Posts by Emergenetics International
5 Signs You Work in a Great Company Culture
Emergenetics International is proud to partner with Namely for a series of guest blog posts. To create a product or an experience people love, you must first create a company culture that employees can love. Company culture flows from the inside of a company outward, where it can attract or repel an audience. You may…
Read MoreLearn How to Ignite Great Leaders to W.I.N. Your Employees
Great places to work are a WONDERland of productivity, collaboration, innovation, and success. The leaders of these great workplaces W.I.N. every day. In my last post, I talked about great leaders taking the time to WONDER what will make this a great place to work and what type of employees do they need to do…
Read MoreWhy Women Have Trouble Becoming New Leaders in the Workplace
When faced with their first opportunity to run a team, new leaders can often feel as if they must take a fight or flight method to their new responsibility. Some new leaders become quickly acquainted with their position and are able to bulldoze their way to the top. Some new leaders though end up feeling…
Read MoreTransform Your Organization Through Reverse Engineering
An interview with 2015 Emergenetics Brain Summit Keynote Speaker Andre Wiringa. 1. What exactly is “reverse thinking” or “reverse engineering”? Creating a consistent and memorable customer/guest experience is key. And that is exactly where some brands are successful, yet most struggle. People are the brand, which is the main reason behind the success of game…
Read MoreThe 5 Questions to Unlock Your Employee Engagement
What is employee engagement, anyway? It’s a complex idea that includes everything from an employee’s happiness to their motivation to their compatibility with the company’s mission. But that doesn’t actually mean that increasing engagement in your company has to be hard. Your first step is figuring out how your employees feel. An engagement survey is…
Read MoreThe Correlation Between Giving Back and Making Profit
The founder of Virgin Group, Richard Branson, writes, “Business leaders must remember that a healthy profit means that a community supports and appreciates the products and services a business offers, and also how that business is managed.” Making a difference in people’s lives and making profit for the company are not mutually exclusive. Customers want…
Read MoreThe 4 Metrics You Need to Gauge Employee Performance
A company is only as good as the talent behind it. Consistently and accurately evaluating employee performance is essential not only to individual success, but to the overall success of an organization. That being the case, you’d think more companies would actively measure employee performance. However, the 2014 Global Assessment Trends Report from CEB found…
Read More4 Essential Things Your Personal Brand of Leadership Needs
“Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind—even if your voice shakes.” ~ Maggie Kuhn What is your personal brand? What’s your expression as a leader? What is your legacy? Your leadership footprint isn’t made of sand. It should be solid and your impact matters. You were meant to do what you’re going…
Read More4 Ways to Become a Better Manager Through Human Capital Management
A good manager can make all the difference in the way employees operate within a company by utilizing the “human capital management” concept. In fact, Gallup estimates managers account for at least 70 percent of the variance in employee engagement scores across businesses. The term “human capital management” describes an approach to staffing where people…
Read MoreA Mid-Year Review Might Be the Key to Employee Engagement
Employee engagement is a topic that has come up again and again recently on The Emergenetics Blog. It’s not surprising since there are many factors and techniques that contribute to employee engagement….and subsequently many topics for writing. And while commonly we would be discussing Learning & Development programs or workplace environment, what I have been…
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