McBassi Company
  March 2010
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Debunking Employee Engagement Myths
New McBassi Blog is Live!
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Debunking Employee Engagement Myths
Engaged employees are without a doubt a tremendous asset to any organization.  But as more and more organizations have focused on standardized ("benchmarkable") concepts of employee engagement, any competitive advantage that can be gained from it declines.

And so it's smart to begin asking, "What's beyond employee engagement?"  Put another way, is there a more powerful way of analyzing and optimizing the human drivers of your organization's business results?

These are questions that we have been working on with colleagues around the globe for over a decade.  We've learned that there are three widely-accepted "employee engagement myths" that get in the way of progress:

Myth #1: The drivers of employee engagement are the same across organizations.

Myth #2: The drivers of employee engagement are the same as the drivers of business results.

Myth #3: Employee engagement should be maximized.

It's time for the HR profession to move beyond its self-limiting notions of employee engagement and one-size-fits-all benchmarking.  Doing so requires both independent thinking and a bit of courage.

If you're interested in reading more on this subject, Talent Management published our article, "Debunking Employee Engagement Myths" yesterday.  It's available for free download.  It includes a summary of the research behind our perspective, along with the implications for the HR profession.
New McBassi Blog is Live!
We're thrilled to announce the launch of the new McBassi blog.  Our new blog will make it possible for Laurie Bassi and the entire McBassi team to share ideas and content with you in a more timely, interactive, and informal manner.  In a typical week you'll see multiple blog updates.

We expect the blog to contain a wide variety of information that (we hope) will be of interest to our readers.  Subjects may range from our thoughts on the latest corporate news to the introduction of a new McBassi white paper; from regular updates on our book project to interesting tidbits we've run across and thought we'd share.

Above all else, we're hoping that we'll be able to generate some insightful, spirited back-and-forth exchanges with (and among) our readers.  We encourage you to use the Comments feature whenever you have a thought to add to one of our posts or to an on-going discussion.

So please stop by, check out our blog, and let us know what you think.

About McBassi & Company

McBassi is a human capital analytics firm that helps organizations improve their performance through more effective management and development of people.  We have proprietary research-based measurement methods, the analytic know-how, and a proven track record in serving as a catalyst for change and generating win-win results.

 
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