Part three of our five-part series of Employee Engagement Infographics detailed the cost of disengaged employees; if learning that $370 billion is lost annually due to disengaged employees wasn't enough to spur your interest, part four of the series elaborates on "The Importance of Employee Engagement." Learn how other companies are motivating their staff…and how effective that motivation truly is.

In our first two installments of our five-part Employee Engagement Infographic series, we brought you infographics detailing the importance of happiness in the workplace. Part one taught you what makes employees happy, while part two shared research revealing that happy workers are more productive. This week's infographic, "Work Engaged, Work Inspired," explains how engaged workers benefit your business, the jaw-dropping cost of disengaged workers as well as some super-simple tips for re-engaging employees who need a little inspiration.

Each year, at The Annual Gathering of Games, we recognize several companies who represent the “best of the best” in open-book management practice by honoring these companies with an All-Star Award. This prestigious award recognizes and celebrates the remarkable achievements of companies from around the globe that have fully embraced the principles of open-book management and The Great Game of Business, and have demonstrated outstanding results. Throughout the next few weeks, we’d like to introduce you to each of these companies in hopes that their experience will inspire you as you continue to explore open-book management.

All-Star winner Hilcorp Energy makes the list for the second year in a row. Last week, Fortune Magazine released their annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For; topping the list were Google, SAS and The Boston Consulting Group (see the full list here).

Each year, at The Annual Gathering of Games, we recognize several companies who represent the “best of the best” in open-book management practice by honoring these companies with an All-Star Award. This prestigious award recognizes and celebrates the remarkable achievements of companies from around the globe that have fully embraced the principles of open-book management and The Great Game of Business, and have demonstrated outstanding results. Throughout the next few weeks, we’d like to introduce you to each of these companies in hopes that their experience will inspire you as you continue to explore open-book management.

In our last post, we showed you an infographic that showcased recent research on "What Makes Employees Happy." So what's so great about happy employees? Part two for our series, "The Happy Secret to Better Work," shows the hidden benefits of happy workers for both the employer and the employee.

Through the years, The Great Game of Business, Inc. has worked with news entities, research organizations and academic institutions who are interested in studying the impact of open-book management. Currently, GGOB is proud to support the research of a senior at Yale College who is leading the effort to systematically evaluate the effect of open-book management on corporate performance. He is currently inviting managers of open-book firms to complete an anonymous, online questionnaire.

Each year, at The Annual Gathering of Games, we recognize several companies who represent the “best of the best” in open-book management practice by honoring these companies with an All-Star Award. This prestigious award recognizes and celebrates the remarkable achievements of companies from around the globe that have fully embraced the principles of open-book management and The Great Game of Business, and have demonstrated outstanding results. Throughout the next few weeks, we’d like to introduce you to each of these companies in hopes that their experience will inspire you as you continue to explore open-book management.

What is the most cost-effective incentive that is a proven driving force behind employee engagement? The answer is simple: recognition. Engaging employees is becoming increasingly more important to employers because engaged employees tend to be better workers and stay with a company longer. We've collected some great infographics that sum up the current research on employee engagement so you could have them all at your fingertips. Because each infographic is packed with useful information, we've made divided them up into a five-part series to make them a bit more digestible. Below, you'll find part one-of-five; we hope you find the information in the series both helpful and enlightening.

In October 2013, Jack Stack spoke at the Inc5000 conference where he revealed several unforeseen benefits of practicing open-book management. Inc.'s Burt Helm summarized these benefits in a recent Inc. article: 5 Unexpected Benefits of Opening Your Books. In the article, Helm noted the following specific benefits: The Team Discovers Its Value Leaders Are Born Sharp Questions Improve Financial Statements Employees Bring Know-How Home The Entire Community Benefits