Re-Engage:How America's Best Places to Work Inspire Extra Effort in Extraordinary Times

What makes a company a great place to work?  Based on 2.1 million employee surveys collected from more than 10,000 companies, the answer is now clear:  The top 1 percent of employers are different from the rest in how they are led, what is valued, how people come together to get things done, and how they resolve and often celebrate differences.  Boiled down, the best places to work know how to re-engage their employees.

“Employee engagement” is not just the latest buzzword in management circles; it’s the critical factor in a company’s overall success.  And in these tough economic times, it’s crucial to stop and reassess the way your business works, by reinspiring the very people who make it happen.

In our summary of Re-Engage:  How America’s Best Places to Work Inspire Extra Effort in Extraordinary Times, Leigh Branham, SPHR, and Mark Hirschfeld have isolated six universal “drivers” that the Best Places to Work all share.  These are six simple, but essential, ways to re-engage your workers, your managers, and your leaders on every level, at every opportunity.

Branham is the founder and principal of Keeping the People, Inc.  Hirschfeld is a principal of SilverStone Group management consultants.

By following their advice, you can create a great workplace where everyone says, “I feel so lucky to work here.”   Through re-engaging your workforce, you will develop trust among workers, managers, and executives, and build a strategic advantage that can help insulate your organization from competitive threats.