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Employee Engagement Friday Factoid #15: Wandering Mind

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Turn wandering into wondering

A 2010 study of 2,250 adults by two Harvard University psychologists found that people’s minds wander an astounding 47 per cent of the time. http://www.corporateknights.com/article/zen-and-art-work

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How much of our engagement with work and with others just wanders off with a mind that is challenged to stay focused. Can you change your wandering mind into a wondering mind?

David Zinger is a global employee engagement expert who uses the Pyramid of Employee Engagement to help organizations and individuals achieve full engagement.

 

Employee Engagement Friday Factoid #14: Effective Use of Social Media

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Effective social media use needs to increase

Although 79% of the 2,100 companies surveyed are either using or planning to use social media channels, a measly 12% of those firms feel that they are using them effectively. HBR Survey: http://hbr.org/web/slideshows/social-media-what-most-companies-dont-know/2-slide

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Just because we have usage does not mean that we have effective usage. What would make for effective usage to enhance and increase employee engagement through the use of social media?

David Zinger is a global employee engagement expert who uses the Pyramid of Employee Engagement to help organizations and individuals achieve full engagement.

 

Employee Engagement Friday Factoid #13: 1.3 Billion Mobile Workers by 2015

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On the go

By 2015, 1.3 billion people worldwide will be working remotely. That’s almost 40% of the entire global workforce.  (Bring Nomadic Employees Back to the Mothership by Philip Tidd ).

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How do we engage when everyone is on the go? How do we change the way we work and connect to still make sure we have strong connections to our work and each other?

David Zinger is a global employee engagement expert who uses the Pyramid of Employee Engagement to help organizations and individuals achieve full engagement.

Employee Engagement Friday Factoid #11: Meaning more than Money

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Motivation: Money, Meaning or Recognition

Doing something meaningful is more important than money or recognition to your employees. 29% of respondents said that doing something meaningful was the most motivating thing about work. Money motivated 25%, and recognition 17%.

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Although meaning trumped money it is probably best to hedge our bets by attending to the meaning, money, and recognition at work.

David Zinger is a global employee engagement expert who uses the Pyramid of Employee Engagement to help organizations and individuals achieve full engagement.

Employee Engagement Friday Factoid #10: Employees Trust Strangers More Than Bosses

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Trust is a must or work is a bust

The results indicate that the majority of respondents trust a stranger more than they trust their boss. About 44% for bosses and 58% for strangers. From the Managing Talent in Troubled Time HBR report.

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Clearly many of us have work to do to build a level of trust and it certainly does not mean acting like a stranger when you are someone’s boss.

David Zinger is a global employee engagement expert who uses the Pyramid of Employee Engagement to help organizations and individuals achieve full engagement.