By David Zinger on Mar 17, 2008 in Employee Engagement, Monday Morning Percolator | 8 Comments
Here are 26 keys to employee engagement from A to Z.
Acceptance. We must begin with acceptance of the current state of engagement and begin to make changes out of our full acceptance of what is as we move to what can be.
Benefits. If employee engagement is to be sustained over time it must benefit employees, [...]
By David Zinger on Mar 15, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
We need to disengage intentionally to re-engage with more vigor and energy.
Photo Credit: Elizabeth Perry
http://www.elizabethperry.com/woolgathering/archives/2008/01/cafe-chair.html
By David Zinger on Mar 13, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 4 Comments
Bill Jensen wrote a wonderful book - Work 2.0 - the new contract.
Bill talks about the new contact for work being how to use life’s precious assets. The book is a call to attention to the human dimension of getting things done. Bill states: “it is no longer acceptable to say that there’s work and there’s life [...]
By David Zinger on Mar 12, 2008 in Employee Engagement, Interview | 1 Comment
Judy McLeish, from McDaniel Partners writes a very helpful employee engagement blog: The Employee Factor. She recently posted 10 rules of engagement and this interview is based on those rules and extends her rules to number 11.
Judy, could you give a quick overview of the 10 rules.
David, we understand the importance of engaging employees. It’s [...]
By David Zinger on Mar 10, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Employee Engagement: Monday Morning Percolator #47
If you are a blogger and savvy with social media feel free to click away.
If you don’t write a blog or make use of social media to foster, communicate, enhance and create employee engagement, then read on.
Are you using social media (blogs, networks, netvibes, tumblr, drop.io, You Tube, RSS feeds, [...]
By David Zinger on Mar 8, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 1 Comment
I have created a continually updated and extensive list of online article and posts on employee engagement.
This resource originated out of the employee engagement network. This will be an extensive list of the blog posts and writing of all the members of the network.
Currently, it is in Beta testing to determine the best methods and layout [...]
By David Zinger on Mar 7, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
A ZENgagement Moment.
Here is a short snippet from J. J. Gibbs on Dancing With Your Books: The Zen Way of Studying. It tells us that employee engagement is truly in the moment.
We are all familiar with the old saying, “If you are going to do the job, do it right!” This is called right effort [...]
By David Zinger on Mar 6, 2008 in Employee Engagement, Interview, Monday Morning Percolator | 0 Comments
It is my pleasure to host this interview with Ian Buckingham . Ian wrote Brand Engagement - How Employees Make or Break Brands and currently runs The Bring Yourself 2 Work Fellowship. I love the cover of Ian’s book and his ideas can help you understand employee engagement from both a brand and grand perspective.
Can you [...]
By David Zinger on Mar 3, 2008 in Employee Engagement, project engagement | 2 Comments
Employee Engagement Monday Morning Percolator #46
How engaged are the various stakeholders on your project?
As more of our work is now packaged in projects I believe it will become more important to assess, foster, and develop project engagement.
A helpful lens to view project management is through project engagement. One reason I like the term project engagement [...]
By David Zinger on Mar 1, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Have a wonderful weekend and don’t let work sneak up on you!
Sneaker by Elizabeth Perry. Daily drawings and paintings in a small sketchbook celebrate and record everyday life in this blog by Elizabeth Perry. In the future there will be an interview with Elizabeth on how she engages with her art and possible implication or [...]