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

September 7th, 2010

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 [...]

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The learning never ends…

May 13th, 2010

This week’s first and second postings have drawn a number of comments, here and on ancillary sites. The topic, Alzheimer’s disease, draws attention. It draws attention more than employee engagement does.

That is fine with me.

That tells me this: it’s the personal, the close-to-home, the possible-for-my-future that matters to individuals.

That applies to what’s big (a parent’s battle with Alzheimer’s) and to what’s small (a [...]

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Never too old to learn…or teach

May 11th, 2010

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 [...]

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