The NEW ROI: Return On Individuals® – Going Behind The Numbers

By Dave Bookbinder

The NEW ROI: Return On Individuals® – Going Behind The Numbers

By Dave Bookbinder

Discretionary effort is the holy grail of employee engagement. The ‘going above and beyond’ drives business valuation.” – Dave Bookbinder

In Going Behind the Numbers, valuation expert Dave Bookbinder continues to unravel ways to better value human capital and determine how it can be quantified to truly represent what every organization’s people actually bring to the table. If you think it’s a simple matter of calculating salaries and benefits – the typical financial expenses – you should start reading immediately… or learn to accept mediocrity (or worse) in your own organization. 

As a result of his first book, The NEW ROI: Return on Individuals®, Dave has launched the “Behind the Numbers” podcast and companion show on RVN Television and interviews countless business and thought leaders and successful entrepreneurs to continue to uncover the often hidden, and many times untapped value potential that lies within the people in every organization as well as the critical importance of employee engagement and corporate culture. Those interviews are the basis of this book.

If you believe that your people are your most valuable asset, you must read this book!

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Do you understand the connection between employee engagement and business value?

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Would you like to know the secret to building a great corporate culture from CEOs and CFOs who've done it?

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What are the keys to outperforming your competitors on every key performance metric?

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Why "doing well by doing good" is no longer just an inspirational catch phrase?

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How will changes mandated by the SEC impact your privately held business?

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What managers need to know to become better leaders and build cohesive teams?

This is a must read book for every aspiring leader. While we may have come across many of the underlying principles highlighted in the book, Bookbinder definitely takes it to another level. His writing is powerful, inspirational and makes us want to not only become better managers of people, but also better version of ourselves! What I really loved were the great real-world examples based on his discussions with top leaders to drive home the principles. I really enjoyed reading this book and will for sure keep it as part of my leadership development arsenal and reference. Great read and very inspirational!

Amin Islam

Dave Bookbinder has hit the proverbial nail with The NEW ROI: Behind the Numbers. He brings to light a powerful asset that is not only ignored, but much of the time treated as expendable. Business owners, CEOs, CFOs and the like would be well-advised to read every word and take it to heart. People are our future and the greatest asset we can ever honor and respect. Thank you Dave for starting this invaluable conversation.

Pericles Rellas

As a single Mom and a lifelong health and wellness coach, I resonate greatly with the overall theme of this book. The mindfulness chapter in particular. If more companies paid attention to the mental health and stress of their employees, guaranteed their businesses would thrive. Great book!

Deb Shockley

Dave Bookbinder is a visionary – The New ROI: Return on Individuals – Going Behind the Numbers proves his commitment to leading the human capital valuation movement. Using his experience as a renowned valuation expert and business thought leader, he brilliantly culminates years of quantitative and qualitative research into his second book.

While the bar was set high after his award-winning best seller, The New ROI: Return on Individuals, the follow-up exceeds every expectation. He hand-picked the best and brightest business leaders to feature in each chapter, creating a dynamic and engaging book jam-packed with invaluable wisdom from start to finish. The diverse array of business owners, educators, authors, CEOs, and entrepreneurs included in each chapter all provide unique insight with meaningful contributions. The book lives up to its name – supporting every point with concrete quantifiable proof that would convince even the most doubtful CEO that “people are assets, not expenses.”

Bookbinder’s groundbreaking work is the driving force behind the growing momentum around people-centric investing and recent changes to SEC reporting requirements regarding human capital disclosures. The New ROI: Return on Individuals – Going Behind the Numbers is a game-changer. The influence the book will have on business leaders, as well as the entire industry, is the key to furthering the movement and making his vision for the future of human capital valuation a reality.

Anita Datta