There’s great debate about what makes a company or organization great. Is it the leadership or the Esprit de corps? In an era of the empowered employee, where innovation can result from just about anywhere within a company and collaborative work initiatives help to break down knowledge silos, they way workers are treated can be the difference between bold innovation and stagnation. I’ve worked for organizations where employees were an after thought, as well as those where employees were respected and regarded as a valued asset and what I’ve found is that it comes down to how a company portrays its relationship with employees to its audience. It’s one thing to ‘talk the talk’ and another to actually ‘walk the walk’, but when companies can be transparent and truthful about how they regard their employees to the wider world, it definitely helps to elevate its level of commitment and investment in its workers. Continue reading →