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The Business Case for Trust

Guest post by Barbara Brooks Kimmel The headlines “say it all” so why do business executives continue to demand a business case for trust? The Hard Costs of Low Trust Gallup’s research (2011) places 71% percent of U.S. workers as either not engaged or actively disengaged. The price tag of disengagement (Gallup) is $350 billion […]

TIGERS Success Series 2013 Employee Engagement Blog Recap

Here is the 3rd part of a 5 part series recapping the blogs and articles posted in 2013. The Employee Engagement blog recap is loaded with great information on both employee engagement and disengagement in the workplace.  But just what is employee engagement? By most definitions it is an employee’s level of involvement, emotional commitment, […]

Are Team Building Exercises the Solution to Career Advancement for Lower Wage Workers?

It’s no secret good jobs are hard to find and when the economy and job growth lag, good jobs become even more scarce. Budget cuts, layoffs, stagnant hiring practices, and lack of corporate team building initiatives have all but stymied the career growth and advancement of the American worker… especially lower wage workers. The not […]

Young Entrepreneurs Utilize Leadership and Team Building Skills to Grow Socially Responsible, Profitable Businesses

Here’s a TIGERS Roar for the Hitachi Foundation! Roar! The Hitachi Foundation is honoring eight entrepreneurs that address some of society’s most persistent challenges. Now in its fourth year, the Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneurs Program recognizes leaders that use creative and progressive leadership and team building methods that inspire the need for transformation in today’s business […]

A Healthy Team Is A Productive One

The Hartford, on September 25, released its third in a series of four reports this year providing insights on various trends in the workplace. Best-selling author and marketing consultant Lindsey Pollak shares her expertise on the Millennial generation and what both employees and employers can anticipate going forward. The first two reports, published in April […]

Does Good Team Work Generate Great Jobs and Profits?

What happens when business leaders “do well and do good” regardless of the economy? A rhetorical question? No. Absolutely not. In the wake of years of under-employment and wage stagnation cased by one of the longest recessions in U.S. history, a new report from The Hitachi Foundation identifies the policies and practices that are empowering […]

Creating and Sustaining Employee “Fidelity” in the Workplace

Employee  infidelity. It can be the demise of today’s businesses. But just what does it mean when employees are unfaithful to an organization? It means that a once solid relationship between employee and employer is now broken and the employee has moved on to a competitor willing to “woo” and nurture their expertise and talents. […]