Top-performing companies know that employee engagement is a force that drives business outcomes. Research shows that engaged employees are more productive, more profitable, customerfocused, safer and less likely to leave the organisation. In the best organisations, employee engagement transcends a human resources initiative; it is the way they do business. Employee engagement is a strategic approach supported by tactics for driving improvement and change. The best performing companies know that developing an employee engagement strategy and linking it the achievement of corporate goals will help them win in the marketplace. Most firms want to motivate their employees, although not all of them do so at all effectively. There are various ways to go about it; from who you hire, to how you remunerate them, what perks they receive, to the sort of work/communication you pass on.We all have different views on what does and what doesn’t work and these vary with our culture and the effort we make to understand the issue of engagement within our firm. There is a definite financial impact in creating…
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MH370 search swings towards finding black boxes. Farage wins first Europe debate. Crows as clever as kids. Rise in global capital punishment. Clifford makes case for his defence – by revealing penis size. Crime does pay, apparently: Mafia's annual income tops the EU's budget. After 16 years and £250,000, man wins epic court battle over £1,500 laptop (but he only gets an £8,000 payout). ** DEUTSCHE BANK AG The bank named Evan Goldstein as global head of Renminbi services, effective this month. Goldstein joins from Standard Chartered Bank where he was managing director, head of product management for financial institutions-Asia within its transaction banking division. ** THE OAKLEY CAPITAL PRIVATE EQUITY The private equity arm of The Oakley Capital Group named Rebecca Gibson as a partner. Gibson was formerly a partner at the European private equity firm Cinven. ** TOWERS WATSON & CO The employee benefits consultancy firm said Steve Carlson has been appointed head of the company's Americas investment business. Carlson joined Towers…
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MH370: families protest as hope is lost for survivors. Steenkamp 'was scared of Pistorius'. Half young European adults live with their parents. US landslide: 14 dead, 108 missing. Lloyds bonuses 'in excess of £27m'. Kermit the Frog is against Scottish independence. 'We'll all retire on odd jobs and lodgers'. JP MORGAN CHASE & CO The bank's chief executive for China investment banking, Fang Fang, will leave the firm, according to an internal memo - a departure that comes amid a probe of JP Morgan's hiring practices in Asia. The memo gave no reason for his resignation. BARCLAYS PLC The British bank named Judith Gage the head of real estate for its business in the UK. She was previously head of business banking for the south west region. NEWEDGE GROUP The U.S.-based futures brokerage named Edward Kevelson as head of US OTC Energy. Kevelson joins from Deutsche Bank where he led the North American corporate flow team and held several senior commodities sales roles in since…
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Giovedì 27 Marzo alle ore 18,30 presso SpazioFarini6 in via Farini, 6, Milano, l’Associazione culturale ZONE, Studi di cultura Visuale, Teorie e Pratiche dell’arte presenterà DURA CELL. L’iniziativa è la prima di una serie di proiezioni che hanno per tema la Video Arte. A distanza di cinquanta anni dal suo inizio possiamo ora esaminarne il linguaggio e la sua dimensione poetica e narrativa. Video di:Rebecca Horn, Pipilotti Rist, Nam Jun Paik, Marina Abramovich e Ulay, Wolf Vostell, Wolf Kahlen, Marcel Odenback, Friederike Pezold, Ulrike Rosenback, Herbert Wentscher, Bruce Nauman. Si tratta di una proiezione di video arte dagli anni settanta agli anni ottanta dei protagonisti più importanti di quella stagione. Alcuni di loro sono stati presentati per la prima volta nel 1977 nella importante rassegna di Documenta Kassel. I video sono proposti nella loro dimensione storica e temporale non tecnologica ed è per tale ragione che si mostrano nella loro purezza e liricità rispetto a quelli attuali. Si tratta di sequenze narrative che fanno meglio comprendere…
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Orange hit by 'suicide epidemic'. Obama extends Russian sanctions. Angry woman torches man's car outside McDonald's (because didn't buy her a McFlurry) 'God Hates Fags' preacher Phelps dies. Pistorius home put up for sale. I popped into Tesco today and nicked all the baguettes. It was a French stick up. Sean Taylor made GMD of Ogilvy Melbourne. Mobbie Nazir hired as We Are Social's CSO. Valérie Henaff has been appointed as CEO of Publicis Conseil. Mulberry CEO, Bruno Guillion, quits after profit warning. VONTOBEL ASSET MANAGEMENT INC The asset management company promoted Rajiv Jain and appointed Philipp Hensler co-CEOs of its New York-based Quality Growth Equity boutique. Henry Schlegel, who has been the CEO for the past 26 years, will become chairman of the company's supervisory board. RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES The company appointed two financial advisers from Merrill Lynch in California. Nick Salvetti and A.J. Salvetti managed about $210 million in assets in Merrill Lynch and had annual fees and commissions in excess of…
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MH370: two objects sighted in ocean, Australia says. A Budget for savers, for pensioners, for drinkers – and for floating Tory voters. Michael Douglas's son released from two years' solitary confinement. Train announcement warns passengers: 'Be aware of Gypsies'. Dame Vera Lynn to release a new album as she turns 97. Armed police storm driveway after tattoo mistaken for gun. McCann police hunt dark-haired man with strong odour. French rogue trader Jérôme Kerviel gets three years in prison. BARCLAYS AFRICA GROUP LTD Barclays Africa appointed Phakamani Hadebe as chief executive of its South African corporate and investment banking division. Hadebe was previously the CEO of Land and Agricultural Bank of South Africa. FULLERTON FUND MANAGEMENT The investment company appointed three senior investment professionals - Jason Zhu, Ian McCallum and Craig Mitchell. Ian and Craig will start new investment strategies, while Jason will lead the China A equities research team. ALLIANZ GROUP Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE, the industrial and specialist risk insurer of Allianz…
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Gravity find opens new era in physics. TV chef Clarissa Dickson Wright dies. Stones cancel Australia concert after Jagger's partner 'found hanged'. Former Fifa vice-president paid millions by Qatari company. Official prophecy of doom: Global warming will cause conflict, displace millions and hit global economy. Sainsbury's sales fall for first time in nine years.
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Five families richer than UK's poorest 20% - Oxfam. DWP plans to scrap jobs website N Korea test-fires 25 rockets into sea. House prices at new record of £256,000. Crimea votes to become part of Russia again. BARCLAYS PLC The bank's head of equities for Asia Pacific, Nick Wright, plans to leave the bank and retire from the industry, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. OTKRITIE CAPITAL LLC The Russia-based subsidiary of Otkritie Financial Corp said Sergey Sukhanov has been appointed the head of equity group, in place of Georgy Mirel, who is leaving to focus on his own project.
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Tony Benn dies aged 88. MH370 search reaches Indian Ocean. Russia puts 10,000 troops on border. Four dead in helicopter crash. Princess Diana tried to recruit the NOTW as an 'ally' in her battle against Prince Charles, court told. Exponential Interactive appoints Doug Conely as Chief Strategy Officer. Xaxis appoints Marcus Siddons as Managing Director, Middle East and North Africa. FCB Inferno appoints new Chief Executive. Undertone appoints Head of Publisher Development for EMEA. KPMG LLP The UK-based member firm of KPMG appointed Navdeep Arora and Justin Balcombe to its insurance advisory practice. Arora comes from McKinsey where he was a senior partner. Balcombe was previously based in Dubai where he led Ernst and Young's MENA insurance group. CANTOR FITZGERALD EUROPE The division of New York-based financial services group Cantor Fitzgerald LP appointed Tobias Woerner and Howard Prince Wright as senior advisers, with a particular focus on the building and construction sector. AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS The asset management unit of France-based AXA Group…
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Ucas selling student data to phone and drink firms. Concern over payday loan shop boom. Rampaging elephant smashes up house but then 'saves crying baby trapped under debris'. Three dead in NYC building collapse. MITON GROUP PLC The asset management group appointed Mark Wright as regional sales manager for the Midlands. Wright was previously a portfolio manager and investment analyst at AFH Wealth Management. RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC Raymond James Financial's brokerage unit said on Wednesday that it hired veteran adviser Joanne Astle and her team from Bank of America Corp's Merrill Lynch unit for its San Diego office. LPL FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LPL, one of the fastest-growing U.S. broker-dealer, has terminated employment agreements for its top executives but sweetened some of their benefits, according to a regulatory filing. LPL's decision to eliminate employment contracts for Chairman and Chief Executive Mark Casady, President Robert Moore and Chief Financial Officer Dan Arnold as of Feb. 24 had nothing to do with executive performance, but was meant to…
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