Tips to Manage Boomer Retirement
The shift in workplace demographics is finally upon us. Industry experts predict that the wave of boomer retirements kicks off in 2013. An estimated 10,000 boomers turn age 66 each day (the official Social Security retirement age), which translates to 300,000 employees per month! Skills, knowledge, experience, and relationships walk out the door every time […]
Drive Market Share Through Brand Ambassadors Program
Drive Market Share Through Brand Ambassadors Program Your company brand is like a person, with its own distinct personality. Top companies are investing in building reputational capital and market share with brand ambassador programs, harnessing the power of their greatest assets, their employees. Brand ambassadors embody your corporate identity (mirroring your values, ethics, appearance) […]
Crush Email Overload by Shifting to an Enterprise Social Network
Email overload is a common gripe of countless employees. According to a recent study by the Radicati Group, employees send and receive an estimated 110 emails a day, and it’s expected to increase to 125 by 2015. Email hasn’t gotten easier to manage — it’s gotten harder! Building an enterprise social network might just be […]
4 Tips for Implementing Enterprise Collaboration Networks
The workplace is evolving to embrace social media to increase employee engagement, and new research is confirming bottom line results. According to Towers Watson, companies with effective enterprise social networks had 47% higher returns to shareholders over prior five years as compared to companies with ineffective internal communications. KPMG reported that 63% of employees at […]
Learning Social Media is Easy in Small Bites!
Has learning social media turned your business world upside down? Are you still struggling with how to apply social media to your business strategies? Does your business have a strong online presence? All this tweeting, tagging, liking, following, is information overload, AND what does it really have to do with business? Kinda scary, right? In Sheryl Sandberg’s […]
Top Companies Leverage Internal Social Networks
At the recent Working Mother Women’s Leadership Summit on Social Business, Sandy Carter, VP Social Business Evangelism at IBM, reported that 43% of companies are using social networks both internally and externally. She also cited a recent a McKinsey Global Institute Study (July 2012) revealing that 90% of businesses integrating social networks are experiencing a […]
