Can You Talk Employee Engagement?

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There are now 99 Forum Topics at the Employee Engagement Network.

Come join us in our discussions. Here is a list of our latest 20 discussions. Don’t forget, we have 79 more if one of these discussions doesn’t evoke conversation. Of course you can always start your own forum and move us into 100 conversations.

Companies Fail First Career Job College Graduates 4 Replies

Yesterday, Taleo Corporation released a study that was bad news for companies hiring college graduates and hoping to retain their services. The quick numbers: * 43% of adults who got a job after g…

Started by Scot Herrick in Major Forums. Last reply by Scot Herrick Jun 26.

Can engagement and cost control co-exist? 3 Replies

Like many of you, I’m in an organization where cost pressure is the current focus of the day. I see many leaders who avoid sharing information until they know the whole answer (which is generally b…

Tagged: change, employee, engagement

Started by Jennifer Schulte in Major Forums. Last reply by Jennifer Schulte Jun 30.

What Leadership Qualities Are Required to Help Leaders Sustain an Engagement Culture? 14 Replies

Terry Seamon, just posed a great question to me. I think it is worth a discussion. If we want to sustain a culture of engagement, what qualities should our leaders possess to ensure that they are …

Started by Judy McLeish in Major Forums. Last reply by George Reavis 18 hours ago.

Engagement – Will we ever learn? 2 Replies

Interesting article on how the growth and professionalisation of a business can impact engagement

Started by Mike Healy in Major Forums. Last reply by Mike Healy Jun 14.

Motivation Show – Chicago 2 Replies

an FYI… there are a lot of seminars being presented at the MoShow this year. http://www.motivationshow.com/education-sem I still need material for the presentation we’re doing on "How Globalizat…

Started by Carol Wain in Major Forums. Last reply by Carol Wain Jun 30.

Managers – Unfair burden? 4 Replies

Its quite common for managers to be seen as “the problem” when it comes to lack of employee engagement. We are happy to provide all sorts of advice and models which, if the line manager only follow…

Started by Mike Healy in Major Forums. Last reply by Jennifer Schulte Jun 25.

Is the traditional approach to engagement all wrong? 15 Replies

Maybe our approach is all wrong. Maybe we are too focused on the drivers of engaging the entire employee population and are not focused on where engagement starts. I would love to hear your thought…

Started by Judy McLeish in Major Forums. Last reply by Jay Forte Jun 26.

Is consistency important? 6 Replies

I am curious to know what others think. How important is consistency when it comes to employee engagement? I am going to talk to an MD next week who finds he has a challenge around ensuring ‘consis…

Started by Catherine Harwood in Major Forums. Last reply by Catherine Harwood Jun 11.

Bloggers Among Us 12 Replies

I’m planning to post a list of (quality) blogs that deal with, touch on, come close to, make sense of, and show some savvy regarding Employee Engagement. I plan to post this list on Friday, 6/6/08…

Tagged: blog, employee, engagement

Started by Tim Wright in Major Forums. Last reply by Wayne Turmel Jun 11.

Benchmarking HR initiatives 3 Replies

I am in the organisational development team in a media company in Australia and whilst we have some excellent programs of work in HR running at the moment, we would love to be able to hear about ot…

Started by Andrea Vienet in Requesting Assistance. Last reply by Fraser Marlow Jun 3.

‘IT’ OF EMPLOYEEENGAGEMENT 3 Replies

I’M IN THE PROCESS OF CARRYING OUT A SURVEY ON EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AT A REPUTED COMPANY IN INDIA. FROM THE INITIAL INTERVIEWS OF THE EMPLOYEES WHAT I COULD GATHER IS ‘IT’ IS AN UNCODITIONAL SURREND…

Started by Job D Madapat in Major Forums. Last reply by Fraser Marlow Jun 25.

Thanks 7 Replies

Had lunch with the gang from my last position. Amid chat about this and that and how the old place had changed, one of the fellows said, “Y’know, I wish my boss would just say ‘thank you’ once in a…

Started by Kathy Lankford in Major Forums. Last reply by Carol Wain Jun 3.

How Accenture Views Engagement

Does engagement relate to “a company’s future-value premium”? Read this piece (from 2007) and you’ll get the connection.

Tagged: growth, innovation, sustainability, culture

Started by Terrence Seamon in Major Forums May 29.

Beyond Passion – What REALLY motivates? 25 Replies

The discussion Rocky started about passion got me thinking. What motivates people to accomplish anything? In my own life, I drove myself to achieve some status as a competitive bodybuilder because…

Tagged: vision, passion, pain, goals, motivation

Started by Carol Cole-Lewis in Major Forums. Last reply by David Zinger Jun 4.

Engaging Research 8 Replies

Where would you start if you were writing a literature review leadership research paper on the topic of engage others as it relates to fostering development, communicating effectively, building tea…

Started by Debbie Payne in Requesting Assistance. Last reply by Nicole Aitken Jun 25.

Tools for Employee Engagement 5 Replies

To employee engagement practioners, which tools are the most valuable to you to perform all aspects of your responsibilities? What tools are missing or weak? These can be any type of tool. Finally,…

Tagged: programs, recognition, tools, software

Started by Carol Wain in Major Forums. Last reply by tasneem hameed May 30.

Selling engagement 3 Replies

Something I read yesterday reminded me of the original advertising campaign for the Saturn automobile. When other companies were selling cars, Saturn sold employee engagement. They didn’t say much …

Started by Kathy Lankford in Major Forums. Last reply by Tim Wright May 29.

Best practices and lessons learned needed for Motivation Show presentation 5 Replies

I am co-presenting a seminar at the Motivation Show in Chicago this September on the topic of global employee recognition and how technology helps. It’s really 2 topics in one, which we hopefully c…

Tagged: recognition, global

Started by Carol Wain in Requesting Assistance. Last reply by Carol Wain Jun 3.

Sharing your autobiography for engagement? 6 Replies

I’m just curious if others have done or experienced this in their workplaces. The management team at my work has rotated through each month at staff meetings each sharing their autobiographies to g…

Started by Mike King in Major Forums. Last reply by Mike King May 30.

What belongs in the job description for an EE manager? 5 Replies

If you were going to create a new position for an EE manager, what responsibilities would you include? What qualifications would you expect? Assume the company has some beginning engagement activit…

Started by Loretta Donovan in Current Developments. Last reply by Blues Jun 11.