An ample amount of research has confirmed a positive correlation between company-sponsored employee volunteer programs (EVPs) and employee performance. The Corporation for National and Community Service found that over 26% of the adult U.S. population donated in excess of 8 billion hours in volunteer services in 2007. In 2003, one study found that companies with volunteer programs received increased media coverage, enhanced media, and an 8% increase in sales related to community activities, while another determined that employees in EVPs ranked their employers higher as compared to competitors, experienced greater levels of job satisfaction, and displayed increased loyalty, resulting in improved retention rates.
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Employee Volunteer Programs Support CSR Strategies and the Bottom Line
Posted in Corporate Ethics and CSR, Workforce Optimization, tagged corporate ethics, corporate foundations, CSR, employee retention, employee satisfaction, Employee Volunteer Programs, environmental issues, EVPs, green business, NGO partnerships, senterra consulting on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Do You Know What You Know?
Posted in Communication, Workforce Optimization, tagged APQC, best practices, corporate communication, green business, intellectual property, internal benchmarking, knowledge assets, Knowledge management, knowledge management framework, knowledge sharing, lessons learned, managing knowledge, project management, senterra consulting, six sigma on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve ever been a member of a good project management team, chances are that closing the project included a component called “lessons learned”. If you’ve received formal project management or Six Sigma training, you’ll surely remember the emphasis on this particular step in the process as well. Still, “lessons learned” often gets cut short or ignored entirely, as team leaders focus on sign-offs and other formalities, especially if the project went over its planned time limit. The management of knowledge, explicit or tacit, is not just a project management issue, however; it is an issue that most companies either struggle with or simply pay no attention to and it is costing them time, money and strategic advantages.
When, to whom and how to communicate your corporate sustainability efforts
Posted in Communication, Corporate Ethics and CSR, Workforce Optimization, tagged corporate communication, corporate ethics, CSR, environmental issues, green business, greenwashing, senterra, socio-environmental issues on December 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Acknowledging and pragmatically addressing your limitations, rather than trying to conceal them, conveys maturity and realism and demonstrates a proactive attitude to stakeholders.
The Benefits of E-Learning at Work
Posted in Communication, Education, Workforce Optimization, tagged corporate budget, corporate communication, corporate ethics, corporate training, CSR, e-learning, environmental curriculum, environmental education, environmental issues, green business, online training, senterra, senterra consulting, socio-environmental issues, sustainability education on June 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We have previously discussed the benefits of teleconferencing systems and software in general, but as more organizations are adopting learning models, we want to emphasize e-learning specifically, and while our focus revolves around corporate social responsibility (CSR), the advantages we’ll mention certainly apply to a wide range of company training needs.
Can small businesses benefit from going green?
Posted in Communication, Corporate Ethics and CSR, Energy, Green IT, Indoor Environmental Quality, Waste Management, Workforce Optimization, tagged corporate budget, corporate communication, corporate ethics, cost-cutting, CSR, environmental issues, environmental policies, green business, Green IT, Indoor Environmental Quality, lighting optimization, senterra, small business sustainability, socio-environmental issues, triple bottom line on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From technological innovation to expansive socio-environmental initiatives, corporations like Google and Cisco, Continental Airlines and PG&E have incorporated environmental objectives into their overall business strategy. Many of their green projects required substantial financial investments, the capacity to reengineer processes and systems, the willingness to take risks and the allocation of time and resources.
Sustainable initiatives, improving technology drive telepresence market
Posted in Workforce Optimization, tagged corporate budget, cost-cutting, HD telepresence, senterra, senterra consulting, sustainability consulting, teleconferencing, telepresence, triple bottom line, video conferencing on May 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Teleconferencing has become a fast-growing trend in an ever-globalizing business environment and that’s good news. While no one disputes that even the most advanced HD systems cannot replace the intimacy of a face-to-face meeting with a new client, the truth is that the majority of meetings are of collaborative nature and neither hand shakes nor small talk are essential to their success.
What can telecommuting do for you?
Posted in Workforce Optimization, tagged Cloud Computing, CO2, corporate budget, cost-cutting, employee health, employee retention, environmental issues, environmental policies, global workforce, Green Building, HD teleconferencing, holographic technology, mobile tech, senterra consulting, socio-environmental issues, sustainability consulting, telecommuting, triple bottom line, virtual office, VoIP, work-life balance on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Telecommuting is said to be among the fastest growing green business trends of this decade, and while the movement was initially motivated by environmental issues in the 1970s, its popularity is at least equally attributable to significant cost savings.
