Don’t manage to an employee engagement score. Instead, drive business value. — Victor Assad Strategic HR Consulting

The $74 billion employment engagement industry has a serious problem. After nearly 18 years, it is not driving sufficient business value to justify its costs. Instead, values, business purpose, organizational learning, and culture are the true factors that drive business value. Employee engagement is an outdated idea that needs to be overhauled. Gallup’s State of […]

via Don’t manage to an employee engagement score. Instead, drive business value. — Victor Assad Strategic HR Consulting

5 Ways To Help Build Professional Relationships | — SuccessYou

1. Keep meetings brief Try to keep meetings with new people at 30 minutes to an hour. It is much better to want to schedule follow up conversations than to run out of good conversation topics. At the end of your coffee, if you want to keep talking, that is a great sign that this […]

via 5 Ways To Help Build Professional Relationships | SuccessYou — SuccessYou

Varo Money Survey: Majority of Philadelphians Believe Philly Offers Best Quality of Life for the Cost in the U.S.

Mobile banking company Varo Money, Inc. has announced the results of their #SwitchYourBank survey. The survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults age 18+, conducted by Propeller Insights on behalf of Varo Money in April, determined what Americans most love about San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York, where quality of life is highest for […]

via Varo Money Survey: Majority of Philadelphians Believe Philly Offers Best Quality of Life for the Cost in the U.S. — Philly Life & Culture

Brand Management Manifesto

Effective brand management requires developing a good relationship with your target. If I were to ask you, “Who makes up your ‘target market’,” I’m sure I would receive answers that include both existing customers and potential customers.These are accurate responses, but how many of you would have included “employees” as a target market for your brand? As marketing leaders, it is imperative that we think of brand management in the three pillars that make up our brand: Market, Customers and Employees. All three are critical to the strength of our brand.

Read the full report below by: Karen Kislin at Raddon

Source: Brand Management Manifesto

Six Ways Open Banking Will Transform Financial Services — The Future Leadership Institute

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You take out your smartphone and log onto Amazon to make a credit card payment, transfer some money into your ISA savings account and, as a small business owner, check your current cashflow. While you are there, you are offered better terms on your business loan, kept up to date on your current remortaging application, […]

via Six Ways Open Banking Will Transform Financial Services — The Future Leadership Institute

Millennials and Money: Next Era of Wealth Management | Accenture

Accenture’s latest wealth management report details how Millennials are changing the way wealth is managed. Read more.
— Read on www.accenture.com/us-en/insight-millennials-money-wealth-management

Pretty extensive review of millennials and wealth management and wealth building strategies.

Matching Leadership Styles to Developmental Readiness

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Situational Leadership blends many other leadership theories, allowing for the veterinary leader to adapt their style based on the situation and needs of his or her employee. Before a veterinary leader is able to use the situational leadership model, the leader must assess the readiness level of the employee.

via An Introduction to Employee Readiness — Veterinary Situational Leadership