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Mar
12
2012

"Flatter organizations—those with fewer levels of management—encourage employees to take initiative without needing approval from multiple managers. “Instead of “shifting the responsibility” up the management ladder, flat structures empower employees to take charge, help make decisions and feel responsible for the company’s success,” said Dana Griffin, from Demand Media. In order for this model to succeed, flat structures requires a fully competent staff with likeminded interest in the success of the company."

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  • “Our challenge is how do we change the hierarchy so it isn’t one of the top three reasons people leave?” Being from the financial industry, a heavily regulated industry where risk departments often say ‘no,’ “You have young people coming in and saying I don’t really conform to that sort of style of organization,”
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Nov
14
2011

"Employee turnover is a natural occurrence in the business world. But it can also be a costly one. As mentioned in previous posts, there are several areas that contribute to the high cost of employee turnover.

Let's look at where the first dollars are spent when an employee leaves and a company is suddenly faced with an empty position."

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  • The cost of knowledge, skills and contacts the employee leaving is taking with them. Depending on how long the person was in the position, the experience and networking gained are sure to be incredible resources, resources the organization will have to calculate as lost.
  • The cost of losing customers. The employee leaving may take their customers with them which results in a loss of profit. Or it could cost the company more to try and retain those customers
Sep
19
2011

"nterview avec Anand Pillai, Senior Vice President chez HCL Technologies. L'entreprise indienne de services IT a mis en place il y a cinq ans une méthode développée par son PDG et basée sur la valorisation et l'écoute des collaborateurs."

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  • Après de nombreuses délibérations, nous avons conclu que c'était les employés et que nous devions les responsabiliser et les engager pour améliorer notre productivité.
  • Par exemple, un portail de discussions appelé "U&I" entre les employés et la direction a été ouvert. Ils peuvent y poster des questions, des commentaires sur n'importe quel sujet à propos de la compagnie. Nous avons aussi créé le "value portal" où les employés peuvent évoquer des solutions concernant des problèmes liés aux clients. Une équipe évalue alors la faisabilité de l'opération, et permet à l'employé ayant posté l'idée de mener des tests et de réunir d'autres collègues. Ce, quelle que soit sa position initiale dans la compagnie.
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Dec
2
2010

"At the Enterprise 2.0 conference last month, I spoke on a panel about measuring the ROI of E2.0 from an HR perspective. After listening to questions from the audience, I realized that community mangers are looking for more detailed guide of how to measure the benefits of E2.0 software. Calculating ROI can be a daunting and overwhelming task, but given advanced analytics it is definitely possible. I would suggest starting small, selecting one area to focus on and then building upon that. "

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  • Employees using enterprise social software platforms in the workplace are more engaged than similar employees who do not use these tools
  •   For example, at Best Buy, a 0.1% increase in employee engagement at the store level is worth a $100,000 increase in annual operating income per store2.
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