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By David Zinger on Apr 11, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 3 Comments
Zengagement: Really Knowing.
Ninety percent of the world’s woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves ~ Sydney J. Harris.
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By David Zinger on Apr 9, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 3 Comments
Employee engagement is the answer not an issue.
According to research released from TalentKeepers Inc, 81 per cent of business executives consider employee retention as a top priority. One year ago the firgure was only 41 per cent.
In the mad scramble to determine how to retain people don’t overlook employee engagement.
Often employee engagement is seen as another priority [...]
By David Zinger on Apr 8, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Leaders can promote higher levels of employee engagement by engaging in honest and transparent communication that promotes flexibility.
Deloitte just released some information that demonstrated transparency and honesty in communication from upper management creates a more open, creative workplace. In addition there is an increasing need for flexibility in how work is done.
Today’s workforce demands a [...]
By David Zinger on Apr 7, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
It is no accident that the word age is embedded in engagement.
Sirota Survey Intelligence completed a recent assessment of employee engagement differences across generations. Except for employes age 63 and older the differences between employees’ levels of engagement in their work is fairly narrow around 77% to 80%.
The Traditionalist generation - ages 63 and older - [...]
By David Zinger on Apr 6, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Do you take time to get your feet up?
I loved Elizabeth Perry’s comment on this photo: My husband reads the paper; I draw his feet.
Photo Credit by Elizabeth Perry http://www.elizabethperry.com/woolgathering/2008/04/feet-up-2.html
By David Zinger on Apr 5, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
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By David Zinger on Apr 4, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Here is a post to get you thinking creatively about methods to foster employee engagement.
The landscape of communication and employee engagement is shifting. New methods of social engagement are being released every day. Are you familiar with Twitter? Twitter, one of the multitude of rapidly growing social media sites is a service for friends, family, and [...]
By David Zinger on Apr 4, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 1 Comment
A big thank you to Steve Hargadon for posting this video. I encourage you to watch this very short video and think about employee engagement in the workplace.
I did not appreciate that it is called government workers at the You Tube site - as I know many people within the various levels of government that are fully engaged [...]
By David Zinger on Apr 2, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
An Employee Engagement Extra
We can often suffer through presentations that create high levels of disengagement as we sit in a room with someone flashing PowerPoint slide after slide after slide, full of more bullets than a military armory.
Hopefully that person flashing slides with more content than the Sunday New York Times is not us!
Garr Reynolds [...]
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT enriches everyone in the workplace. It is not sucking out more discretionary effort from employees.
Authentic employee engagement must function for the benefit of all: employees, leaders, organizations, and customers.
Employees have higher levels of satisfaction and contribution. Leaders are connected with employees and engaged themselves. The organization is functioning the way it should and customers are receiving the service they deserve.
Ultimately everyone is getting results that matter to them.
When this occurs, employee engagement transforms into a more powerful force --- workplace engagement.
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