By David Zinger on Apr 30, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Employee engagement obviously has a strong emotional component and it is heightened when authentic emotional connections occur at work. Emotional suppression or lack of authenticity can weaken, damage or even destroy engagement.
Daniel Goleman, the leading author on emotional intelligence, wrote a wonderful book on Social Intelligence.
Carefully read the following snippet from his section on, radar for insincerity:
Forthrightness is the brain’s default response: […]
By David Zinger on Apr 28, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
If you are involved in employee engagement this interview is a must read. We must bring an artistic viewpoint to employee engagement if we are to create significant and meaningful results.
I appreciate the art work of Elizabeth Perry. Click here to visit Elizabeth’s blog and her latest drawings.
I have featured her pictures every few weeks. […]
By David Zinger on Apr 26, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Zengagement: Intelligent Focus
The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence. ~ Robert J. Shiller, Irrational Exuberance.
Photo Credit: Focusing on the target by http://flickr.com/photos/misscarpinteiro/95927246/
By David Zinger on Apr 25, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Do you extend full effort towards full employee engagement?
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not the attainment. Full effort is full victory. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Photo Credit: Life routine - act 2 by http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcse/1743995/
By David Zinger on Apr 23, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
The employee engagement network has expanded to 211 members. We are an active and engaged network.
We have 52 different forum topics. You could participate in just one forum topic a week and we would keep you engaged for a full year!
After you visit us you will want to be a part of the leading network on […]
By David Zinger on Apr 21, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 4 Comments
Yes by David Zinger
Are you asking the right questions to achieve higher or more significant levels of employee engagement. Too often we focus on the “how to” without fully considering what matters and why it matters.
I have always learned significant ideas and perspectives when I read the works of Peter Block. If you have not […]
By David Zinger on Apr 18, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 2 Comments
The essence of “zengagement” is paying attention.
This post is in honor of Zen master, Shunryu Suzuki, who’s book Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind actually got me to hit a blank page in a book when all I could see on the page was a fly.
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Don’t break your monitor!
Focused attention is a robust way to ignite engagement.
A question […]
By David Zinger on Apr 17, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
I very excited to see so much support and activity on employee engagement.
The employee engagement network has surpassed 200 members in under 3 months!
Join us right now as we work towards being 300 strong. Not only will you learn more about employee engagement and be able to contribute your ideas and perspectives, you will also […]
By David Zinger on Apr 16, 2008 in emotions, Employee Engagement | 1 Comment
We can find ourselves moving rapidly from engaged to enraged.
Many of us are not only emotionally guided we are emotionally governed. Our emotions govern whether we do something or do not do something. Emotions are much more than touchy-feely fluff. If you take the “e” off of the word emotion you have the word, motion.
I […]
