Archive for March, 2007

WE(E) Factor - Exiting Crazybusy »

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, […]

Generational Differences: A Bad Driver in Employee Engagement »

Nine and thirty-nine - from http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/
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 […]

Real Perks: Monday Morning Percolator #6 »

 
Percolator Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/sti/
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 […]

Flow into Engagement: Monday Morning Percolator #5 »

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 […]

The WE(E) Factor: Baby steps to leadership feats »

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 […]

Zinger’s Employee Engagement Rant (Part 1) »

 
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 […]

Employee Engagement: Monday Morning Percolator #4 »

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 […]

Employee Engagement: Think-It(2) »

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 […]

Employee Engagement: In the “Driver’s” Seat! »

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 […]