Archive for March, 2008

An Employee Engagement Rx: Flextime »

What time is it Mr. Wolf?
Without time flexibility we may be gobbling up employee’s lives and contributing to their disengagement.
Flextime. How flexible is your time at work? An important ingredient in fostering employee engagement is to offer employees flexible hours of work so they can respond to other important elements in their life and […]

Your 6 Word Management Story & 5 Career Suggestions »

Do you have a 6 word management story in you? I co-write Slacker Manager. Last week I asked readers to write their 6 word management story. I offered a prize of a Canadian Toonie to the coolest management story. We now have about 25 stories with a couple of days left to go.

Click here is […]

Creative Energy: Bridge the Gap »

Zengagement: Employee Engagement
Is there a gap between where employee engagement is and where you want it to be?
The gap between vision and current reality is a source of energy. If there was no gap, there would be no need for  any action to move toward the vision. Indeed, the gap is the source of creative energy. […]

What are your weaknesses? Who cares? »

We focus far too much on weaknesses and trying to get better at what we are already not good at.
I loved this quote by Jack Handy
If you think a weakness can be turned into a strength I hate to tell you this but that’s another weakness. ~ Jack Handy.

Photo Credit: Iron Jelloids - for weakness […]

Get Serious About Strength Based Working »

Are you using your strengths in the service of results and your organization every day?
Have you taken a strength inventory? Quick, what were your strengths?
Chances are you have not even taken this baby step in workplace strength development. And if you did, chances are that you got a list that is sitting in some binder […]

David Zinger interviewed on Small Business Guru »

Click here to listen to an interview of David with Kelly Andrew Brown from Small Business Guru. Some of the topics we touched upon include:

Leverage your management responsibilities ‘in the service of others.’ Helping your employees helps you reach your goals.
Focus on your strengths - learn what your strengths are by asking friends and colleagues
Strength […]

Marshall Goldsmith Leading@Google Video »

This is a leadership employee engagement extra.
This is a 65 minute video based on Marshall Goldsmith’s presentation on leadership for Google. I encourage you to watch and learn from one of the world’s leading coaches.
If you don’t see the video in this post, click here to go to the Google video site.

Die Happy Today »

I invite you to visit my site on engaged living and happiness: www.diehappytoday.com
This site asks the question: If you were to die today would you die happy?
I believe this question offers a sharp focus to each day and a focus to our work and our engagement in our work.
The posts on this site are very brief, […]

Career Engagement: Get to the Top with Alltop »

Alltop collects “all the top” sites on the web with topics ranging from careers to dads to education and social media. 

Employee Engagement: Results That Matter is listed in the Alltop career page along with with Slacker Manager, Brazen Careerist, Standout Jobs Blog, and about 70 other sites. 
Click here to visit this ‘digital magazine rack” to take your […]