Archive for June, 2008

Beyond Friendship Fluff: Vital Friends by Tom Rath »

Quick Review: Vital Friends (Book 2 of 3)
 
by David Zinger
3 Reviews and 1 interview. The next 2 posts will review 2 books by Tom Rath that are essential reading for anyone involved in employee engagement. The fourth post in this series will be an exclusive interview with Tom Rath about his work.
Get Friendly. In Vital Friends: The People You Can’t [...]

StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath: Strong and Engaged »

Quick Review: StrengthsFinder 2.0 (Book 1 of 3)
 
by David Zinger
3 Reviews and 1 interview. The next 3 posts will review 3 books by Tom Rath that are essential reading for anyone involved in employee engagement. The fourth post in this series will be an exclusive interview with Tom Rath about his work.
Strong questions. Do you [...]

Have a Cracker of a Father’s Day »

Rest and recovery are vital in sustaining energy for employee engagement.
Enjoy some soup with this cracker.
Have a good Father’s Day!

Photo Credit: Saltine by Elizabeth Perry.

Next Week: A Focus on the Work of Tom Rath »

Next week I will be focusing on Tom Rath and his contributions to Employee Engagement.

Monday to Wednesday will feature a review of 3 books Tom wrote:

StrengthsFinder 2.0.
How Full is Your Bucket?
Vital Friends.

On Thursday, visitors will have the opporunity to read an an engaging and exclusive interview with Tom Rath.
Be prepared next week to Gallup into Employee Engagement.

21 Sure-Fire Ways Leaders Can Energize Themselves for Work »

21 Ways Leaders Can Energize Themselves for Employee Engagement

300 Blogs: Weekend Reading? »

Blogs that David Zinger Follows
 
by David Zinger
I am not posting this weekend but perhaps you are looking for a good blog or blog post to read:
Here is a list of the almost 300 bloggers who inspire me:

AAA Employee Engagement Network

Absotively Integration Blog

acidlabs

Adam Salamon

Alex Shalman . com

Alkamae Blog

All Things Workplace

Author Blog

B 800-CEO-READ Blog

Bailey WorkPlay :: The [...]

300 Strong in Employee Engagement »

The Employee Engagement Network swells to 300 members in 4 Months.
 
by David Zinger
300
We had our 300th members join the Employee Engagement Network today. There are 88 different discussion forums and some of the best people involved in employee engagement from around the world.
Join us and Jump Into our Engaging Conversations!

Engage: Get Moving »

Moving into Employee Engagement
 
by David Zinger
Our body needs movement to maximize our use of oxygen, increase our flexibility, and physically contribute to our levels of engagement. Get regular exercise but more immediately ensure that you move every hour to 90 minutes. Overcome Newton’s law: A body at rest tends to stay at rest.

Here are a [...]

Zengagement: Reflection »

Reflection is more than looking in a mirror.
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. ~ Margaret J. Wheatley

Photo credit: Sunset & the Thinker by http://flickr.com/photos/esparta/1584333702/

$1000 to Quit: Watch This Video with Bill Taylor »

Don’t Quit on Employee Engagement
 
by David Zinger
Bill Taylor, writing the Game Changer blog at Harvard Business and the originator of the focus on the Zappos offer of $1000 to quit, has an excellent follow up blog post: Why We Went Zany for Zappos.
I recommend you watch this 9 minute video interview with Bill about the Zappos offer [...]