A very good piece by SJF Institute - this is a conversation that is never had in workforce development circles. If employee's matter to the businesses in your region, then you should share this piece with them, help facilitate regional conversations on the topic, and clear the path for implementation. If, on the other hand, the biggest workforce concern your businesses share with you is drug testing and basic skills then, frankly, their employee's don't mean much to them and thus the company shouldn't mean much to you.
Employee's Matter: Maximizing Company Value Through Workforce Engagement
"In recent years, the link between responsible business practices and competitive advantage has become increasingly clear. Successful profit-seeking firms that produce positive social and environmental outcomes have grown in number and acclaim. This growth in social ventures is meaningful and exciting, promising to promote greater economic opportunity for people at all economic levels as well as better stewardship of the world’s scarce resources – while proving that firms can indeed do well by doing good.
Although in the vast majority of businesses and at many business schools employees are still viewed merely as a cost, increasing numbers of businesses are taking a different approach. The Employees Matter report profiles 24 fast-growing entrepreneurial companies that clearly perceive a link between employee ownership and engagement strategies and improved business performance, including an improved ability to weather economic downturns."
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