Forum #6: Employee Engagement Advice in One Sentence

[David Zinger]

In one sentence only, write the best employee engagement advice you would give to an organization.

[Robert Morris]

Inspire rather than require or even attempt to "motivate" workers to become engaged.

[Paul Marciano]

Create people to be really really great, if you don't see their greatness at first then look harder.

[Allyn Palacio]

Use the Golden Rule.

[Rebecca Louvre]

Understand first and foremost that your people are not your greatest ASSET as you do not OWN them - get your head around this first and you can start to understand that if you do not engage your people they WILL pack up and ship out when the first opportunity comes

[Jonathan Winter]

Focus on the quality of "engaging conversations" - simply making space for them has a huge impact

[Richard Melrose]

When Business Week asked Jack Welch which measurements "give the best sense of a company's health" the former GE Chairman and CEO replied with a three-word sentence: "Employee engagement first.”

[Jon Harvey]

Open space, watch and take part, be prepared to be surprised...!

[Nancy Lewis]

You can never not lead; you can have a great team of self motivated employees, but your leadership is key to their engagement.

[Christine Donovan]

LISTEN more than you talk or tell; ask questions; show you are sincerely interested in each person.

[Carl Bonura]

A manager's genuine interest in employees' lives pays off at every level, in every job.

[Brian Jones]

Convince every leader in your company that the biggest waste in the organization occurs anytime a disengaged employee receives a paycheck.

[Brian Jones]

Spend 90% of your employee engagement budget getting your selection process right.