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Welcome

Welcome to this ever expanding network with members from around the globe and about 20 new members joining us every week over the past 5 years.

I am David Zinger, from Winnipeg Canada, your network founder, and a global employee engagement expert. You are welcome to email me at: david@davidzinger.com

Blog Posts

5 signs a workplace is family-friendly

Posted by Robert Morris on May 21, 2013 at 1:42pm

Weaving the Web: A book review by Bob Morris

Posted by Robert Morris on May 21, 2013 at 6:00am

How to Listen When Someone Is Venting

Posted by Robert Morris on May 20, 2013 at 8:06am

First 90 Days: A book review by Bob Morris

Posted by Robert Morris on May 18, 2013 at 6:58am

Managers Can be Great Coaches: 3 Steps

Posted by Dr. William Seidman on May 15, 2013 at 10:49am

Spotlight: Taproot's Fantastic Fellows

Posted by Taproot Foundation on May 15, 2013 at 4:30am

Need Pro Bono? Start with "Why"

Posted by Taproot Foundation on May 15, 2013 at 2:20am

Free Resources

We have 7 free e-books and resources. Here is a sample of one and the others are available by clicking on the resources link at the top of the page or clicking here.

 

May 8: Quick Pics Updated

Cartoon #360 from John Junson

Forum

How technology can undermine employee engagement.

Much has been made over the past 12 months on how technology can improve employee engagement in the workplace. Social media has become the latest trend with Yammer offering something quite unique to the world of internal communications. Gamification…Continue

Tags: employee engagement

Started by Gary Cattermole in Major Forums 10 hours ago.

The Lowest of Low-Hanging Fruits

One of Gallup Management’s ‘power statements’ is “I know what’s expected of me at work”. The power statements are those five elements from Gallup’s Q12 research where high levels of agreement are most directly correlated to significantly higher…Continue

Started by Craig Althof in Major Forums yesterday.

Disengagers and The Five Whys

I ain’t the kinda guy to come and break all your records….But then again I might.Could you try to keep it down, I was up kinda late last night.(Cross Canadian Ragweed: Late Last Night) I don’t know about the author of those words, but I’m not an…Continue

Started by Craig Althof in Major Forums yesterday.

Employee Engagement Surveys, Useless or Very Useless? 6 Replies

An excellent article that helps to clarify a number of issues.…Continue

Tags: Surveys, Engagement, Employee

Started by Peter A Hunter in Major Forums. Last reply by David Bowles on Thursday.

Need information on corporate "performance guild" recognition programs

I'm working with a client who wants to implement a "guild" program inside their sales organization.  They want it to be a program where people aspire to be part of the guild and they earn "guild membership" by completing a number of certain tasks…Continue

Tags: performance, guild, recognition

Started by Kurt Nelson in Major Forums May 9.

Engagement vs. motivation 8 Replies

Got an interesting question through my mailbox - how would you define the difference between "engagement" and "motivation"? I have some ideas and thought I'd throw it out to this community to see what others thought and felt. Thanks!Lisa Sansom…Continue

Tags: motivation

Started by Lisa Sansom in Major Forums. Last reply by Lisa Sansom May 9.

What are your thoughts on the HBR Article: Your Least Engaged Employees Might Be Your Top Performers 36 Replies

Leadership IQ study says 42% of cases, high performers were even less engaged than low performers…Continue

Started by Sharon Quarrington in Major Forums. Last reply by Greg Basham May 1.

Performance Ratings - Trust, Motivation, Engagement & Productivity 2 Replies

Does anyone have any research or insight on how performance ratings can effect/hinder productivity, engagement, trust or motivation? Continue

Started by Jaime D in Major Forums. Last reply by Glen Robert Andersen May 1.

50 Word Case Study #4: Bob Tries to Generate Work 40 Replies

Bob is the production manager for 75 employees. His employees range from 19 to 64. Bob read that different generations require different methods or approaches to be engaged. Yet Bob is concerned, in this union facility, about treating employees…Continue

Tags: engagement, employee, generations, study, case

Started by David Zinger in Major Forums. Last reply by Greg Basham Apr 26.

What is your four letter word for work? 26 Replies

What four letter word would you use for work? Why?By the way there are some…Continue

Started by David Zinger in Major Forums. Last reply by Yokaselvi Subramaniam Apr 20.

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Encourage Daylighting
99u.com
Sneaking side projects into a 9-to-7 schedule is becoming a way of life. We look at the benefits of encouraging passion projects at work.

Overcoming the disengagement of setbacks.

Overcoming the disengagement of setbacks.


The Obstacle is the Path : zenhabits
zenhabits.net
Often we’re discouraged because of some tough challenge or obstacle in our way. But a shift in mindset from a Zen proverb can change everything: “The obstacle is the path.”


No One Likes to Be Changed
blogs.hbr.org
So set a goal, and let the team figure out how to adapt.


Timeline Photos
A slide show of images from Oklahoma: http://nyr.kr/12rpCVH


10,000 Hours May Not Make a Master After All | TIME.com
healthland.time.com
There are many roads to greatness, but logging 10,000 of practice to help you perfect a skill may not be sufficient. Based on research suggesting that practice is the essence of genius, bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell popularized the idea that 10,000 hours of appropriately-guided practice w...

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