Archive for March, 2010

Key to engagement: owning one’s goals

March 31st, 2010

Goal-setting is a proven plus for engaging employees in their work, their job, their department, and their company. So the more we can strengthen the goal-setting process the more we can strengthen the engagement that results.

When one feels ownership of her goals, she more readily seeks to fulfill them. A challenge taken on for oneself, by oneself has much more meaning than an assigned challenge.

And an individual [...]

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How S.M.A.R.T. are your employees’ goals?

March 30th, 2010

Goal-setting positively impacts an individual’s engagement in his work. The employee who has the opportunity to set goals for herself and is held accountable for goal attainment more readily involves and commits herself to that work.

It’s worth remembering that goal-setting is more than saying, “My goal is to do a good job.” The S.M.A.R.T. acronym has seen lots of mileage because it covers lots of solid ground when [...]

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Leading the way to health and productivity – and engagement

March 25th, 2010

I want to wrap up this week’s 3 posts with a close look at how leaders (and their leadership) can build the health awareness in their business. When they build that awareness, they also build better employee engagement. Employee engagement generates increased productivity.

One significant component of a strong Health and Productivity Plan is Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Here’s how the Employee Assistance Professionals Association [...]

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