Archive for January, 2008

Multiple Pathways to Employee Engagement: MMP#40 »

Employee Engagement: The Monday Morning Percolator #40
There is no way to employee engagement,
employee engagement is the way.

The above statement is a rewrite of Zen monk, Thich Nhat Hahn’s, dictum: There is no way to peace, peace is the way.
The opening statement about employee engagement is a central theme of this website. Three times a week you [...]

The Employee Engagement Chronicle #10 »

David Zinger is a leading expert on employee engagement.
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 [...]

PowerPoint Disengagement »

Employee Engagement Extra.
This weekend feature offers extras and perspectives on employee engagement.
How engaged do you feel when the presenter begins showing  the first of what will turn out to be 400 information packed PowerPoint Slides? This is death by PowerPoint. 
I encourage you to pay attention to this popular slideshare presentation: Death by PowerPoint (and how to [...]

Leadership and The Brotherhood of the Rope »

Sir Edmund Hillary died today. He was the first to climb Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay.
On January 1, 2007 I themed the year of this site as The Brotherhood of the Rope. I am offering my post from January 1, 2007 one more time to honor Sir Edmund Hillary’s life - thank you Sir Edmund Hillary for your [...]

Employee Engagement: Do You Have A Clue? »

The Cluetrain Manifesto is about the end of business as usual. Conversations matter and human interaction is the key.
The authors present 95 theses about the changes in business. I encourage you to view the slide-show of the 95 theses and think about them in relationship to employee engagement and internal communication and marketing within the [...]

10 Principles of Employee Engagement: MMP #39 »

Employee Engagement - The Monday Morning Percolator #39
The Monday Morning Percolator is a regular feature of Employee Engagement: Results That Matter. The purpose of the percolator is to start your week off with a post that gets you percolating for the remainder of the week.
At the start of the new year it is a good [...]

Employee Engagement Extra: Passion Lives Here »

Watch this employee engagement extra. The topic is not specific to employee engagement yet I believe this video can both inspire and enlighten you. I thought this was a very well crafted talk on passion. Think about how what she discusses could be brought to the lens of employee engagement in the workplace.
I encourage you to [...]

Leadership: Energy Management »

Energy is the raw material of employee engagement.
This video briefly describes the key components of energy management for leaders:

Physical energy
Mental energy
Emotional energy
Sprititual energy
Organizational energy

When you think about leadership or managing do you think about managing your own energy?

Click here to watch the video if the screen does not appear in this post.

Zengagement: Is Employee Engagement a Snow Job? »

When you examine the definitions and perceptions of employee engagement it is a lot like how we look at snow. Employee engagement is much more than perception but certainly perception of ourselves, others, and our work play a key role in engagement.
Is employee engagement something playful or a snow job?

A lot of people like snow. [...]

7 Tips to Maximize this Employee Engagement Site in 2008 »

Happy New Year. All the best to you in employee engagement for 2008.
This website is an example of integrated website publishing that offers you a rich array of information and a variety of pathways through the information on employee engagement.
You may be new to integrated website publishing so here are a 7 tips to help you maximize your benefit [...]

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    EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT enriches everyone in the workplace. It is not sucking out more discretionary effort from employees.

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