Employee Engagement Zingers

If an employee leaves an organization there is nothing left to do to foster employee engagement.
How do you enhance employee retention?

Employee Engagement: Monday Morning Percolator #27

The last Monday Morning Percolator outlined 7 organizational inputs to foster employee engagement. This post will outline the key inputs into employee engagement from leaders and managers within the organization.
Engage yourself. Before you can foster or enhance the engagement of employees, never lose sight that you are one of those employees. [...]

Employee engagement cannot work effectively when it is an organizational imposition.
 I strongly encourage you to read the article: Employee Engagement  from the blog,  Yearning Mice on Fire: Random Ravings From the Midnight Hours.
Here are some of Dee’s words:
Employee engagement. It is the latest and greatest corporate buzz phrase, at least for the corporation I work [...]

Employee Engagement: Monday Morning Percolator #25

There are a plethora of methods and approaches to fostering and enhancing employee engagement. Actions can be launched by individuals, leaders, and organizations. When all 3 are working together we move beyond simple employee engagement to workplace engagement with engagement for all!
Yet, the workplace of today is asking more and [...]

Employee Engagement: Monday Morning Percolator #24

How do you create a breakthrough to achieve fuller employee engagement for yourself and the people you work with? Often we feel stuck or disengaged. We want a breakthrough. But we are not sure how to proceed or even get started.
Lisa Haneberg offers a solution in her book: Two Weeks [...]

Employee Engagement: Monday Morning Percolator #23

Do you hear what I hear?
Who are you listening to in relationship to employee engagement? You can listen to the work of management consultants or university professors but I encourage you to go to the source. Listen to the people in your family and workplace.
Here are 4 snippets I heard [...]

Employees’ direct relationships with their bosses are one of the most important factors in fostering employee engagement. But what if the boss is bad, and that boss is you?
Joseph Libertia has written a fine short post on how to overcome Bad Boss syndrome with emotional intelligence. He cites the common statement that people don’t leave [...]

Employee Engagement: Monday Morning Percolator #19
Have you thought about how the world and work is changing and what this means to employees, leaders and organizations who want to foster and maintain high levels of employee engagement?
I encourage you to view these 67 slides on change - shiftHappens:
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After viewing the slides what are you thoughts and ideas about [...]

Employee Engagement: Monday Morning Percolator #18
How about a short video with your Monday morning coffee?
Could you use a little help in getting higher levels of engagement at work? Does feedback trap you to the past and give you little idea about what to do next?
I encourage you to watch this 4 minute video of Marshall Goldsmith, one of [...]

 
Employee Engagement: Monday Morning Percolator #17
Today, I have the honor of featuring George Ambler and his leadership blog. George Ambler writes an insightful leadership blog - The Practice of Leadership: It’s only in the practice of leadership that we influence our world…
He has written a number of excellent short articles on employee engagement.
George summarized a study from PeopleMetrics:
…creating [...]