June 13th, 2011 
Mary Hladio 
Are your employees happy?
Organizations need to understand what causes employee dissatisfaction to avoid problems and keep morale and productivity high, but they are generally oblivious to the needs and desires of their staff.
Many of the most successful businesses have employees who have been with them for many years …
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Tags: Company Culture, Customer satisfaction, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Employee Morale, Employee Satisfaction, Employment, Engagement, FUEL, Happiness, Leadership Performance, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity 
87 Comments » May 2nd, 2011 Mary Hladio 
Value of Leadership
A recent research program at Kenexa looked at what causes employees to view their leaders as effective. The program enabled researchers to create the leadership effectiveness index, a new metric that measures the extent to which employees believe their leaders communicate their vision, handle challenges, value employees, …
Posted in Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent Development Tags: Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Employee Morale, Employee Satisfaction, Engagement, Leadership, Leadership Development, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent Development 66 Comments » March 14th, 2011 Mary Hladio 
Lattice vs. Ladders
I am often asked about implementing career ladders or establishing career paths for existing employeess.
Attracting the right employees has always been a challenge for employers, but there are several trends that are making that task harder, including the economic recession and increasing globalization.
Posted in Company Culture, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness Tags: Career ladder, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Employee Satisfaction, Employment, IntelliGap, Leadership, Leadership Development, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Skill 31 Comments » February 24th, 2011 Mary Hladio 
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Some companies are taking steps to identify what employees are interested in. For example, Hospira, a drug and medical device maker, conducted a survey by an internal group called the Hospira Women’s Network. The survey found that women:
Posted in Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Organizational Development Tags: Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Employee Morale, Employee Satisfaction, Engagement, Leadership Development, MindShare, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent, Talent Development No Comments » February 14th, 2011 Mary Hladio 
Job Satisfaction
An empirical investigation into organizational commitment to corporate vision and employee satisfaction was carried out using two successive surveys of roughly 900 workers of a high-tech robotics company.
A poll was held following development of a corporate vision statement and communication to employees to examine employees’ perceived organizational …
Posted in Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent Development Tags: Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Engagement, Employee Morale, Employee Satisfaction, Leadership Performance, Mission, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent Development, Vision 20 Comments »
