By David Zinger on Feb 5, 2008 in Books, Disengagement, Employee Engagement, Personal Engagement, Voices in Engagement | 2 Comments
Can we learn anything about employee engagement from the field of improvisation? My answer: absolutely.
But why go with my answer when we have the author of Improv Wisdom here to share insights and practices. Tom Peters, one of the top management speakers/consultants has included Patricia Madson as one of his cool friends for her thoughts [...]
By David Zinger on Nov 13, 2007 in David Zinger, Disengagement, Employee Engagement, Engagement, Personal Engagement | 2 Comments
Employee engagement is connection.
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. the sun shines not on us, but in us; the rivers flow not past, but through us. ~ John Muir
Employee engagement is:
Connection to our authentic self.
Connection to our work.
Connection to others.
By David Zinger on Nov 1, 2007 in David Zinger, Employee Engagement, Engagement, Personal Engagement, Workplace Engagement | 0 Comments
Today begins a new month. Are you prepared to go all in?
Mike Morrison, the Dean of Toyota University, wrote a wonderful book: The Other Side of the Card: Where Your Authentic Leadership Story Begins. Click here to read a previous article on this book.
I also receive Mike’s newsletter and appreciate the leadership “wake up” calls [...]
By David Zinger on Oct 31, 2007 in David Zinger, Personal Engagement, Zengagement | 0 Comments
Are you paying joyful attention on a daily basis to full employee engagement:
Pema Chodron has the following commentary in the book Always Maintain a Joyful Mind on awakening compassion and fearlessness:
In the morning when you wake up, you reflect on the day ahead and aspire to use it to keep a wide-open heart and mind. [...]
By David Zinger on Oct 30, 2007 in Employee Engagement, Personal Engagement, Workplace Engagement | 0 Comments
Did your teachers fully engage you in learning? Did you sit in a brain numbing lecture, absorbing little, and waiting for the class to be over?
The Globe and Mail wrote an article on Carl Wieman. Dr Wieman, an Nobel laureate, is on a mission to change the way science is taught. He wants to engage the [...]
By David Zinger on Oct 27, 2007 in David Zinger, Employee Engagement, Personal Engagement, Zengagement | 0 Comments
When we are disengaged it often drains our energy. We are not so much conserving energy or renewing energy as much as we are letting the energy drain from us with very little to show for our efforts.
Here is a short snippet story from Sakyong Mipham’s Turning The Mind Into An Ally:
I have a friend [...]
By David Zinger on Oct 25, 2007 in David Zinger, Leadership, Personal Engagement, Strength Based Leadership, Zengagement | 0 Comments
Leadership is a way of life and a conversation.
The great question about leadership, about taking real steps on the pilgrim’s path, is the great question of any individual life: how to make everything more personal. How to understand life or leadership not as an abstract path involving devious strategies but more like an inhabitation, a [...]
By David Zinger on Sep 29, 2007 in Employee Engagement, Leadership, Personal Engagement | 0 Comments
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 [...]
By David Zinger on Sep 20, 2007 in Employee Engagement, Personal Engagement | 1 Comment
Patricia Digh writes one of my favorite blogs, 37 days. She is much more than a blogger, Patti is a natural teacher through her informative and inspiring blog posts. Her blog began with the question: What would you be doing today if you had only 37 days left to live? This was based on personal experience in a close [...]
By David Zinger on Sep 17, 2007 in Drivers of Engagement, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Management, Monday Morning Percolator, Personal Engagement, Techniques, Workplace Engagement | 1 Comment
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 [...]
