David Zinger on Engaged Leadership, Employee Engagement, & Meaningful Results.
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
Photo Credit: i heart u by http://flickr.com/photos/littlegoldwoman/860925091/
By David Zinger on Nov 29, 2007 in David Zinger, Strength Based Leadership, Video | 0 Comments
This video outlines 2 sources to determine your signature strengths.
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By David Zinger on Nov 28, 2007 in David Zinger, Employee Engagement, Employee Engagement Chronicle, Engagement | 0 Comments
David Zinger’s Employee Engagement Chronicle is your primary source for current news, views, reviews, and research on employee engagement. Each entry includes a link to an article or post with a short verbatim tidbit from the article. If you are intrigued, click on the author or source name at the start of each summary to study the full [...]
By David Zinger on Nov 26, 2007 in David Zinger, Monday Morning Percolator, Strength Based Leadership | 0 Comments
Employee Engagement - Monday Morning Percolator #35
This is part 5 of a 5 part series on leadership strength development through the application of StrengthsFinder 2.0.
Click here to read the first article in the series.
Here is the schedule outlining my strength focus:
Maximizer (Week 1)
Strategic (Week 2)
Positivity (Week 3)
Ideation (Week 4)
Empathy (Week 5)
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 21, 2007 in David Zinger, Disengagement, Drivers of Engagement, Employee Engagement, Engagement, Leadership, Management, Workplace Engagement | 0 Comments
Can you make employee engagement simple?
John Maeda. a professor in MIT’s Meida Lab, is the master of simplicity. He wrote a compelling book, The Laws of Simplicity.
In this article I apply Maeda’s 10 laws and 3 keys of simplicity to employee engagement.
TEN LAWS
1. REDUCE. The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction. What can [...]
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 19, 2007 in David Zinger, Monday Morning Percolator, Strength Based Leadership | 2 Comments
Employee Engagement Monday Morning Percolator #34
This is part 4 of a 5 part series on leadership strength development through the application of StrengthsFinder 2.0.
Click here to read the first article in the series.
Here is the schedule outlining my strength focus:
Maximizer (Week 1)
Strategic (Week 2)
Positivity (Week 3)
Ideation (Week 4)
Empathy (Week 5)
Here is a quick review of the [...]
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 16, 2007 in Leadership, Management, Strength Based Leadership, Strengths, Video | 0 Comments
Here is the first of what will be a series of videos on Leadership Zingers.
These videos will be 1 to 3 minutes long and offer you quick tips or perspectives on leadership. The primary focus will be on the topics of strength based leadership and employee engagement.
Watch for more videos on this site and better videos as [...]
By David Zinger on Nov 15, 2007 in Disengagement, Employee Engagement Chronicle | 0 Comments
Do you help employees keep the thrill alive?
Peter Vajda has written a detailed and insightful post on employee engagement at Slow Leadership. The key sections include the causes of disengagement, the solutions, and how to “keep the thrill alive.” I encourage you to read the post to learn a lot more from Peter’s insight into [...]
By David Zinger on Nov 14, 2007 in David Zinger, Employee Engagement, Employee Engagement Chronicle | 2 Comments
David Zinger’s Employee Engagement Chronicle is your primary source for current news, views, reviews, and research on employee engagement. Each entry includes a link to an article or post with a short verbatim tidbit from the article. If you are intrigued, click on the author or source name at the start of each summary to study the full [...]
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Contact David at (204) 254-2130 or Email dzinger@shaw.ca
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.
David's services mix current research with practical approaches to build authentic relationships and achieve powerful results. To learn more about David, click on "Zinger Profile & Contact" on the link bar at the top of this site.