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The Stairway to Heaven Stalled

By David Zinger on Apr 4, 2008 in Employee Engagement

A big thank you to Steve Hargadon for posting this video. I encourage you to watch this very short video and think about employee engagement in the workplace. 

I did not appreciate that it is called government workers at the You Tube site - as I know many people within the various levels of government that are fully engaged in their work, but I think the principle applies to people within a variety of life and workplace settings.

I believe this is a humorous example of learned helplessness that contributes to disengagement.

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  1. Keith Bossey | Apr 5, 2008 | Reply

    David, great find! If this weren’t so true it would be even funnier.

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