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By David Zinger on Mar 31, 2007 in David Zinger | 0 Comments
In the last post I outlined how important connections were to all of us, yet how busy leaders are with all the demands and tasks they experience everyday.
Actions need to be small yet significant. Actions are strengthened when we leverage relationship or connections. I call this the WE(E)-Factor. These factors are simple, not necessarily easy, […]
By David Zinger on Mar 29, 2007 in Engagement Statistics, Leadership, Management, Drivers of Engagement, Disengagement, Workplace Engagement, Canada, Employee Engagement | 2 Comments
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We often think people of different generations are bad drivers. Older drivers look at younger drivers in disdain while younger drivers think older drivers should get off the road.
Yet, when it comes to employee engagement Watson Wyatt just released data to suggest that different generations share the same engagement drivers […]
By David Zinger on Mar 26, 2007 in Monday Morning Percolator, Engagement, Workplace Engagement, Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
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You might have wondered why this series is called the Monday Morning Percolator.
Monday is the day most of us start our work week. Morning is when we wake up and coffee is often used to transition from sleep to work.
In the age of designer coffee, why an old fashioned percolator and perked coffee when you can […]
By David Zinger on Mar 19, 2007 in Monday Morning Percolator, Personal Engagement, Techniques, Drivers of Engagement, Engagement, Workplace Engagement, Canada, Employee 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 17, 2007 in David Zinger | 4 Comments
Strength resides in relationship - leadership is moving from me to WE. The Brotherhood of the Rope asks us to connect past me to we. The rope connects us, ties us together, helps us summit, and come to the assistance of others.
Recently, I have facilitated leadership workshops on The WE Factor because I want to […]
By David Zinger on Mar 14, 2007 in Leadership, Management, Techniques, Engagement Statistics, Drivers of Engagement, Workplace Engagement, Disengagement, Employee 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 11, 2007 in Management, Monday Morning Percolator, Leadership, Drivers of Engagement, Workplace Engagement, Engagement, Employee Engagement | 1 Comment
As stated in a recent post, the number 1 driver of employee engagement is the relationship with our direct leader.
Sometimes we are fortunate and have a great boss who:
provides numerous high quality interactions,
demonstrates how we are part of the organization and team,
cares about us,
encourages our career development,
offers genuine appreciation and recognition,
knows our strengths, and designs […]
By David Zinger on Mar 9, 2007 in Engagement, Books | 0 Comments
Wake up!
Engaging our jobs intelligently and without resistance does not require that we redefine our entire approach to our livelihood. We can engage our jobs sanely and openly without giving up on success or disregarding our feelings or ambitions. What is required is surprisingly ordinary: simply to be who we are where we are, to […]
By David Zinger on Mar 8, 2007 in Engagement Statistics, Leadership, Management, Drivers of Engagement, Engagement, Workplace Engagement, Canada, Employee Engagement | 2 Comments
The conference board published a report on “Employee Engagement: A Review of Current Research and its Implications.” Patricia Soldati summarized some of the work in a recent post at management-issues.
Looking at 12 different studies the report outlined 26 key drivers of engagement.
At least 4 of the studies agreed on these 8 drivers:
Trust and integrity
Nature of the […]
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