David Zinger on Authentic Engagement, Leadership & Results
By David Zinger on Jul 16, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
This post from April 2006 outlined my 3rd strength from the VIA Signature Strength Inventory. When we live our strengths we are more engaged.
I love this inventory as there is not charge to complete it and the strengths are general enough that you can use them in many situations. I hope this article encourage you [...]
By David Zinger on Jul 15, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 1 Comment
I encourage you to watch this 5 minute video of Oscar Peterson playing and playing with Sweet Georgia Brown. This is an exceptional model of someone fully engaged in their work and watch the respect of the bass players as they watch Oscar play.
Have you ever engaged this fully in your work - so much [...]
By David Zinger on Jul 14, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 1 Comment
This blog/site began on November 11, 2005. This July and August I want to reprint some of my favorite posts. This is the post that began it all on Canada’s Remembrance Day. This site’s primary focus for the first year was strength based leadership. Strong leadership that also brings out the strengths of employees is [...]
By David Zinger on Jul 10, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
What’s the big idea?
Here is a brief except from the TED organization on the power of ideas:
There is no greater force for changing the world than a powerful idea. Consider:
An idea can be created out of nothing except an inspired imagination.
An idea weighs nothing.
It can be transferred across the world at the speed of [...]
By David Zinger on Jul 7, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 6 Comments
Here is a new modified and illustrated version of the employee engagement alphabet.
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Click here to view the latest 28-slide presentation of the employee engagement ABC’s.
By David Zinger on Jul 5, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 4 Comments
There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good. ~Edwin Denby
Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. ~Dave Barry
Watch the dance then engage in your own dance. It can even be an internal dance but dance none the less.
Here is a 4 minute [...]
By David Zinger on Jul 4, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Care for a Chat?
There are now 99 Forum Topics at the Employee Engagement Network.
Come join us in our discussions. Here is a list of our latest 20 discussions. Don’t forget, we have 79 more if one of these discussions doesn’t evoke conversation. Of course you can always start your own forum and move us into [...]
By David Zinger on Jul 3, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Marian Hossa a gifted hockey player was signed by the Detroit Red Wings - A winning organization.
The most interesting part about the signing is that Hossa passed up on a lot of money (it could be as high as $12 million over two years) he could make with another hockey club. Instead he joined the Red [...]
By David Zinger on Jul 2, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
The Employee Engagement Network has a extensive list of employee engagement RSS feeds written by the members. We currently have about 35 feeds collected on one page and we continue to grow. Each RSS Feed offers you the last 3 articles of each author plus the first one or two lines of their current articles.
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By David Zinger on Jul 1, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Email David Zinger at dzinger@shaw.ca.
David Zinger, M.Ed., is a leading expert on both employee engagement and strength based leadership.
He is a management consultant with over 25 years of experience. His education services are enhanced by his 20 year background as a University educator for the University of Manitoba and over 15 years managing an employee assistance program for Seagram Ltd.
David's services mix current research with practical approaches to build authentic relationships and achieve powerful results. To learn more about David, click on "Zinger Profile & Contact" on the link bar at the top of this site.
