By David Zinger on Apr 16, 2007 in Books, Employee Engagement, Engagement, Monday Morning Percolator, Personal Engagement, Techniques | 0 Comments
Zen is a practice, psychology, religion, and way of life. I have read Zen books and articles for over 30 years ranging from the poetic and peaceful insights of Thich Nhat Hahn to the raw zen of Chuck Norris.
To practice Zen is to be engaged.
Here is a short excerpt from Thich Nhat Hahn’s, Peace is Every [...]
By David Zinger on Mar 19, 2007 in Canada, Drivers of Engagement, Employee Engagement, Engagement, Monday Morning Percolator, Personal Engagement, Techniques, Workplace Engagement | 2 Comments
Do you flow into engaged activity? Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has researched flow and outlined how we can achieve flow at work. I have appreciated his ideas on flow for years and I believe flow can be seen as a close synonym for personal engagement.
You experience flow when you are fully immersed in what you are [...]
By David Zinger on Mar 14, 2007 in Disengagement, Drivers of Engagement, Employee Engagement, Engagement Statistics, Leadership, Management, Techniques, Workplace Engagement | 8 Comments
Part 1: Lies, damn lies, and statistics
I’m angry, even a bit ticked off. If you read my blogs you know that I seldom if ever rant. But I am ticked off at all the measurement of employee engagement where employees tick off measurement boxes in private, an outside company collates all the measurement, and the organization [...]
By David Zinger on Mar 7, 2007 in Employee Engagement, Leadership, Management, Techniques | 0 Comments
Humantech Inc. has introduced the “30-inch view of business.” As opposed to leaders taking the 30,000-foot view of business Humantech suggests leaders get close to their people and environment.
“The lesson is that people matter and they’re everywhere,” Keith R. Bossey from Humantech said. “We believe that, ‘within 30 inches of your employees sits all of [...]
By David Zinger on Feb 15, 2007 in Employee Engagement, Engagement, Leadership, Management, Personal Engagement, Techniques, Workplace Engagement | 2 Comments
Photo by Peter Dyck
When you work with bees a football helmet can become a lens or sculpture to see the world in a much richer way.
I had the honor this week of sharing breakfast with Aganetha Dyck. Sometimes referred to as the “bee lady,” Aganetha won Manitoba’s Annual Arts Award of Distinction. I have wanted to talk [...]
By David Zinger on Jan 23, 2007 in Employee Engagement, Engagement, Personal Engagement, Techniques, Workplace Engagement | 0 Comments
What’s in a name?
In employee engagement, some people make their mark while others sign their name. I believe the key is to sign your name.
Engagement thrives when infused with playfulness. In the spirit of playfulness I have created an acronym, based on my last name. The acronym outlines 6 powerful keys I apply to unlock superior performance and [...]
By David Zinger on Dec 6, 2006 in Employee Engagement, Engagement, Leadership, Techniques, Workplace Engagement | 3 Comments
Can you imagine co-creating engagement in your workplace?
Jennifer Rice defines co-creation as: “an open, ongoing collaboration between employees and customers to define and create products, services, experiences, ideas and information.”
Co-creation is often a collaboration between employees and customers. Co-creation is a pathway to fuller employee engagement where the organization, management, and employees work (and play) together to create a [...]
By David Zinger on Sep 14, 2006 in Books, Engagement, Personal Engagement, Techniques, Workplace Engagement | 1 Comment
Welcome
This site is devoted to the principles, practices, lessons, ideas, news, and tips involving engagement in the workplace and personal engagement. It will be the first site you will visit if you are interested in engagement. The site will help you assess engagement in the workplace, examine what organizations can do to build full work [...]
