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The Employee Engagement Six Pack

August 30, 2007 by David Zinger 3 Comments

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Are you flying with a six pack of employee engagement?

In this case, I don’t mean half a dozen beers.

The six essential instruments in a light aircraft are often referred to as the six pack:

  • airspeed indicator
  • attitude indicator
  • altimeter
  • turn coordinator
  • heading indicator
  • vertical speed indicator

Do you monitor 6 strong “indications” of your employee engagement to get you successfully to your destination?

  1. Airspeed indicator – how fast can you move towards your goal?
  2. Attitude indicator – is everyone maintaining a strong and positive attitude and avoiding too much wobble?
  3. Altimeter – how high can you climb with fully engaged employees?
  4. Turn coordinator – are you responsive to change to turn back to employee engagement if you begin to drift off course? Can you feel exhilarated while making a steep turn?
  5. Heading indicator – do you stay vigilant about where you are headed?
  6. Vertical speed indicator – how quickly can you climb to new levels of employee engagement?

Grab a coffee, jump into the workplace cockpit, and prepare to take off with these indicators of employee engagement.

Of course, you could also grab a six pack of beer or root beer and have a down-to-earth discussion about employee engagement with the team of people you work with.

Filed Under: Employee Engagement

Comments

  1. Aleksandar M. Velkoski says

    February 2, 2009 at 7:07 pm

    Excellent analogy. But, it’s important to note that sometimes “speed” doesn’t necessarily translate into quality or results. I would just caution that. But, again, excellent analogy.

  2. David Zinger says

    February 2, 2009 at 10:33 pm

    Aleksandar:
    Good point about speed and results. Of course you must maintain a minimum speed to stay airborne.
    David

  3. Vaidy says

    December 5, 2009 at 5:40 am

    Wow… Interesting metaphor. Thanks David for such interesting insight. Warm regards, Vaidy

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