from the Turning Good People Into Top Talent blog series By Bob Moore, CMC, Managing Principal, Talent Management Institute Many companies have elaborate programs focused on improving levels of employee engagement.  Countless surveys indicate little or no noticeable improvement in the dismal level of employee disengagement—still averaging around 70% nationally in the U.S. It has […]

It is Time to Ditch Performance Appraisals from the Turning Good People Into Top Talent blog series By Bob Moore, CMC, Managing Principal, Talent Management Institute Yes, it is true that Accenture will be ditching its annual appraisal of its 330,000 staff following Deloitte and the other “big four” consultancies that have opted for more […]

U.S. Employee Engagement Averages Up (Slightly) from the Turning Good People Into Top Talent blog series Gallup began its daily survey of U.S. workplace engagement in January 2011. At its peak, the rate of U.S. employee engagement reached 33.8% in March 2011, followed by 33.6% in January 2012. Since then, monthly engagement has consistently averaged […]

Talent Management and the Number One Impact on Employee Engagement from the Turning Good People Into Top Talent blog series There is an increasing amount of buzz about talent management and how it relates to employee engagement.  Fortunately, the definition of talent management is becoming more consistent. Here are two examples: Talent management includes all […]

JoAnne Kruse, chief human resources officer, American Express Global Business Travel, said in a recent Wall Street Journal article, “The importance of using big data to drive informed decision-making has become socialized across most organizations recently. While finance, marketing and other departments within a company receive customized data and analytics systems, human resources is still […]