helping clients benefit from analytics to make better decisions.... [ read more ]

A recognized leader in human resources and human capital management and metrics joins the Enterprise Engagement Alliance’s Executive Committee for Human Resources and Human Capital Management on a volunteer basis. She will help oversee development of an outreach effort and EEA curriculum program tailored for human resources and analytics leaders seeking to make a business case for their efforts with senior management.... [ read more ]

As a senior HR executive with a 30-year career that spans chief human resources positions at the highest levels of the federal government and business, as well as marketing, sales, and profit-and-loss positions for a newspaper and media company, few HR leaders share Mike Anderson’s journey to and in human capital management. ... [ read more ]

Laura Queen rose through the ranks of human resources at multiple companies for more than 20 years. She made the decision to use her expertise to assist mid-cap private equity, venture capital and strategic buyers in mitigating risks by better evaluating the human capital aspect of potential acquisitions. ... [ read more ]

Gary Rhoads, Co-Founder of Xvoyant.com, a SaaS-based software to support effective one-on-one sales management, believes that the current crisis could cause a permanent change in the way organizations engage their people and sell. ... [ read more ]

According to Dr. Paul White, co-author of The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, managers can start improving culture in their own departments even without the support of the CEO by addressing every human’s innate desire to feel appreciated. His research and process call into question the validity of many if not most recognition, incentive, and loyalty programs but provide simple and useful ways to significantly improve them. ... [ read more ]

Richard Blabolil, a 20-year veteran of the incentive business, and CEO of 41-year-old Marketing Innovators, Rosemont, Ill., sees a new focus on program design and measurement that has the potential to upend the 120-year-old incentive industry. ... [ read more ]

Michelle Holmes, Senior Director at Travel and Transport and head of its loyalty division, shares her perspective on loyalty trends based on her company's nearly 30 years in financial services and retail loyalty programs. ... [ read more ]

As the SEC weighs final rules for human capital disclosures following the commenting period that just closed, SEC Chair Jay Clayton expresses strong support in a recent Dublin speech.... [ read more ]

Probably no one has done more for the cause of culture and workplace experience than Chester Elton, who since the last century has crisscrossed the globe, spoken regularly on national radio, and written multiple influential books on recognition and culture, starting with his best-selling "The Carrot Principle" up to his latest with co-author Adrian Gostic, “All In”. Their new book, "Leading With Gratitude,"” comes out in March. ... [ read more ]

In its quest to provide clients a lifetime career management solution, E2E Group has the potential to transform the traditional recognition field from focusing primarily on rewards and technology to providing full-service human capital management solutions. ... [ read more ]

When the CEO of a leading technology company warns business leaders to beware of 'bright shiny objects,' one should listen. With extensive experience in customer relationship management, human resources and other technologies, MaritzCX Inc. CEO Mike Sinoway knows a thing or two about the impact of technology in business. ... [ read more ]

This interview with Jim McCann, Founder and Chairman of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, based in Carle Place, NY, continues ESM's new Quality People Management CEO series honoring chief executives at organizations that value the importance of a strategic and systematic approach to engaging all stakeholders. ... [ read more ]

This profile of Colleen Wegman, the CEO of Wegmans, the 37th-largest supermarket chain in the U.S., continues ESM's new Quality People Management CEO series honoring chief executives at organizations that base their success on a strategic and systematic approach to engaging all stakeholders - customers, distribution partners, sales and nonsales employees, vendors and communities. ... [ read more ]

This profile of Bill McDermott, the American CEO of SAP, Europe's largest software company, continues ESM's new Quality People Management CEO series honoring chief executives at organizations that base their success on a strategic and systematic approach to engaging all stakeholders - customers, distribution partners, sales and nonsales employees, vendors and communities. ... [ read more ]

This profile of Hubert Joly, CEO of the consumer retailer Best Buy, kicks off ESM's new Quality People Management CEO Profile series highlighting chief executives at organizations of all types and sizes whose success is based on a strategic and systematic approach to engaging all stakeholders. ... [ read more ]

Dr. Ron McKinley, Vice President and Chief Standards Officer for the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, co-founder of the UTMB’s Enterprise Engagement Advisory Practice focusing on the healthcare and hospitality fields, and co-founder of the International Center for Enterprise Engagement (ICEE), recently spoke to ESM, outlining the benefits of the ISO 10018 framework and how to obtain certification... [ read more ]

Crutchfield Manager of Corporate Sales and Business Development Will Crutchfield describes how a 44-year-old privately held online car audio and home electronics retailer uses classic engagement strategies to thrive in a market decimated by large online and big-box retailers.... [ 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 ]

Time's are tough for retention managers Staying on the right side of economic shifts and technological advancements while meeting employee expectations is a feat that requires pragmatism and foresight, as well as a good deal of know-how. ... [ read more ]

The new International Center for Enterprise Engagement was founded last week at the same time that the Academy of Management, the world's largest organization of management professionals, selected the authors' proposal to present a symposium on this new field at the AOM’s August Summit: "Improving Lives." ... [ read more ]

The combined companies set sites on expanding the scope of engagement. ... [ read more ]

Bob Dawson, a serial entrepreneur in the incentive and related travel field, is the first to admit he is "bleeding edge." ... [ read more ]

The U.K.'s Maturity Institute believes it has found the best way for investors to measure value and impact of human capital. ESM first reported on the Maturity Index in the article: 'New Evaluation Process Aims to Score Any Organization's HR Maturity'... [ read more ]

Whenever you call customer service and an automated message informs you that this call may be monitored and recorded, there's a good chance the company analyzing that interchange is publicly-held Verint Inc. ... [ read more ]