Forum #6: Employee Engagement Advice in One Sentence
In one sentence only, write the best employee engagement advice you would give to an organization.
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Permalink Reply by Catherine Harwood on -
Find a way to enable everyone in the business to 'show up'!
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Permalink Reply by Terrence Seamon on -
Play to people's strengths.
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Permalink Reply by Robert Morris on -
Encourage widespread use of first-person plural pronouns each day, every day, by everyone at all levels and in all areas of the given enterprise.
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Permalink Reply by Skip Reardon on -
To connect "head and heart," connect every person's daily activities (and results) to the organization's goals.
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Permalink Reply by Karl Edwards on -
Recognize contributions made by team members by telling them what they did, how it made a difference and "Thank you."
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Permalink Reply by Ian Buckingham on -
Get the Hero Leaders to Role Model It!
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Permalink Reply by David Zinger on -
Wow, what a wonderful range of early responses. I think you have just helped me become "sentenced" to engagement.
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Permalink Reply by Arnold Beekes on -
Grow your people, grow your business!
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Permalink Reply by Terrence Seamon on
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That is a favorite of mine, Arnold, from way back.
Terry
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Permalink Reply by John Failla on -
Short, simple and to the point. Even those who are not aware of the value of EE engagement will get this. Thank you!
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Permalink Reply by Gautam Bhosale on -
good one!
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Permalink Reply by Lisa Forsyth on -
Understand what your people aspire to and empower them to reach it--it is their aspirations that make them unique, and they are most engaged when working towards them.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoUm9xFpWGU
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