Here is a playful list of 25 ways various employees disengage from their work:
- Dentists feel they are going through the same old drill patient after patient
- Surgeons who can no longer cut it
- Truckers lose their drive
- Bankers continually losing interest
- Florists who fail to bloom
- Jewelers who lose their sparkle
- Firefights who are burnt out
- Pilots who just take off
- Teachers without any class
- Massage therapists who lose their touch
- Programmers who lose the code
- Carpenters who are board
- Plumbers who won’t take the plunge and feel drained everyday
- Deep sea divers who have become shallow
- Shoe sellers who have lost their sole and become heels
- Grocery produce workers who are past their best before date
- Cooks who can’t stand the heat
- Photographers who lose their focus
- Coaches who are all played out
- Butchers who are constantly beefing
- Hockey referees who no longer whistle while they work
- Lumberjacks who are stumped
- Judges who are benched
- Architects without any plans
- Detectives who are clueless
How does your profession disengage?
David Zinger is an expert global employee engagement speaker and consultant who uses the pyramid of employee engagement to help leaders, managers, and organizations increase engagement.
