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    Leading HR Experts Team Up To Conduct Groundbreaking Research on Employee Engagement

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    HR leaders Louis Carter and Bev Kaye are partnering to research the connection between career mobility, employee engagement, and business performance.

    BPI and Career Systems International Launch Research Partnership

    Esteemed HR thought leaders Louis Carter, CEO of Best Practice Institute (BPI), and Bev Kaye, founder of Career Systems International (CSI), have initiated a significant research study. The project, titled "Most Loved Workplaces: How our world's best organizations commit to engaging, developing and retaining employees for maximum business results," aims to showcase the practices of the world's most loved companies.

    Research Goals and Focus Areas

    The primary goal is to provide important benchmarking data on how internal career mobility and development opportunities impact key business metrics. The study will investigate the influence of these factors on:

    • Employee engagement
    • Retention rates
    • Overall productivity
    • An organization's status as a "most loved" workplace

    Executive Perspectives: A Need for Deeper Insights

    Senior executive leaders are seeking a more nuanced understanding of employee engagement that looks beyond conventional incentives.

    "My Senior Executive Board, made up of CHROs, CLOs and Chief Talent Officers of some of the world's most successful companies... want to look at employee engagement, but from a different angle," said Louis Carter, Founder and CEO of BPI. "They don't just want to know the impact of compensation and cool perks... they want to know the impact career development has on employee engagement, and ultimately becoming one of the most loved workplaces in the world."

    This sentiment is echoed by Bev Kaye, who emphasizes the connection between professional growth and organizational success.

    "We've found that development is really about results and being loved," stated Kaye. "Being loved by your customers, and more importantly being loved by your employees, especially those who you cannot afford to lose."

    Methodology and Next Steps

    The research will commence with a survey distributed to BPI's network of thousands of HR and Talent Management professionals, as well as CSI's clients. Following data collection and analysis, the BPI and CSI teams will co-author a report. The findings will be presented first at an upcoming BPI Senior Executive Board Meeting.

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