Brocade needed to ensure all employees were in compliance with the corporate code of conduct and other policies. With thousands of employees renewing their code of conduct certification annually and many renewing sales certifications quarterly, a manual process wasn’t sustainable. See how Brocade partnered with Skillsoft and developed an elearning program that effectively tracks compliance and automates course reminders for employees.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, new employees care more about mentoring and on-the-job training than perks like free food during the onboarding process, according to a survey of more than 1,000 U.S.-based employees conducted by BambooHR. These results provide valuable insights into the importance of an effective onboarding process for training, retaining, and enabling effective employees. Well-defined and executed new-hire orientation programs have a positive effect on reducing employee turnover, and these results spotlight some of the key components of an effective program.

If you provide mandatory harassment prevention training to supervisors under AB 1825, you are now also required to provide abusive conduct prevention training under AB 2053. Download our legal brief to learn how to update your training program and comply with this new regulation.

Retention, engagement, and employment branding are the bread and butter of talent management. Avoiding unnecessary and costly hires meanings keeping your talent on-board. Keeping employees on board means making sure they are invested in their organization, and engaged in their work. To find out who’s doing what and what’s working in the real world, BLR conducted a Retention, Engagement, and Branding Survey in March 2016. Check out the results of the survey by downloading this free summary today! You'll get answers to the following questions: •Do you have a system for tracking employee engagement? •What do you do to retain employees? •Have those methods been effective? •Do you have a formal career planning program? •Who is responsible for your employment branding program? •And more!

Keeping them onboard Most organizations today are focusing more attention and resources on employees—particularly on retention, engagement, and branding. Retention, especially of key players and strong contributors, is substantially based on the level of engagement employees have, and that, in turn, is reflected in the employment brand. We conducted a survey on retention, engagement, and branding in March, 2017. In this free summary, we will cover the results of the survey. Attendees will get answers to the following questions: •Do you track employee retention/turnover? •How do you define engagement? •Do you measure engagement? •What challenges do you encounter trying to improve engagement? •Do you have a formal career-planning program? •And more!

With all of the talk lately about this or that approach to recruiting, it’s easy to forget all about onboarding. Once you have hired someone, getting them up to speed in the company is just as important as selecting the right candidate. We recently conducted research with 401 HR professionals on the topic of onboarding and are ready to share our results with you. Check out our free report, Strategic Onboarding: How to Activate New Employees and you will learn what those professionals had to say about: • What is accomplished in the first week of onboarding • Whether onboarding activities are provided before a new employee heads to work, and what those activities are • How many organizations have a buddy or mentoring program • Who tracks which metrics, like costs or engagement, during onboarding • When onboarding ends • And much more!

The Business Case for Data Protection, conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Ounce Labs, is the first study to determine what senior executives think about the value proposition of corporate data protection efforts within their organizations. In times of shrinking budgets, it is important for those individuals charged with managing a data protection program to understand how key decision makers in organizations perceive the importance of safeguarding sensitive and confidential information.

Check out our recent survey summary in a report entitled Participation Counts! A Look at Participation-Based Safety. The survey and its accompanying report, both sponsored by eCompliance®, provide insight into how safety professionals and their companies are encouraging employees to actively participate in safety initiatives in order to promote consistently safe behaviors on the job. The study was conducted in May of 2017 and illustrates the diverse opinions within the safety field regarding such issues as implementing behavior-based vs. participation-based programs, measuring safety participation, and management visibility into safety performance. The survey of over 500 respondents includes such findings as: • 15% of survey participants believe that behavior-based programs have a negative impact on safety culture, and 55% think participation-based safety is most effective. • The number one key initiative being prioritized by respondents in the next 12 months is “Improving communica

The Marcus Buckingham Company, an ADP Company, commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying StandOut. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of StandOut on their organizations. To better understand the benefits, costs, and risks associated with this investment, Forrester interviewed several customers with experience using StandOut. StandOut is an integrated suite that pairs a technology platform with coaching to help organizations achieve their talent activation goals. Prior to using StandOut, the interviewed organizations did not have a structured program to improve and measure employee engagement and performance. Organizations used annual surveys and annual performance reviews, and some even encouraged weekly check-ins, but there was no guidance on how to complete these tasks, and the data t

With all the complexities of the U.S. health care system, people consuming health care services continue to find it challenging to navigate. That’s why, for the fifth year, Aon Hewitt is pleased to partner with the National Business Group on Health (The Business Group) and The Futures Company to conduct the Consumer Health Mindset Study. The study explores the health attitudes, motivators, and preferences of consumers across the U.S.— particularly employees and their dependents as they interact with their employer-sponsored health plans, wellness programs, and the broader health landscape. Along with our findings about the consumer health mindset, we recommend practical actions you can take to meet consumers where they are and guide them in navigating health care more effectively.

To compete in today’s global marketplace, employees at every level of your organisation need to understand the risks associated with a broad spectrum of compliance issues and feel empowered to make the right decisions - even when no one is watching.

Mike Rothman, President and Analyst at Securosis, and author of The Pragmatic CSO, conducted this study, which breaks down how companies can most effectively change employee security behavior and lower risk. If you want a blueprint for developing an effective program, this is a great place to start.

Roughly five years ago, an industry shift occurred in franchising that saw many franchisers and their respective marketing teams hire multiple agencies, partners and vendors to conduct various marketing programs on their behalf.

This whitepaper reveals the seven steps organisations need to take to ensure that they establish and maintain a culture of ethics, integrity and compliance.

Learn how to effectively and efficiently manage your organisation's employee handbook, code of conduct and other important documents. This guide gives organisations of all sizes insight on how to optimize policy and procedure management with real-world examples, helpful tips, and research. What you’ll learn: - Best Practices on How to Plan, Implement, and Measure your programme - Eleven Commandments of Policy Formatting and Writing - 20 Questions for Prioritising Policy Development Efforts - Pros & Cons of Various Distribution Methods - Assessment Questions to Evaluate Your Current Document Management Strategy - Build versus Buy Considerations

Learn everything you need to know about creating an engaging training programme—from defining your strategy to measuring effectiveness—in our comprehensive guide. What you'll learn: How to prevent misconduct through training How to create an engaging training programme - from defining strategy to measuring effectiveness How to develop the foundation of an ethical culture Tips, advice and examples to help organisations develop cost-effective, high-value and successful ethics and compliance training programmes How to mitigate risk and promote adherence to compliance objectives How to improve employee engagement and trust and strengthen alignment around a set of core values

To compete in today’s global marketplace, employees at every level of your organization need to understand the risks associated with a broad spectrum of compliance issues and feel empowered to make the right decisions — even when no one is watching. Sixty-two percent of organizations cite risk management and assessment as a top-three concern when asked about elements of success. Many companies struggle to meet this challenge, but an effective compliance training program can foster a culture of workplace best-practices from the boardroom all the way to the shop floor. Here are 10 questions that you may find useful to consider when planning or reviewing your code of conduct program.

To be successful, a loyalty program must deliver value to the guest and it must deliver value to a restaurant operator’s business. To help food and beverage operators understand what guests are seeking in a loyalty program, Oracle Hospitality conducted a global consumer survey. On the following pages, you will find the answers to these questions and more: • What rewards do guests most value in a restaurant loyalty program? • Do they prefer paper stamp cards? Mobile apps? Plastic swipe cards? • What prevents them from joining a loyalty program? • Why do they leave a loyalty program or stop using it? • What’s their favorite restaurant loyalty program?

University of Waterloo conducted a six-week pilot project with several of its students in the Project Leadership Program, a distance learning program. Their goal was to see if mobile learning using BlackBerry smartphones would enhance their educational experience.

Technology advances are changing the way employees work, consumers buy, and enterprises conduct business. Old methods for marketing products are taking a back seat to online distribution, and mobile devices are ubiquitous access points to the Internet. The resulting environment is ripe for the creation and distribution of new software for handling a constantly expanding array of functions. When there is an app for everything, organizations have no choice but to adapt or risk getting left behind as markets enter the era of the Web application programming interface (API).

Millennials have officially surpassed the Baby Boomers as the nation’s largest living generation and newcomers Generation Z are rising in the ranks, poised for consumer domination with $44 billion in spending power. It’s expected that Generation Z will make up 40 percent of consumers by 2020. Never has understanding these two generations been as critical for brands in their pursuit of establishing consumer loyalty. CrowdTwist conducted research into the similarities and differences between Generation Z and Millennials, how they engage with brands, their shopping habits, their brand loyalty and their attitudes towards loyalty programs. This report provides an overview of those findings as well as recommendations for brands investing in loyalty strategies for current and future consumers.

Millennials have officially surpassed the Baby Boomers as the nation’s largest living generation and newcomers Generation Z are rising in the ranks, poised for consumer domination with $44 billion in spending power. It’s expected that Generation Z will make up 40 percent of consumers by 2020. Never has understanding these two generations been as critical for brands in their pursuit of establishing consumer loyalty. CrowdTwist conducted research into the similarities and differences between Generation Z and Millennials, how they engage with brands, their shopping habits, their brand loyalty and their attitudes towards loyalty programs. This report provides an overview of those ?ndings as well as recommendations for brands investing in loyalty strategies for current and future consumers.

Can technology make safety simpler and more effective? We surveyed 517 environmental, health & safety professionals to find out. We wanted to know how they: •Conduct their safety programs and processes; •Interact with safety regulations and protocols; •Use technology in their processes; •Feel about the effectiveness of new technologies such as mobile applications and automated processes.

Forrester Consulting was commissioned to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study to examine the potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying Cylance's advanced threat protection solution, CylancePROTECT®, and its deployment and configuration services, ThreatZero™. The study aims to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of CylancePROTECT and ThreatZero on their organizations, which will improve customer success with advanced cybersecurity and antivirus protection solutions. To better understand the benefits, costs, and risks associated with an investment in Cylance, Forrester interviewed the Chief Information Security Officer for a Large State County Government, who has used the solutions for over a year. Cylance provides a new-generation, predictive, cybersecurity, and malware prevention solution that leverages artificial intelligence to prevent malware from executing on endpoints in real time. This is usually implemented with ThreatZero, which is a continuous professional service program rendered by Cylance for users of CylancePROTECT. ThreatZero guides through the planning, implementation, integration, and ongoing optimization of the solution. This often includes end user education, training, and support to totally eliminate endpoint threats and incidents. With CylancePROTECT and ThreatZero, the organization was able to reduce security breaches to almost zero, catching malware before it ever gained access to public records. Relative to their previous endpoint protection, this significantly reduced costs from remediation/reimaging and incidence response. Additionally, IT and security employees’ productivity were boosted. Read more in the full TEI report.

Organizations generally conduct surveys for four, sometimes overlapping, reasons. These reasons exist along a continuum from "defensive" to "offensive" reasons. Starting with the most defensive reason, the four reasons are as follows: 1. To identify warning signs of trouble within the organization 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of specific programs, policies and initiatives 3. To gauge the organization's status or strength as an employer of choice among its workforce 4. To predict and drive organizational outcomes, including customer satisfaction and business performance