Archives for August 2010

Looking Out, Looking In

Scott

stuck

his head

into my cubicle

looking for something

that wasn’t there.

Our eyes met

but it was not

I he was looking for.

Sometimes I dream

my cubicle is zoned

inside an aquarium.

I’m about to be

schooled by grumpy guppies

when I notice Scott

peering through the glass.

I wake up

with a terrible need to pee.

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David Zinger, M.Ed., works with organizations and individuals to foster engagement.  He is a writer, educator, speaker, and consultant who founded the 2840 member Employee Engagement Network. David’s book, Zengage: How to Get More Into Your Work to Get More Out of Your Work will be released this September.  David’s website offers 1100 free posts/articles on the engagement. David is committed to fostering a movement to increase employee engagement 20% by 2020.

Connect with David Zinger today to improve engagement where you work.

Email: dzinger@shaw.ca  –  Phone 204 254 2130  –  Website: www.davidzinger.com

The most recent conversations on the Employee Engagement Network.

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David Zinger, M.Ed., works with organizations and individuals to foster engagement.  He is a writer, educator, speaker, and consultant who founded the 2840 member Employee Engagement Network. David’s book, Zengage: How to Get More Into Your Work to Get More Out of Your Work will be released this September.  David’s website offers 1100 free posts/articles on the engagement. David is committed to fostering a movement to increase employee engagement 20% by 2020.

Connect with David Zinger today to improve engagement where you work.

Email: dzinger@shaw.ca  –  Phone 204 254 2130  –  Website: www.davidzinger.com

Cool Employee Engagement Links

1. HBR Tip: Stop bringing down the team. DON’T: be a hero, make abrupt decisions, or talk to much. http://bit.ly/90yuAu
2. Employee Engagement Resident Cartoonist @junson–>Very funny cartoon on “being seen in the workplace.”http://bit.ly/rKCXH
3. Living In Fear At Work Is No Way To Live Mark Hirschfeld. http://bit.ly/cnJn7Y
4. Employee Engagement. How to Increase the Success of Change. ~ Anil Saxena http://bit.ly/9kxink
5. Tim Wright on Employee Engagement: A real B.U.M. rap. http://bit.ly/9kxink
6. Employee Engagement: For Bottom Line Impact, Don’t Forget this Crucial Component. http://bit.ly/9pqKkD
7. New Employee Orientation: Engagement or Remorse? http://bit.ly/dugVYW
8. New post: Employee Engagement Is Not A “Target”http://bit.ly/cNfkwo
9. Employee Engagement: Help employees see outcomes the organization is working to achieve and their contribution. http://bit.ly/bOgOfJ
10. Managers who think of employee engagement as a goal rather than a way of working have it all wrong, Dov Seidman http://bit.ly/cH0QO7
11. Engagement Surveys Are Like Home Improvement Projects. http://bit.ly/aFwg8L
12. Engagement Vital but Managers Not Trained http://bit.ly/bTfcmJabout
13. What percentage of companies care about employee engagement? http://bit.ly/bNRVTR
14. Employee Engagement 2008: 34% engaged 29% almost engaged 13% disengaged. ~ HR Anexi Indiahttp://bit.ly/a7Pwca
15. Economic Journal revealed unemployment might be only major life event people do not fully recover within 5 years.http://bit.ly/99rbzU
16. Employee engagement unwritten social contract begins in relationship between a manager and employees.http://bit.ly/9UqOtu
17. “Do your job and keep your mouth shut!” Employee engagement 1970s-style http://j.mp/9PoImf
18. Albert Bandura at REACH 2010 -> “May the efficacy force be with you.”
19. Read the free 95 page Employee Engagement Top 10 Book. No sign in or bait and hook. Great information http://bit.ly/dhtBSN

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David Zinger, M.Ed., works with organizations and individuals to foster engagement.  He is a writer, educator, speaker, and consultant who founded the 2840 member Employee Engagement Network. David’s book, Zengage: How to Get More Into Your Work to Get More Out of Your Work will be released this September.  David’s website offers 1100 free posts/articles on the engagement. David is committed to fostering a movement to increase employee engagement 20% by 2020.

Connect with David Zinger today to improve engagement where you work.

Email: dzinger@shaw.ca  –  Phone 204 254 2130  –  Website: www.davidzinger.com

A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. ~ Robert Orben

A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking. ~ Earl Wilson

A vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work. ~ Morris Fishbein

We can get so stuck on being connected and online that we fail to disengage. There will be no posts at David Zinger Employee Engagement for the next week to 10 days. I plan to have a pleasant and refreshing vacation. I will be back online later in August.

Watch for many exciting new developments in September.

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David Zinger, M.Ed., works with organizations and individuals foster engagement.  He is a writer, educator, speaker, and consultant who founded the 2800 member Employee Engagement Network. David’s website offers you  1100 free posts/articles on the engagement. David is committed to fostering a movement to increase employee engagement 20% by 2020.

Connect with David Zinger today to improve engagement where you work.

Email: dzinger@shaw.ca  –  Phone 204 254 2130  –  Website: www.davidzinger.com

5 Personal highlights from Day 1 of the Conference

Author’s engaged inspiration. It was great to hear the authors from Vital Smarts speak. David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, and Al Switzler are bright, articulate, funny, inspired, and focused. What was more amazing was their fully engaged participation. They did not make an appearance, they ENGAGED! A model for any leader who wants to foster engagement from people they lead.

Research. Vital Smarts leverages research for design, delivery, and results. I appreciate their deliberate and careful orientation towards claims blended with action by starting with pathfinder projects.

Albert Bandura. It was a pleasure to meet Dr. Bandura and to see the respect and appreciation Vital Smarts expresses for his terrific contributions to the science of influence and changing behavior. Dr. Bandura demonstrates a fully engaged yet humble presence that is inspiring at 85 years of age. As he said about work, it is not how long you have worked it is how much tread is left on the tire. He claims he still has a lot of tread and it shows. Dr. Bandura is a fantastic model of engagement at 85 years of age and he leads me to believe I have at least 30 more good years of work left.

Fantastic participants. Most people at the conference teach 1 or more of the Vital Smarts 3 courses. The participants are so engaged and helpful. Conversations and help between participants pervaded the day.

Content learning. Yes, I did learn content. My style of learning involves a few days of mulling it over to see what will take hold and help me to help others get fuller levels of employee engagement.

On to day 2 tomorrow!

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David Zinger, M.Ed., works with organizations and individuals foster engagement.  He is a writer, educator, speaker, and consultant who founded the 2800 member Employee Engagement Network. David’s website offers you  1100 free posts/articles on the engagement. David is committed to fostering a movement to increase employee engagement 20% by 2020.

Connect with David Zinger today to improve engagement where you work.

Email: dzinger@shaw.ca  –  Phone 204 254 2130  –  Website: www.davidzinger.com