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By David Zinger on Feb 28, 2007 in Disengagement, Books, Workplace Engagement, Employee Engagement | 2 Comments
They vastness between engagement and disengagement:
Work generally takes up a third of the time available for living. Work is a strange experience: it provides some of the most intense and satisfying moments, it gives a sense of pride and identity, yet it is something most of us are glad to avoid…84 percent of American men and […]
By David Zinger on Feb 28, 2007 in Strengths | 3 Comments
I just completed my first read of Marcus Buckingham’s Go Put Your Strengths to Work and Tom Rath’s StrengthsFinder 2.0. If you are devoted to your own “strength training” I highly recommend these two books and the online site tied into each book.
I have spend more time on the sites than with the books. […]
By David Zinger on Feb 24, 2007 in Management, Monday Morning Percolator, Leadership, Books, Workplace Engagement, Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
A PROMISE MADE…
A promise made is a debt unpaid. ~Robert Service
Perhaps you participated in a values clarification exercise or you tried to apply your organizational values. Maybe you created a lengthy list of your personal values. After you played the training game, studied the organizational values or wrote your list — what did you do then? For many people […]
By David Zinger on Feb 18, 2007 in Personal Engagement, Monday Morning Percolator, Workplace Engagement, Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Welcome to The Monday Morning Employee Engagement Percolator #1.
The purpose of this feature is to give you an overview and ideas from a personal engagement source. The sources will range from blogs to books.
Our first Monday’s resource is from Alexander Kjerulf. He has written a book entitled: Happy Hour is 9 to 5: Learn how to Love Your […]
By David Zinger on Feb 15, 2007 in David Zinger | 0 Comments
Be strong. Get the two new strength based leadership resources from Marcus Buckingham and Tom Rath.
On March 6th., Marcus Buckingham is coming out with Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance
This will include information on:
Why your strengths aren’t “what you are good at” and your weaknesses aren’t “what you […]
By David Zinger on Feb 15, 2007 in Personal Engagement, Techniques, Management, Leadership, Workplace Engagement, Engagement, Employee 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 Feb 14, 2007 in David Zinger | 0 Comments
Today, Valentine’s day, is a sad day of public mourning in Winnipeg as our hearts reach out to the families and firefighters who lost two of their leaders. Thomas Nichols. Harold Lessard.These two brave captains died last week when a house fire erupted in a deadly fireball. As one headline said last week: It’s a […]
By David Zinger on Feb 2, 2007 in David Zinger | 1 Comment
Photo by Kaarel Tamm
It is -45 degrees celsius in Winnipeg right now and it will go down to -48 tonight. Although it is cold here it warms my heart to have read the following article on EverestNews.com. In the spirit of the Brotherhood of the Rope it is nice to see that readers of EverstNews […]
By David Zinger on Feb 1, 2007 in David Zinger | 0 Comments
My 85-year-old father-in-law, Jack, loves to share stories.I was driving him home after a family dinner. Living in Winnipeg in February is not quite like living at the top of Everest but the temperature has been below 40 degrees for more than a few days.One bonus of having so much snow and cold is that […]
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