Monthly Archives: May 2010

Tom Peter encourage us to transform our employee engagement into distinct entrepreneurial engagement. Yunus said at one point, “All human beings are entrepreneurs. When we were in the caves, we were all self-employed: finding our food, feeding ourselves. That’s where … Continue reading →

Too Tense If you are too tense at work you are probably dwelling in the wrong tense. Either the future tense of anxiety or the past tense of guilt and regret. To be less tense drop the past, stop reaching … Continue reading →

A potpourri of posts on daily, work, life, and employee engagement Why Controlling Bosses Have Unproductive Employees. http://bit.ly/c6fOBM A Dying Father’s Lessons on Life for His Teenage Daughter. http://bit.ly/a3qsua David Zinger on 5 Employee Engagement Tips: Inside the Mind of … Continue reading →

Book Review: The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working Tony Schwartz along with Jean Gomes and Catherine McCarthy recently published The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance. One of my favorite books of all … Continue reading →

Employee Engagement: Think Like a CEO. Corner Office is a feature by Adam Bryant in the Sunday Business section of The New York Times. His interviews offer highlights from conversations about leadership and management. I believe his interviews offer terrific insight … Continue reading →

Engage in the Social Media Conversation I was one of the 300 contributors to the Age of Conversation 3. With over 300 of the world’s leading marketers, writers, thinkers and creative innovators contributing chapters, this collaborative work investigates the roles … Continue reading →

A potpourri of posts on daily, work, life, and employee engagement 100 Ways to Improve Your Relationships By Mike King http://bit.ly/dxIGdP Lead like a statistician – without the math By Don Frederiksen http://bit.ly/9Qw4bW Bring Back the Staff Meeting By Rosa … Continue reading →

It is time to retool your gage for employee engagement. Surveys – a tired overused tool that is asked to do too much. I believe there is value in having a gage for engagement but I think we have gotten … Continue reading →

Parkour Engagement Parkour.   Parkour is the physical discipline of training to overcome any obstacle within one’s path by adapting one’s movements to the environment.  I trust managers and leaders who want to foster engagement can adopt a Parkour-like mindset … Continue reading →

The Whyte Stuff I am always moved by David Whyte’s work. I encourage you to take a short break and listen to him recite everyting is waiting for you. If the video fails to open in this window, click here. ~ ~ … Continue reading →

Let’s hope for hopelessness at work Hope is a place in British Columbia as you drive out of the Canadian Rockies towards Vancouver. Hope is not a place we should journey to at work. We will get it done when … Continue reading →