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Developing employee engagement: management’s role

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:45:27 +0000

Evidence gives responsibility for employee engagement to managers and their management style. But is that responsibility to direct employees to engage or to develop their engagement (and engagement culture)?

Douglas McGregor, in The Human Side of Enterprise (1960), said: “The effectiveness of organizations could be at least doubled if managers could discover how to tap into the unrealized potential present in their workforces.”

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Frankl-y Speaking

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:20:00 +0000

Victor frankl Continuing the examination of purpose as significant to employee engagement, I refer us to Victor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning (1946). He stated:

Where’s the Chicken? Who’s Got the Egg?

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:25:19 +0000

Which comes first: employee engagement or one's sense of purpose?

I Can’t Find One Anywhere!

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:51:00 +0000

Workshop participants tell me they want to tell stories. Workshop participants tell me they know they have stories to tell. Workshop participants shrug their shoulders and say, "I just don't know where to find them!"

What IS the Magic, Anyway?

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:31:39 +0000

The personal story engages the listeners. The story that takes not forever to tell engages listeners' minds. The story that doesn't scream "all about me" engages listeners' hearts.

Every Manager Has a Story

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:08:48 +0000

The individual who identifies values, purposes, and principles, of her manager is most likely positively engaged. Identification presumes authenticity. Authenticity promotes engagement. So? How does a manager ramp up that identification? With the stories that authenticate you.

New Information That Is More of the Same

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:00:00 +0000

The following is from the article Alternatives to 360 Assessments: The Manager's Role in the February issue of Talent Management magazine. I find their new(ish) set of statistics regarding employee engagement and its effects interesting. Thought you might like to see it.

Cutting to the CORE

admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:21:00 +0000

Last posting took a first look at the CORE of Employee Engagement Culture. This posting bites deeper into the fruit of that culture.

5.5 Secrets to Titillating…er, Engaging Managers

admin — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:21:40 +0000

So whose job is it to stimulate management engagement? Likely the manager himself.Woman_happy Here are 5.5 ways....

Employee Engagement: What It Is Not

admin — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:28:07 +0000

The previous post explored and explained what employee engagement means and is, from several POVs. To round out the circle, let me clarify what employee engagement is not.