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Reuters UK: Talking Point - Management Best Practice
Executive Director Nandini Basuthakur of the Corporate Executive Board discusses how to avoid losing top talent and how to capitalize on advances in digital media.
Six Enemies of Post-Recession Performance:
CEO Tom Monahan Interviewed on FOX Business
What causes companies to succeed or fail when coming out of a recession? Corporate Executive Board CEO Tom Monahan discusses on FOX Business the Six Enemies of Post-Recession Performance, and the importance of challenging deeply entrenched, pre-recession assumptions.
The Best Companies and the Rest
What differentiates the best companies from the rest? A recent Corporate Executive Board study reveals that it’s employee engagement. Visit businessweek.com to see the top five key characteristics of the best companies.
Attracting Key Talent in a “Noisy" Labor Market
Today's labor market requires new strategies to help companies locate and dislodge qualified candidates hiding in the crowd. See businesweek.com for more details from The Corporate Executive Board’s study, “The New Recruiting Realities."
The Corporate Executive Board and Corpedia Join Forces
The Compliance and Ethics Leadership Council will offer CELC Advisory Services powered by Corpedia, a global leader in compliance and ethics solutions and e-learning.
Demystifying Outsourcing for Corporate Counsel
How has the unprecedented growth rate in law firm revenue over the past 10 years affected law departments? The Legal Intelligencer sources a recent study from the General Counsel Roundtable on the trickle-down effect of that issue and the tensions leading from it.
When Disagreement Is Good
Diversity of opinion in an unexploited natural resource that can help your decision making. The Corporate Executive Board learns that progressive corporate strategists take advantage of collective wisdom in unusual ways; read more on businessweek.com.
Building Better Wall Street Leaders?
What does Wall Street have to change to produce better leaders? A recent Washington Post article interviewed CEO of The Corporate Executive Board Thomas L. Monahan III. Read on to see what lessons industry leaders should take from these events.
Who's Bossing the Boss?
The single most important factor affecting staff engagement is the quality of a person’s manager, according to a Corporate Leadership Council study cited by Commercial Dealer magazine.
Walk on National Mall in November to Benefit Lung Cancer Research
The Corporate Executive Board joins forces with the LUNGevity Foundation to host Breathe Deep DC, a 5k fundraising walk. CEO Thomas L. Monahan III and Senior Executive Jerry Sorkin came out to support lung cancer research.
A Catalyst For Efficiency
Senior Director George Penn of the Corporate Leadership Council explains how the downturn spotlights HR executives’ ability to maximize technology. Read more in Human Resource Executive Online.
Banks Fall Behind on Training
Are U.S. banks lagging on employee training spend? The Wall Street Journal Online recently quoted a survey from the Finance Practice of The Corporate Executive Board that finds top employees are unchallenged and unrewarded.
Training Programs' Flaws Surface at the Worst Time
Managing Director Russell Davis of the Financial Services Practice speaks to American Banker magazine on banks’ training priorities in an era of lower profitability.
The Overlooked Side of Social Media
Social media are a set of promising tools to be understood, mastered, and used efficiently. Read more in businessweek.com’s article based on research from the Sales, Marketing, and Communication Practice.
Is Social Media a Trojan Horse?
There is a pressing need for organizations to develop social media policies for employees and the company according to The Financial Post, citing The Corporate Executive Board’s recent survey on social media.
Corporate Confidential: How Twitter Changes Everything
Is your company managing the risks from employees diving further into social media? Read The Corporate Executive Board’s recent businessweek.com article to learn more.
Building on Communication Success for a Better Employment Experience
Employee productivity in the beginning of 2009 decreased by as much as 5%. Read on to see how research from The Corporate Leadership Council informed this latest article from Employee Benefit Advisor.
Always More to Learn
Most organizations offering tuition reimbursement will continue to do so despite the downturn, according to a study from the Human Capital Practice of The Corporate Executive Board. Read more in HR Magazine.
Don't Oversimplify Your Scenarios
Traditional scenario planning can leave executives feeling like something is missing. Consider more than the 2x2 matrix and read The Corporate Executive Board’s recent businessweek.com article.
Keeping Employees Engaged While Reducing Benefits
Reduce compensation and benefits spend by at least 5% while increasing the value delivered to employees. Read the four recommendations on how to optimize reward investments in the latest businessweek.com article from The Corporate Executive Board.
Is the Economy Impacting Productivity? How Can HR Stop It Being a Hindrance?
Openly communicate with employees to avoid the uncertainty that can lead to lack of employee productivity. HR Management cites research from The Corporate Executive Council on employee engagement.
The Vacation Conundrum
How should leaders strike a balance between vacation and staying informed on what’s happening at work? Read The Corporate Executive Board CEO Thomas L. Monahan III’s response in this Washington Post article.
The Worst Vacations
Four steps can help leaders take advantage of their vacation time efficiently, according to Thomas L. Monahan III, CEO of The Corporate Executive Board Company. Read The Washington Post’s column “On Leadership" to find out more.
How to Keep Staff Happy During the Downturn
Do you know how your staff is doing? Stuart Roberts, managing director of the IT Practice at The Corporate Executive Board, reminds executives to focus on the employees who are asked to do more with less after cost cuts in this article for silicon.com.
Banks: Complex Problems, Simple Solutions
For banks, advertising a long history of safe lending practices is an overvalued investment. Businessweek.com’s latest article based on research from the Financial Services Practice of The Corporate Executive Board explains why.
Position for Growth
Executive Director of the IT Practice of The Corporate Executive Board Shvetank Shah has three steps for CIOs trying to survive the recession. Find out what they are in this Computerworld article.
One Pro Reflects on the Work–Life Renaissance
Employees who are happy with their work-life benefits work more than 20% harder and are one-third more likely to stay with the organization. Read on for the full Employee Benefit News article citing Corporate Leadership Council research.
Challenges to Work-Life Balance
Since the beginning of the downturn, employee engagement has declined drastically. Practice Manager Brian Kropp of the Corporate Leadership Council explains more in this article for Talent Management.
Maintaining Employment Value Proposition
For 86% of employees, the value that they gain by working for their particular organization has trended downward dramatically in the past six months. Read more of the Corporate Leadership Council’s research in the latest businessweek.com article.
Treading Carefully with Wellness Programs
Thomas Bedington, director for the Benefits Roundtable, reports that companies are increasingly considering making health risk assessments mandatory. Read more in the Wall Street Journal Online.
Bad Economy, Good Health
Promoting good health and habits in employees is especially crucial in stressful economic times. See The Corporate Executive Board’s recommendations in this businessweek.com article.
The Benefits of Great Onboarding
Some elements of onboarding are too important to be left to chance or individual managers. See what the Corporate Leadership Council recommends in this article for Personnel Today.
Go Virtual or Cloud?
Deciding between virtualization or cloud computing? Mark Tonsetic, program manager at The Corporate Executive Board's Infrastructure Executive Council, gives advice on how to choose in this Computerworld article.
Downturn Puts New Emphasis on Engagement
Nearly 80% of global HR heads agree that employee engagement is fast becoming a crucial business issue as employers face signs of continued economic trouble. Workforce Management explains the findings from the Corporate Leadership Council in more detail.
Times Are Tough for Recruiters, Too, These Days
“Recruiters are fighting five commonly held myths about this job market that the data showed to be false," according to Todd Safferstone, a managing director with The Corporate Executive Board. See the article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution to learn what the five myths are.
Where, Oh Where, Has My Application Gone?
Organizations are receiving 75% more applicants in 2009 than in 2008, according to Recruiting Roundtable research. Read on in the New York Times article for more of Managing Director Todd Safferstone’s insight.
Growing Customers in a World of Declining Consumer Demand
The economy may begin to recover later this year, but consumer demand could remain suppressed. To know why and what you should do about it, refer to The Corporate Executive Board’s businessweek.com article.
The Corporate Executive Board Joins With Lawyer Networking “OnRamp"
The General Counsel Roundtable and the social networking site for lawyers Legal OnRamp formed a partnership to help companies collaborate to reduce costs and improve the quality of legal service. Read more in this article from Bloomberg.
Cloud Storage Illuminated
Does moving to cloud storage solve the problem of understanding why storage growth is out of control? Read more of Program Manager Mark Tonsetic of the Infrastructure Executive Council’s advice in this Computerworld article.
Calculating Hidden Storage Costs
Consider the age of your current storage gear before considering cloud storage. Read more of Program Manager Mark Tonsetic of the Infrastructure Executive Council’s advice in this Computerworld article.