“The average cost of replacing an employee is 150 percent of annual compensation.”

Insight, a CPA Magazine

“High employee engagement has a significant correlation to individual, group and corporate performance in areas such as retention, turnover, productivity, customer service and loyalty, and growth in operating margins, profit margins and revenue.”

C-Suite Survey, September 2007

“The organizations that most effectively recognize excellence have a return on equity that is more than triple that of those that do so the least.”

A. Gostick and C. Elton, January 2007

“People are the prime source of a competitive advantage. Talented people, in the right kind of culture, have better ideas, execute those ideas better – and even develop other people better.”

C-Suite Survey, September 2007

“Top performers will find it easy to leave while many average and most under performing employees will stay because they have no choice. This means some organizations will be left with a disengaged and poorly performing workforce.”

Inc.com, September 2007

“In many cases, to those of us that are considered your consumers, your company goes no further than those employees you have on the front lines… In other words, your people are your brand, because your employees either brand you as a good company or brand you as a company to be avoided at all costs.”

A. Gostick and C. Elton, January 2007

“79 % of people who leave their jobs cite a lack of appreciation as a key reason.”

Society for Human Resource Management Study