By David Zinger on Jan 30, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 2 Comments
In Winnipeg today, employees are engaged!
Every so often we see the headlines.
Canadian workers are not engaged.
Low levels of engagement.
What happened to commitment in the workplace?
A new generation of slackers.
Here is the temperature at 9:00 AM CST Wednesday 30 January 2008
Condition: Sunny Temperature: -31.1°C Wind Chill: -45°C or -49 Fahrenheit
Here is Environment Canada’s Windchill […]
By David Zinger on Jan 28, 2008 in Monday Morning Percolator, Workplace Engagement, David Zinger | 0 Comments
Monday Morning Percolator #42
Join now to be a founding memeber. Monday 7 a.m. update: The network is less than 2 days old, we already have 7 members (make that 8 just as I was writing this) and many of them are leading experts on employee engagement, work, and leadership. I encourage you to be one […]
By David Zinger on Jan 27, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 1 Comment
How do you get people on board with employee engagement? How do you promote change in the age of choice?
Read the following snippet on leadership and change from Margaret Wheatley, one of the foremost leadership experts:
We never succeed in directing or telling people how they must change. We don’t succeed by handing them a plan, […]
By David Zinger on Jan 23, 2008 in Management, Zengagement, Leadership, Disengagement, Workplace Engagement, Employee Engagement | 1 Comment
Sometimes I get angry when I hear leaders or managers talk about employee engagement as something for employees or “those people” while neglecting or forgetting that they are employees too!
When we are divided or disconnected how can we expect anything different than disengagement.
To be humble is not to make comparsions. Secure in its reality, the […]
By David Zinger on Jan 21, 2008 in Interview, Monday Morning Percolator, Employee Engagement | 1 Comment
Monday Morning Percolator #41
It is an honor today to host an interview with Michael Stallard. Michael in conjunction with Carolyn Dewing-Hommes and Jason Pankau wrote, Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity, and Productivity.
I have to admit that the cover and title did not grab my attention but when I […]
By David Zinger on Jan 20, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
This is the first test of a revamped employee engagement chronicle. It will make use of social bookmarking and notes to present the latest information in employee engagement.
By David Zinger on Jan 19, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 3 Comments
McDaniel Partners has created a short and engaging 4:19 video on employee engagement.
Take a look and enhance your perspective and understanding on employee engagement.
If you don’t see the video in this post, click here to go directly to the video on You Tube.
By David Zinger on Jan 18, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 2 Comments
The Cranky Middle Manager 128 Slacker Manager David Zinger
I was interviewed by Wayne on the Cranky Middle Manager Podcast. If you want to listen click on the title above this sentence to go to Wayne’s site and click on the play button. (MP3 12.8MB 26:35 Min)
Here are some notes Wayne put together:
0:00 Welcome to the […]
By David Zinger on Jan 16, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 4 Comments
Employee Engagement Extra:
I saw this video posted at www.toddand.com. It was a commercial but showed an office group engaged in making music. The results of their engagement in this endeavour may not matter for organizational profit but if they can work like this together on the projects that do make a difference, what a difference […]