About a month ago WorldatWork released the results of its Survey on Workplace Flexibility, conducted in October and November 2010 among 537 of its members employed in HR, compensation and benefits departments of mostly U.S. organizations. The headline WorldatWork chose – "Majority of U.S. Employers Offer Workplace Flexibility" – was certainly promising when it comes [...]
A little over a year ago I blogged about employee engagement research by Forrester which predicted that by 2016, over 40% of workers in the U.S. will telecommute for their employers. Citing another source later in my post, I called attention to some of the business benefits of supporting remote work arrangements, including improved productivity. [...]
Earlier this month I shared data from our 2010 Top Small Company Workplaces employee engagement research which showed that the 20 winners of our award this year had better (which is to say, lower) average 2009 turnover than the 20 finalists. But how do the winners compare to their industry? From the preliminary research we’ve [...]
Amy Bermar, Founder and President of our 2007 Top Small Workplace Corporate Ink, a Massachusetts-based PR firm, has a thoughtful new post on her company blog. It’s the first of three posts she’s contributing to PR Week‘s Insider Blog. In it, she argues that when customers or clients leave, leaders’ easiest justifications for this include [...]