David Zinger on Authentic Engagement, Leadership & Results
By David Zinger on Oct 31, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 3 Comments
Studs Terkel died today. He was 96. He was significant to employee engagement for the book Working he wrote over 30 years ago. The full title of the book was, Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do.
You could consider the book one of the earliest [...]
By David Zinger on Oct 30, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Take a close look at the image…it begins to move. To fully engage is to move even when we are in a cycle of work.
Doing work which has to be done over and over again helps us recognize the natural cycles of growth and decay, of birth and death, and thus become aware of the [...]
By David Zinger on Oct 28, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Are you game for employee engagement?
The future of engagement will be so much less about punching a clock and so much more about logging on or checking in, enjoying play and work, getting good at something with great feedback to keep us moving to the next level, finding easy ways to make connections, to spend [...]
By David Zinger on Oct 27, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
I encourage you to view some of the 1 to 3 minute video clips with Seth Godin and Tom Peters talking about a number of issues related to business, leadership, and engagement.
The Open Forum hosted Tom and Seth voicing their views on inside the entrepreneurial mind. Many of their comments and applications and implications for [...]
By David Zinger on Oct 26, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
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By David Zinger on Oct 24, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 1 Comment
One of the most wonderful things about having a blog or interactive website is the ability of others to add to your thinking through their comments.
I received a wonderful comment from Dan Oestreich about The Great Wall of Saskatchewan article and 10 slide story about the great wall. I thought it was so well-written that [...]
By David Zinger on Oct 23, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
When you look into the mirror of yourself and work, what do you see?
Here is a snippet to think about from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience.
On the job people feel skillful and challenged, and therefore feel more happy, strong, creative and satisfied. In their free time people feel that there is generally [...]
By David Zinger on Oct 20, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 2 Comments
Just outside of Smiley Saskatchewan is the Great Wall of Saskatchewan.
This is a project of love, legacy, and tenacious obsession on the part of Albert Johnson who spent 30 years building the wall. Check out this short 10 slide story I created about Albert Johnson’s wall.
To view the 10 slides:click here.
You might not spend 30 [...]
By David Zinger on Oct 19, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
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By David Zinger on Oct 19, 2008 in Employee Engagement | 1 Comment
Foster employee engagement - see results.
People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results. ~ Albert Einstein
Photo Credit: Fueling the Fire by http://www.flickr.com/photos/akahodag/1419156372/
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.
