Additional Reading from McBassi
Newsletter Archive
An archive of McBassi’s monthly newsletters on a wide range of topics
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Newsletters 2012
- April 2012: HR Analytics How-To’s Part II: How to Get Started
- March 2012: HR Analytics How-To’s Part I: Goals and Guiding Principles
- February 2012: The Missing Ingredient
- January 2012: Five Ideas for the (Re)Evolution for the People Side of the Business
Newsletters 2011
- December 2011: Reflections — and a Look Ahead
- Special Holiday Edition 2011: Where to Shop This Holiday Season?
- November 2011: The Rise of Behavioral Economics
- October 2011: The Story Behind Good Company
- September 2011: Good Company Has Been Published
- July 2011: Mismeasuring Our Lives
- June 2011: Lessons from the World of Sports
- May 2011: How to Create Actionable Business Intelligence
- April 2011: The Payoffs to Being a Good Company
- March 2011: The Implications of Rising Inequality
- February 2011: Public Reporting of Human Capital
- January 2011: Keeping Good Company in 2011
Newsletters 2010
- December 2010: Looking Forward
- November 2010: Can HR Analytics Save The World
- October 2010: HC Analytics Poll Results
- September 2010: An Upswing in Human Capital Analytics
- August 2010: The Importance of Measuring Value
- July 2010: How Worker Unrest in China Will Affect Your Business
- June 2010: Human Capital Management Predicts Stock Prices
- May 2010: Seven Inexpensive Ways to Foster Innovation
- April 2010: Beyond Employee Engagement
- March 2010: Debunking Employee Engagement Myths
- February 2010: A Turning Point?
- January 2010: Innovate or Die
Newsletters 2009
- December 2009: The New Normal
- November 2009: The New Economics of Profits
- October 2009: Learning to Recover
- September 2009: Predictions for 2010
- August 2009: Human Capital Analytics (Part 2)
- July 2009: The Importance of Human Capital Analytics
- June 2009: Unhealthy Organizations
- May 2009: McBassi People Index™
- April 2009: CEOs Leading HR
- March 2009: Improving the Success Rate of M&A
- February 2009: The Crystal Ball: Predicting Stock Prices
- January 2009: The Worthy Organization
Newsletters 2008
- December 2008: Crisis = Opportunity
- November 2008: Beyond Quarterly Earnings: Looking Long-Term — and Surviving the Financial Crisis
- October 2008: Lessons from Wall Street
- September 2008: The Futile Silver Bullet Quest
- August 2008: Economic Evolution
- July 2008: Prospering
- June 2008: Work and Life
- May 2008 : Profits, Risks, and People
- April 2008 : Benefiting From a Recession, Part II
- March 2008: HCM At Law Firms
- February 2008: Benefiting From a Recession
- January 2008: Debunking Employee Engagement Myths
Newsletters 2007
- December 2007: Not Satisfied With Your Employee Satisfaction Survey?
- November 2007: Workforce Analytics and Baseball
- October 2007: Wisdom at Work
- September 2007: When Your Profit Depends on Your People
- August 2007: Thinking About Time
- July 2007: The Worthy Organization
- June 2007: Workforce Analytics
- May 2007: Optimize (But Don’t Maximize) Employee Engagement
- April 2007: An Evidence-Based Approach to HR
- March 2007: What Stock Prices and Student Achievement Have in Common
- February 2007: Organizational Capability and Wall Street
- January 2007: Behavioral Economics and Organizational Effectiveness
Newsletters 2006
- November 2006: Who’s Satisfied With Their Employee Satisfaction Surveys?
- October 2006: What HR Needs
- September 2006: Human Capital “Auditing”
- August 2006: Getting to Win-Win: Engaged AND Profitable Employees
- July 2006: Six Sigma of Human Capital Management
- June 2006: The Worthy Organization
- May 2006: Benefits to Deploying Human Capital Metrics
- April 2006: Human Capital Metrics: A Catalyst for Change
Newsletters 2005
- November 2005: Human Capital Metrics That Every Organization Should Track
- October 2005 : Organizational Assessment: The Missing Link
News & Links Archive
Archived McBassi news & other links that might be of interest
News & Links 2009
- Results of study on human capital management in Colorado organizations
- Paper on training investments as a predictor of banks’ stock market performance,
2004 to 2008 - Bassi/McMurrer paper released by OECD as Education Working Paper
News & Links 2008
- Presentation by Laurie Bassi on the economics of people and profits
- Article by McBassi in The Complete Lawyer on what HCM factors drive law firm success
- New white paper on McBassi research (with PlantSuccess) on Searching for the Human Capital Drivers of Process Safety
- Video interview with Laurie Bassi with i4cp on measuring the contribution of people – and other future trends in the field
- New white paper (with Association of Legal Administrators) on what human capital factors are most closely associated with law firm success
- New McBassi research on similarities (and, especially, differences) in Employee Engagement Drivers Across Organizations
News & Links 2007
- Bassi/McMurrer on “Maximizing Your Return on People” in March 2007 Harvard Business Review.
- Australia Human Resources Magazine on Investing in People: Convincing the CFO.
News & Links 2006
- Australia’s HR Monthly features interview with Laurie Bassi.
- Audio of Laurie Bassi interview with Australian Society for Training and Development. Listen here.
- McBassi’s Work in School District Highlighted: A recent article in The School Administrator described McBassi’s groundbreaking work in a South Carolina school district.
- Happy Workers, Higher Shares: International Herald Tribune article features McBassi CEO Laurie Bassi and explores the relationship between being a great place to work and a company’s financial success.
Additional Reading Archive
An archive of some older – but still valuable – resources from McBassi
Briefs
- Determining Optimal Levels for Training Evaluations
- Attributes of the Ideal Human Capital Measurement System
- What CEOs Need to Know About “HR Stuff”
- Template for Building Business Cases for HR Investment
- Our Employee Questionnaire Privacy Policy and FAQs
Self-Assessments
- Your Organization’s Commitment to Human Capital Development
- Your Organization’s Human Capital Systems
White Papers
- Applying Six Sigma Techniques to Human Capital Management
- Next Generation Metrics as a Catalyst for Change
- What to Do When People Are Your Most Important Asset
Solutions Categories
- Cultural Assessments
- Employee Engagement
- Improving Safety & Quality
- Increasing Employee Retention
- Increasing Sales Productivity
- Increasing Workforce Diversity
- Leadership Effectiveness
- Mergers & Acquisitions