eePulse, Inc. Announces New HR Effectiveness Pulse™

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – eePulse, Inc., www.eepulse.com, a leader in delivering web-based management tools, is announcing the HR Effectiveness Pulse as part of their new, self-service survey offering called MyeePulse™. The HR Effectiveness Pulse consists of 15 questions designed to help HR executives diagnose the effectiveness and value of their HR team and processes.

The questions for the eePulse survey were developed by HR experts and University of Michigan professors Dr. Dave Ulrich and Dr. Wayne Brockbank, who are partners in RBL, Inc., www.rbl.net. The work is based on their new book, “The HR Value Proposition,” due out in June, 2005. The HR Effectiveness Pulse currently is available at no additional charge. The MyeePulse self-service product suite, which includes access to eePulse’s signature Energy Pulse metrics (used to assess the energy level of the workforce) and real-time benchmarking data starts at only $399, enabling firms with tight budgets to use a validated processes to improve their organizations’ performance.

“The agenda for the human resource field is simple but not easy,” states Dave Ulrich. “HR must add value. Value comes when HR professionals, practices and departments meet external customer, investor, internal employee and line manager needs. This is much easier said than done. A critical step is to define and assess the criteria for HR value creation. The HR Effectiveness Pulse offers a straightforward way to check the pulse of HR. It can be used by line managers and HR professionals to determine where to invest to ensure that HR delivers value.”

According to eePulse’s CEO Theresa Welbourne, “the HR Effectiveness Pulse supplements the MyeePulse product suite in a way that adds significant value to our clients. Conducting a thorough, yet easy-to-use assessment of HR value, along with other proven measures, HR professionals will help their organizations grow revenue and improve market share even in today’s highly competitive business environment.” Wayne Brockbank, notes that, “both eePulse and RBL look forward to the continued learning and educational opportunities that will be created from the research data and case studies arising from this work. By offering organizations a low-cost option for obtaining high quality, HR metrics, we hope to obtain rich and powerful data to further advance our learning about HRM and leadership.”

For more information, please call 1-877-DR PULSE (377-8573) or visit www.eepulse.com.

About eePulse, Inc.
eePulse, Inc. delivers technology and research consulting services that power Data and Dialogue Driven Leadership™. Using eePulse’s proprietary, web-based enterprise-wide software suite called Measurecom™ (measurement and communication), leaders receive real-time data from their employees. The information received focuses on key business issues that are known to employees but that cannot be synthesized quickly enough for managers to take action. Using eePulse Survey and eePulse Reporting engines, employee knowledge is routed to managers as frequently as weekly so that immediate action is taken to confront “breaking business news.” For additional information, please call 1-877-DR PULSE (377-8573) or visit www.eepulse.com.

About RBL, Inc.
Dave Ulrich and Wayne Brockbank are partners at RBL, Inc. RBL helps organizations increase value in three areas: (1) Building Strategic HR capability, (2) Increasing Leadership capability, and (3) Aligning organizations for high performance. The RBL approach includes education, consulting and technology products in each area of these practice areas. RBL partners are thought leaders in our field who have authored more than 30 books and hundreds of articles. Over the last 20 years, RBL consultants have collaborated with HR and line executives in numerous, successful and significant organization transformations. For additional information, please call 1-801-373-4238 or visit www.rbl.net.

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