David Zinger on Authentic Engagement, Leadership & Results
Category: ZengagementBy David Zinger on Dec 27, 2007 in Zengagement | 0 Comments
Daniel Gilbert wrote a wonderful book, Stumbling on Happiness.
The line quoted below from page 4 of the book made me think about authentic employee engagement versus programs and policies that look like they foster employee engagement:
But as bald men with cheap hairpieces always seem to forget, acting as though you have something and actually having [...]
By David Zinger on Nov 30, 2007 in David Zinger, Zengagement | 0 Comments
LOVE: A Pathway to employee engagement?
What might it be like to awaken each day into an increasing sense that being loving is even more important than being loved? ~ Stephen Levine
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By David Zinger on Nov 24, 2007 in David Zinger, Employee Engagement, Zengagement | 2 Comments
Is employee engagement really a new topic?
Here is a wonderful snippet of poetry from Ralph Waldo Emerson written in 1841, 166 years ago, on self-reliance:
What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between [...]
By David Zinger on Nov 20, 2007 in David Zinger, Zengagement | 2 Comments
What’s most important?
Elizabeth Hamilton has written an intriguing short book, Untrain Your Parrot.
I have read the question she asked in Chapter 1 before about what’s most important. Yet, I appreciated her phrasing and broader perspective:
If you died today, would your obituary reflect your professed values? Or entropy: “She let the important things slide, and then [...]
By David Zinger on Nov 18, 2007 in David Zinger, Zengagement | 0 Comments
NOW
It’s a good day when we don’t need to be doing anything else than what we’re doing, when we don’t need to be anywhere else than where we are. On this day, our life is fine as it is and we are free from having to improve and instead, just engage it as it is. [...]
By David Zinger on Nov 9, 2007 in David Zinger, Zengagement | 0 Comments
Are you driving down the employee engagement road?
Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren’t sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better. ~ John Carmack
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By David Zinger on Nov 4, 2007 in Zengagement | 0 Comments
Many people would be surprised to realize that Chuck Norris is a student of Zen.
He wrote the book, The Secret Power Within: Zen solutions to Real Problems. Here is a short paragraph from the book on gumption and trusting your gut instinct.
The self-confidence to do these things comes from discipline and learning. As you apply these [...]
By David Zinger on Nov 2, 2007 in David Zinger, Zengagement | 0 Comments
Our emotions can cause us to behave like wild monkeys. Our monkey mind can jump from emotion to emotion and before we know it the day is over and nothing was done and we leave work carrying a bunch of resentments. Over time employee engagement can seep away leaving us disengaged and dispirited.
Our emotions can [...]
By David Zinger on Nov 1, 2007 in David Zinger, Employee Engagement, Zengagement | 0 Comments
Thich Nhat Hanh has written a short and helpful book, The Art of Power. His writing was one of the first to introduce me to the concept of mindfulness - being present to who and where we are in the moment.
Without mindfulness we cannot experience high levels of employee engagement:
It takes training to master the art [...]
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. [...]
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David Zinger, M.Ed., is a leading expert on both employee engagement and strength based leadership.
He is a management consultant with over 25 years of experience. His education services are enhanced by his 20 year background as a University educator for the University of Manitoba and over 15 years managing an employee assistance program for Seagram Ltd.
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