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.

[Julie Noonan]

Hire attitude and ethics first and focus management to both enable and reward effort and successes.

[Warren Egnal]

Recognizing the importance of engagement and measuring it is only the beginning--deploying a strategic change communications effort (Awareness, Acceptance, Alignment & Action) that reflects employee needs and perceptions and effectively shapes expected behavior is the key ingredient in addressing issues employees say is important to becoming or remaining engaged.

[Susan Stamm]

To the degree you give others what they need, they will work to satisfy your needs.

Susan Stamm, Author, 42 Rules of Employee Engagement

[Karla Harvill]

Never miss an opportunity to include "Why" in any employee communication.

[Janine Moon]

Encourage others to work from their head, hands and heart: authentic engagement requires all three.

[Gordon Schmidt]

The best way to engage a workforce is to figure out what your organization does well, make that your mission, and communicate it openly and honestly to all employees.

[Jo Manchester]

Build a sense of achievement through connecting head (strategy and outcomes) with heart (authentic communication)

[Jo Manchester]

Build a sense of achievment by linking head (strategy and outcomes) to heart (authentic communication)

[Deb Holton]

E=mc^2 Engagement = Maximizing Connectedness & Creativity

[Deb Holton]

Engagement empowers every employee to maximize his or her connectedness, contribution, collaboration, creativity, and celebration of success.

[S. Max Brown]

Engagement is caring about how you show up.

[Mike King]

Don't watch and reward WHAT people do, train and reward how people do it and WHY what they do is important.