Communication | Opportunity | Resources | Engagement
August 13, 2009
Virtually everyt
hing that happens in an organization can and should contribute to the organization’s Engagement Culture. My 10 years’ focus on engaging employees has led me to realize that.
And, hey, meetings take an inordinate amount of our time, so why not use them as engagement tools?
Here’s why you want your meetings (staff, special project, church committee…whatever) to be engaging:
People arrive more “up” for meetings they know from past experience [...]
Read more »August 11, 2009
At the tail end of yesterday’s teleseminar (Employee Engagement: Increasing Satisfaction and Motivation during Tough Times), a participant asked me, “What can I say to a manager who feels it’s up to the emplo
yee to be engaged, it’s part of the job expectation that the employee be engaged, and that it’s not up to the manager!?”
I was tempted to answer, “Reposition or just replace that [...]
Read more »Here are 5 reasons to engage individual employees more. (Distinct from yesterday’s post — 5 reasons for more engaged employees).
More engagement means more (personal) investment. By definition, an engaged employee invests her time, energy, creativity, skills, attention and knowledge in the target of her engagement.
More engagement fuels more focus. Engaged employees focus on their work with greater clarity and greater desire. Does not really matter whether engagement causes focus [...]
