Want your company to be a part of the EU-sponsored Values Indicators Project?

By ebbf, on May 18th, 2010%

Are there indicators that can measure the – values – with which we are trying to transform our companies and organizations?
EBBF, as part of a wider group of NGO’s is taking part in an EU-sponsored project to develop proven, reliable and replicable indicators to measure the presence and the strength of values that affect the running of an organization.

We now give your company the opportunity to become one of the few to take part in the second and final phase of this EU-sponsored project.

Two EBBF members had their companies take part in the first testing phase of the project, which confirmed how the long-term success of organizations and projects is strongly linked to the values espoused by the people who lead them, and the degree to which these values permeate the organization and are shared by its stakeholders:

Rüdiger Fox (CEO of PFW Aerospace)
and
Denise Cumella (Country Manager of Lush Italy)

We are now seeking to create a long list of 20 more companies who will be involved in this next phase of research, to determine and test the indicators that we will then look forward to spreading to thousands of companies in the future.

You have until this Wednesday 19th of May at 19:00 (Central European Time) to express your interest in having your company or organization be included in the short list for this next phase of this project, by contacting us.

WHAT DOES BECOMING A PARTICIPANT IMPLY PRACTICALLY?
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INSPIRE 26 – out now!

By ebbf, on October 20th, 2009%

Click on the image to enjoy the latest edition of EBBF’s e-magazine INSPIRE
Stories, ideas, values, opportunities for action and meaningful job offers for you, from EBBF members.

. . . → Read More: INSPIRE 26 – out now!

Valuing people makes all the difference

By karimbeers, on July 9th, 2008%

In this letter EBBF member Sonia Soldati shares her work journey as she’s sought to find meaning and joy in her work. When reading the letter it might be interesting to consider what is it that enables or encourages certain companies and organizations to treat their human resources differently? Is it different values?

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Though I only started working 5 years ago, I have been an employee in 7 different workplaces around London. In the past I have mainly worked in the profit sector (recruitment agency, major airline company and IT training company). When I chose to study Human Resources, I didn’t think there would be much difference working for a profit or non profit as I thought I was serving people and that was my priority in life.

In reality I realised that in the profit sector people are often not considered as people but rather numbers and I felt my role was more like being a company lawyer, making sure we were abiding by the protocols so the angry candidates or employees didn’t have any grounds for disciplinary or legal action. This obviously created a very negative image of HR and a feeling of distrust. We were always seen as the evil ones, the enemy and therefore it was difficult to change anything as employees were not responsive to HR suggestions or requests.

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