Category: News

Next Generation Employee Engagement; T.H. Easter Consulting Welcomes Jean C. Wood, Ph.D.

According to Gallup’s State of the American Workplace Report, 70 percent of employees feel disconnected from the work they’re doing, making employee engagement a strategic business priority. The fact is, cultivating strong employee engagement results in high performing organizations, and we work with clients in the most highly competitive industries to help them achieve even… Read more »

Recapping the 2014 SHRM Diversity & Inclusion Conference in New Orleans

Recapping the 2014 SHRM Diversity & Inclusion Conference in New Orleans T.H. Easter Consulting Pushes the Refresh Button on D&I New Orleans was buzzing with energy as Terri Hartwell Easter, principal of T.H. Easter Consulting, hit the refresh button on what some 2014 SHRM Diversity & Inclusion attendees termed “a topic that has lost its… Read more »

Company Culture Extends Beyond the Water Cooler to Impact an Entire Profession

Close to 40 percent of women with engineering degrees either leave the profession or never enter the field. The main culprit? Company culture. A recent study by the national Project on Women Engineers’ Retention (POWER) – featured on NPR.com – found the engineering workplace unfriendly and even hostile to women. Respondents said engineering companies did… Read more »

Social Media for Employee Engagement

Top performing companies build relationships with their employees through social media and leverage their core values to empower their employees to be brand ambassadors, according to a recent study by LinkedIn cited in this Forbes.com article It’s true, cultivating strong employee engagement results in high performing organizations. New business trends, including an increase in the… Read more »

These Four Easy Observations Provide a True Gauge on Diversity

Elementary, Dear Colleagues: Four Easy Methods to Get a Real Gauge on Diversity Is your company still checking the diversity and inclusion box? Terri Hartwell Easter advises clients to take a walk around the office and use these four simple observations to gauge the real impact of your company’s diversity efforts.      • Look at your… Read more »

Missed the SHRM Diversity & Inclusion Conference?

Did you miss last week’s SHRM Diversity & Inclusion conference in New Orleans? Here’s your chance to reap the benefits of T.H. Easter Consulting’s evolved approach to achieving diversity and inclusion goals: leadership development. Download “The Leadership Deficit: Impact and Opportunities for Diverse Managers and Leaders,” today. Need an Engaging Speaker to Address the Toughest… Read more »

Join Us at the NAAAHR DE Diversity Exchange Forum

Calling All Delaware HR Leaders Business Trends – Succession Planning How do today’s top business trends affect your organization’s succession planning? When you are confronting… An aging workforce Reduced employee tenure The emergence of the Generation Y/Millennial workforce And technological innovation …it’s time to ask how YOUR organization can prepare for the next generation of… Read more »

The Leadership Deficit is in Your Control

Leadership Despair or Leadership to Spare? Only 21% of managers believe their organization’s leadership practices are very effective, according to the results of a recent study conducted by APQC and sponsored by T.H. Easter Consulting. The future of great organizations depends on cultivating great leaders. If you’re among the 79% who are in leadership despair, T.H. Easter… Read more »

Keep Calm and Engage On – Best Practices for Diversity & Inclusion Programs

According to Gallup’s recent State of the American Workplace Report, each and every day an astonishing 70% of employees feel disconnected from the work they’re doing. The average diversity and inclusion programming does nothing to address this because, quite simply, it is not seen as integral to the operational and strategic focus of the company.