While many business managers see only doom and gloom ahead, some are focusing on a new way to unlock a prosperous future – even in a tough recession. Through the game-changing principle of engagement, companies can learn to use technology and best practices to extract new revenue from their existing customer base.

Many companies have gone through a reduction in force (RIF) recently (i.e. organizations have reduced staffing by nearly 5 millino in the past 7 months!), and are now in the process of dealing with all of the changes forced by the RIF. Here are three tips for reengaging and protecting your talent pool.

This blog post discusses the results of a quantitative survey that Allegiance recently conducted with voice of the employee (VOE) practitioners, including human resource vice presidents, directors and managers, as well as other HR-related titles. It also talks about why, in order for companies to create and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage once they economy rebounds, they not only need to be actively listening to their employees now in real-time to address and resolve any concerns that they have, but also start putting some strategic measures in place to retain their best and brightest employees.