The great workplace use information gathered from surveys from over 2 million people in 6000 companies from 40 different countries. Alan talked about the book on Newstalk.
Take note
You should take note! In studies by Russell Investment group financial performance of the traded 100 best companies against the S&P 500. It shows that for 1998- 2008 the 100 best achieved annualised stock returns of 6.8% with the S&P 500 only having a stock return of 1.04%. Other stats show that the best places to work have lower staff turnover, have more people applying for jobs and have lower absenteeism.
What do staff want?
And it is not rocket science either. What do staff want? They want credibility and belief in their leader. They want respect and feel they are valued members of their organisation.T hey want fairness. They want pride to feel pride in their work and their company. They want comradeship and feel part of a group. They have three questions;
- They want to know how they’re doing.
- They want to know what their career path is.
- And the third question is: “How does what I’m doing matter?”
HRM=marketing
I suggest you read “Marketing 3.0”. Your staff and your culture are the core of your brand. If the core is not right, social media will expose your company as a fake. The potential damage can be considerable.
Not only a good return on investment
So not only does looking after your staff giving you a good ROI, it will sustain your brand and is a good insurance policy against the extreme transparency that social media is creating.
