Savvy organizations know that investing in talent management is essential to a company’s future success. In the war for talent, a great amount of research shows that employee development programs are becoming an increasingly vital weapon to improve employee commitment, business performance and retention.
In a recent study conducted by assessment and development consultancy Cubiks, 93 percent of respondents said they would stay longer with an organization that invested in their development and 97 percent of respondents agreed it was important to develop people who could lead the company in the future.
Many companies give back to their communities using the same approach: decisions are generally made by one team or department managing the company’s overall philanthropic activities. Very few involve employees in deciding where their efforts should be focused or even encourage them to get involved. According to an 
One of the hardest challenges in getting everyone in your office to think more about being green is being able to communicate your ideas. Of course, the bigger the company is the bigger the challenge is. While emails and flyers can be overlooked on occasion we have decided to give a different route a try. Softchoice TV, or SCTV for short has been around for a while communicating anything and everything to the Softchoice employees throughout various branch offices. One of my goals this year is to always have a fresh message with tons of new ideas of how to green your desk at work or up coming events on the calendar like Bike to Work Week. These slides, along with many others, run in a constant loop and are broadcast everyday out to every employee in the company. So far the results have been great. A lot of people have noticed the green tips and those that know I am on the GreenTeam have asked me about it and have said they would like to see more. I will keep this blog updated with the new ways we send out our communications to Softchoice internally.
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