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Labor Day’s done. It’s time to turbo-charge employee engagement

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:30:28 +0000

This year summer won’t end until September 22: at precisely 23:09 EDT. But Labor Day is when we gear up for the last 4 months of the year. Do you and your business plan an upshift for any of these objectives for the rest of 2010?

Increased revenue? Reduced expenses? More customers, especially more satisfied customers? Holding on to talent, especially if employment figures start to rise? Recruiting more new talent, especially [...]

And so, a culture of engagement exam?

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:56:55 +0000

For years I’ve professed the value, the significance, and the critical weight of a business having its culture of engagement.

It’s been years since I’ve expressed concisely the actual meaning of that phrase, a culture of engagement.

It deserves definition because it is more than we think.

It’s more than encouraging employees to engage in their work, their teams, their company. It’s more than striving to increase that number of engaged employees. It’s more [...]

What makes ‘em stick? That’s employee engagement.

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:41:12 +0000

We’ve explored that employee retention is a plus for any business. We’ve looked at the first and second of three reasons:

You get benefits from retaining experienced, trained, and seasoned employees: Tuesday’s posting. You spend lots of money replacing employees you do not retain: yesterday’s posting. You can apply Employee Engagement as a “retention tool” and gain numerous other benefits as well: [...]

6 Contributors to Manager Engagement

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:27:30 +0000

Have a passion to lead

Yesterday’s posting was too much fun not to try again.

Couple of weeks ago I read an article from the folks at Development Dimensions International (DDI), in their Workforce Performance Solutions (promotion) publication.

They listed the 6 actions business leaders take that promote an Employee Engagement Culture in their business. Here are the 6

Have a passion to lead Select for fit Make the connections Promote accountability Develop talent Recognize the obvious

Let me take a little [...]

Building confidence builds engagement

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:38:42 +0000

Build employees’ confidence

It’s time or Tactic 3 of your Employee Engagement Strategy.

Keep in mind, please, that Employee Engagement is a success driver that you can aim at any of these (and more) success results:

Improved performance Customer satisfaction Customer loyalty Customer referrals Quality of product Increased revenue; increased earnings Improved employee retention Community recognition and respect Increased market share

Those are reasons enough to give some strategic attention to employee engagement.

Build confidence.

Provide them training to equip them with base and advanced knowledge, with skills, [...]

Measuring up to Employee Engagement

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:14:25 +0000

Anna Vignet

If Employee Engagement is a strategy for your business (and it should be!), you want to keep close eye on these factors:

Changes in your employee base’s levels of engagement Trends in employee feelings and thoughts that impact their engagement Suggestions for improvements in the workplace, work processes, and work environment–all of which impact engagement levels Complaints regarding those same impact factors

The more you know about your employees satisfaction, attitudes, and appreciations, the [...]

Employees. Now We’re Talking the Real C.O.R.E. of Engagement

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Two previous postings have offered suggestions to leaders and managers regarding the C.O.R.E. of Engagement. This posting saved the best for last.

Managers, Have You Gotten to Your C.O.R.E. of Engagement?

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Today we move on to how manager's can deal with your business's C.O.R.E. of Engagement.

Employee Management: Been There, Dunn That?

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:23:00 +0000

I want to take the earlier postings about evaluations several steps down the road. Let's take a look this week at the broader area of Performance Management. I invited Kris Dunn to share his thoughts about Performance Management and Employee Engagement...

Engaged in Engagement

admin — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:21:45 +0000

Managers see their people get the job done. Managers direct their units or teams to fulfill their responsibilities. When managers do their jobs, teams fulfill their assignments. When teams fulfill their assignments, the organization achieves its purpose. That makes the manager's role seem simple. It ain't necessarily so.