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People Artists Draw Out the Best at Work

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People Artists: Drawing Out the Best in Others at Work will be released this October. I encourage you to think about what it would mean for you to be a People Artist. By this, I mean someone who brings an artistic sense to how they lead, manage, and work with others. Henry Mintzberg demonstrated the importance of art, science, and craft in management. In our time of unbounded enthusiasm for analytics and the science of work, let’s not ignore the art of managing.

And don’t tell me you are not an artist.

Everyone can be, and already is, an artist. Perhaps you need some encouragement, inspiration, and education to be a better People Artist. Peter and I would love to show you the way and in the interim we encourage you to take initial steps to bring out the best in others at work.

Just start. Once you embark down this path, People Artists can act as a guidebook and toolkit to take you further on the journey. If you want to know more before the October launch, I invite you to get in touch with me.

David Zinger is an employee engagement speaker and expert who believes in the power of People Artistry to enhance and enliven our employee engagement and employee recognition work.

Building a pyramid of employee engagement in Regina

It was such a pleasure to return to where I was born and lived for the first 12 years of my life to present to 2 groups at the Saskatchewan Association of Human Resource Professionals.

I got to see a great Cirque du Soleil presentation on talent and excellence and also listen to a Saskatchewan Roughrider, Shomari Williams, playfully outline his career path. If you are born in Saskatchewan you never stop being a Roughrider fan regardless of where you live.

I changed my presentation/facilitation on employee engagement. I used only two slides and kept the PowerPoint as the connection between myself and my participants and the participants with each other. I had children’s sized blocks made for the 10 blocks of the Pyramid of Engagement and enjoyed working through how the blocks stumble and how we can build strong engagement by following the practices of each block.

I was very pleased with the interaction and feedback and I look forward to making it even stronger in the future. Thanks to everyone from Saskatchewan for proving to me “that you can go home again.”

David Zinger has focused on employee engagement for the past 9 years and built a network of 5300 members around the globe focused on the topic. David’s creative and focused approach to achieving results while building relationships through employee engagement is based on his 10 block pyramid of employee engagement proving that engagement is never more than 10 blocks away.

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