Monthly Archives: May 2008

Tune Into the Employee Engagement Network This Weekend

The 286 member Employee Engagement Network continues to grow and get better by the day. Here are a few quick recommendations if you would like to tune into the network or our network members: A brilliant post by Carol Cole-Lewis to … Continue reading

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Tribal Leadership: An Interview with Dave Logan

Employee Engagement: Author Interview   by David Zinger This is an interview with Dave Logan, one of the authors of the book, Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization. Explain what you mean that the more your … Continue reading

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A Life Pilot: Christopher Ireson

Chris was a pilot. Today in the Lives Lived column of the Globe and Mail I read about Christopher David Ireson. The column was lovingly written by his parents. Chris found out about the cancer that took his life when he … Continue reading

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Our Next Generation: Generation E – The Engaged Generation

Here Comes Clay Shirky: Where is My Mouse? In my last post, I wrote about Clay Shirky and the importance of promise, tool, and bargain in social media. Shirky makes me think. After watching the video below it made me … Continue reading

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Mr. Fournier: Up Up and Away Too Soon

Mr. Fornier’s balloon took off without him today. Click here to read one report in Canada’s Globe and Mail. There was some malfunction. Regardless of the result I still salute Mr. Fournier for working so hard at something so difficult … Continue reading

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Social Media Success: Promise, Tool, and Bargain

Clay Shirky - Here Comes Everybody by David Zinger I implore you. If you plan to use social media or Web 2.0 tools in your organization to foster or enhance employee engagement I implore you to read Clay Shirky’s book, Here … Continue reading

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130,000 Foot Feat

Tomorrow Michael Fournier at 64 years of age plans to parachute to earth from 130,000 feet above Saskatchewan. He will break 4 major records in the attempt and has both my respect and awe for tomorrow’s endeavour. Next time I … Continue reading

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Who are you reading?

Employee Engagement articles. There are so many wonderful articles being written every day on employee engagement or related to employee engagement. Here are a couple I recommend: Is Employee Engagement a Competitive Advantage? By Michael Lee Stallard Check out a … Continue reading

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Become an Employee Engagement Handy-man!

Are you HANDY with Employee Engagement?   by David Zinger Charles Handy has done a wonderful job the past two decades writing about management. I appreciated “The E Factor” chapter in his book, 21 Ideas for Managers: practical Wisdom for … Continue reading

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Fully Present is a Gift

This post is in honor of my 20th Anniversary today. I would not be me without Susan. Best things are not things… Some gifts are not objects, but support and encouragement we give each other. A recent card reminded me, … Continue reading

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Our 20th Anniversary: Married for 20 Years Today

Although I write on employee engagement the most important engagement in my life was my engagement to Susan. Today we have been married for 20 years! Now that’s engagement that has sustained itself over 20 years!

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A Real Pinball Wizard

It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable.  ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, 1990 Photo Credit: Retro Arcade by http://flickr.com/photos/petromyzon/24816380/

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