Jack Canfield

Just a quick start to your after-Easter Monday.

My bet is that the phenomenon Jack Canfield relates below, applies to just about any element of “positive behavior.”

Certainly, employee engagement is positive behavior!

“Recently a friend of mine told me had had seen an interview with a multimillionaire on television who described the turning point in his career as the morning he asked all of his staff to talk about one good thing that had occurred during the past week. At first all that came up were…complaints, problems, and difficulties. Finally, one employee commented on the fact that the UPS driver who delivered packages to the office had told him that he had applied to college and was going to go back to school to get his degree, and on how inspired he was by the [driver's] commitment to further his education to pursue his ultimate dream in life. Slowly, one employee and then another came up with something that was positive to share. Soon, this became a part of every meeting. Eventually, they had to end the meetings before every positive thing could be recounted. The whole attitudinal focus of the company changed…to focusing on the good, and the business just took off and grew exponentially from that moment on.” (Jack Canfield, The Success Principles)

If you want more attention to and appreciation of employee engagement in your business, make it a regular part of your people’s conversations. The above example is about positive experiences. Nothing says it could not be about engaging experiences.

Admission: I italicized Soon, this became a part of every meeting. Great ideas take hold, but that may take time and patience.