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Focus on flow

admin — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:25:09 +0000

11/22.

[A reminder: November's Culture to Engage posts are one-a-day (weekday, please!) samplings of specific facets of employee engagement. Click back through any of these: Results, Communication, Values, Spirit, Balance, Confidence, Consistency, Listening, Trust, Imagination.]

Today we “go with [...]

Focus on imagination

admin — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:04:46 +0000

10/22.

I believe there’s connection between engagement, imagination and inspiration…in the mind of the employee.

And I believe it’s not necessary to argue what’s cause and what’s effect. All that really matters is that each one stimulates the others, and that stimulation is circular.

I’m pretty sure the auto mechanic, when tuning an engine, has his imagination behind the wheel, driving the car and knowing how good the tune-up feels. That’s [...]

Employee engagement: giving it NEW meaning

admin — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:52:09 +0000

Lately I’ve been thinking about my definition of Employee Engagement.

Almost exactly 3 years ago–10/11/07–I offered my own definition for Employee Engagement.

I maintained then that employee engagement is

Investment of one’s body, mind, and spirit in one’s work. Exceptional degree of emotional commitment that fuels the doing, thinking, and believing in one’s work. Willingness (eagerness, desire) to exceed expectations and fulfill one’s [...]

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 [...]

The creative circle to increased engagement

admin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:45:16 +0000

Here’s a victorious circle that involves creativity-at-work and employee engagement.

The more engaged employees are, the more creativity they bring to their work.

And the more creativity employees bring to their work, the more readily they engage in same work.

The more you invite, even invest in, your employees demonstrating how they may apply their creativity to their work, their workplace, the more engagement you will see.

One part of the ROI of [...]

As if we still need convincing…

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:43:11 +0000

So, maybe you’ve heard these six reasons before. Perhaps you’ve offered some of the half-dozen to your leadership team, your fellow managers, your employees already.

Or by chance, some of the following reasons it pays to boost employee engagement are new for you and your organization.

Employee engagement directly increases engagement by your customers, clients, and/or patients. They prefer to be engaged by those who serve them. Engaged employees [...]

Up the engagement…in 5 minutes

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:29:38 +0000

Every so often, admittedly, my engagement slows w a y down. Sometimes I know there’s tons to do and none of it is unappealing. (OK, almost all of it is appealing.) Still, my own engagement needs a jump start.

Maybe today’s such a day and that’s why I’m thinking of selecting one (or as many as it takes!) from the following 5-Minute Tips to up my engagement.

1. 5 minutes of [...]

Never too old to learn…or teach

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:52:05 +0000

I’m with my Mom this week. She’s entering her 3rd year of diagnosed Alzheimer’s. She’s talking rarely. Yet watching her, I hear these lessons from her.

You can figure how each one links to employee engagement.

And to everything else.

Don’t think I’m not listening, even if I’m not talking. It doesn’t makes sense that I don’t make sense. That’s hard.

Inside I still care that you care about me. I’ve made [...]

Why hang on to what you’ve got? Employees, that is.

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:23:39 +0000

Employee retention is a plus for any business. If the people working for you can (and do) cut the mustard, you want to keep them. Here are three reasons:

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