We are pleased to announce that Jeff Campbell, director of High Performance Employees, has been invited to participate in a conference for Service Providers of the An Even Better Place to Work program. The conference is being held August 8, 2006 in Southampton, England and promises to be a high-energy event with a packed agenda including working toward a better understanding of the service itself and the philosophy behind the program. Jeff has agreed to participate as a presenter at the conference and will discuss his own integration of An Even Better Place to Work into the High Performance Employees roster of available services. We look forward to Jeff sharing his experiences with us upon his return, in the meantime, you can learn more about the conference here - and more about the An Even Better Place to Work program, as offered by High Performance Employees, here.

Just about every CEO/company realizes the importance of honest feedback from employees at all levels, but very few are actually receiving it as the filtering which naturally happens when lower level management pass on comments from staff is nearly impossible to get around. With recent statistical averages pointing to at least 20% workforce-dissatisfaction (and even higher turnover rates), it is invaluable to find out what exactly is going on in the thoughts and feelings of employees. If your employees smile when you walk into the room, then you're definitely doing something right. But what if they don't? Jeff Campbell, director of High Performance Employees, knows what it takes to achieve success in business, be it a large corporation or a fledging enterprise: it is the people who make up that business - plain and simple. But he also knows it's not just any people who drive success; it is the people who are recognized for their individual contributions to the group, who are encouraged to apply their strengths to the big picture. High Performance Employees introduces two of the most valuable tools for getting the absolute best from your people and for managing working relationships, The Corporate Ombudsman and the new Even Better Place to Work diagnostic tool. The Corporate Ombudsman is a free service devised to help higher level management find out exactly what is happening in their organization. With the Corporate Ombudsman, any CEO/Manager can receive anonymous (or the writer can include their name if they wish), unfiltered emails DIRECTLY from any staff member, thus giving them a formerly unseen view of the company at grass roots level. Not only does this give the CEO/Management of the company some extremely valuable and formerly unheard information but it also gives the staff a way to express their feelings and ideas more directly. You listen people into existence - showing staff that they actually matter, and that their ideas and concerns are being taken seriously, is a crucial aspect of turning workplace morale around. Adding to the "feel good" factor in the organization helps staff concentrate on the job rather than griping about what the company is doing wrong, or worse, seeking employment elsewhere. Losing good employees to frustration with workplace complaints increases overhead costs - giving them a voice within the company keeps them loyal, happy, and smiling when you walk into the room. High Performance Employees can to "help you to grow your people" with a brand new website offering this free feature - which may be the first of it's kind in the world! The Even Better Place to Work diagnostic tool is a new system of evaluating your team online and will prove to be one of the most beneficial resources any company dedicated to building a strong, dynamic team will ever come across. Using the new system will provide leaders and individuals alike with an amazing, and formerly unknown, insight into how the people in their organization feel. It will also show what they feel is working and what isn't and give you that vital information fast so that you stop little problems from becoming bigger ones. This system brings proven professional (organizational psychologist designed) team development to companies large and small. It provides scheduled, on-line, DIY, self service, rolling, interactive program of practical activities. When used by an organization it produces automatic, integrated individual, team and company reports. Use of this system will bring dramatic results, which are sustained and embedded in the culture. A proven 5-20% improved performance, with no administrative burden and without asking people to work longer or harder. About High Performance Employees - High Performance Employees is the North American-based portal to achieving success; offering real-life, viable resources that any business can utilize to create "Winning Relationships in the Workplace." The program, while multi-leveled and comprehensive, operates from the idea that it is human differences that create uniqueness - and that uniqueness is an asset to be cultivated,, rather than cancelled out. "Winning Relationships in the Workplace" has been available for the last 10 years and has been used by clients in the United Kingdom, Europe, South Africa and the Middle East including Siemens PLC, PepsiCo, Sony, Glaxo Smith Kline, Exxon Mobil, World Wildlife Fund and Barclays Bank. About Jeff Campbell - Jeff Campbell served as a police officer in what was once one of the world's most dangerous places to police: Northern Ireland. After immigrating to Vancouver, Canada in 2001 Mr. Campbell joined the Vancouver Police Department; focusing his beat on the tough downtown eastside area. With many years of up-close-and-personal social-studies in his career as a police officer Jeff began contemplating the reasons behind an individual's success or failure in life - wondering why some people seemed to 'make it' while others floundered. These questions led him to become an avid scholar of the science of success; trying to decipher a design behind achievement. During those studies, Jeff encountered the "Winning Relationships in the Workplace" program and it became his vision to introduce this and several other personally-developed training workshops to North America.

Now you can stay connected to the High Performance Employees website via your email inbox! Just use the 'Get Connected!' signup form on any of the main website pages to enter your email and receive a copy of our monthly newsletter. The newsletter will be targeted to business owners with working relationships as the main focus; including tips and highlights from the High Performance Employees workshops, event information, new site feature announcements, targeted news articles, and personal messages from the Director of HPE, Jeff Campbell. Also included will be helpful business tips ranging from maintaining high morale in the workplace to how to decrease turnover rates at your company. Get connected! Sign up now! Our first issue is expected to make it's debut in early August. Archived newsletters will also be available on the website, in our News Room.