Employee Engagement Zingers

Are you using your strengths in the service of results and your organization every day?
Have you taken a strength inventory? Quick, what were your strengths?
Chances are you have not even taken this baby step in workplace strength development. And if you did, chances are that you got a list that is sitting in some binder [...]

Sometimes I get angry when I hear leaders or managers talk about employee engagement as something for employees or “those people” while neglecting or forgetting that they are employees too!
When we are divided or disconnected how can we expect anything different than disengagement.

To be humble is not to make comparsions. Secure in its reality, the [...]

The Cluetrain Manifesto is about the end of business as usual. Conversations matter and human interaction is the key.
The authors present 95 theses about the changes in business. I encourage you to view the slide-show of the 95 theses and think about them in relationship to employee engagement and internal communication and marketing within the [...]

Can you make employee engagement simple?

John Maeda. a professor in MIT’s Meida Lab, is the master of simplicity. He wrote a compelling book, The Laws of Simplicity.
In this article I apply Maeda’s 10 laws and 3 keys of simplicity to employee engagement.
TEN LAWS
1. REDUCE. The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction. What can [...]

Here is the first of what will be a series of videos on Leadership Zingers.
These videos will be 1 to 3 minutes long and offer you quick tips or perspectives on leadership. The primary focus will be on the topics of strength based leadership and employee engagement.
Watch for more videos on this site and better videos as [...]

Trombone Player Wanted is a strong 6 DVD series on putting our strengths to work by Marcus Buckingham. If you would like to learn more about this series I encourage you to read the review available below.

A free 18 page detailed PDF E-review of this series was on this site but it became unavailable when the [...]

Michelle Malay Carter writes an engaging and clear blog about management. She wrote a recent post on Misguided Motivation Attempts - Put Down that Carrot and that Stick and that Hot Dog.
Thank you Michelle, I am so tired of seeing books or articles that pair motivation with carrots. We are not rabbits and the only [...]

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: 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 [...]