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.

[Steve Maffei]

Helping people feel good about themselves and their work is not the entire answer to achieving employee engagement, but it is an excellent place to start.

[Anja S]

Recognize, Respond, Receive: recognize your employees needs, respond to them, receive their engagement in return.

[Alex Edghill]

Honestly engage on something that matters, create the conditions so that everyone can participate authentically and honour contributions by acting on what comes up.

[David Zinger]

Pure engagement is a sincere, genuine effort to connect with people in a way that is respectful and meaningful to them; people can smell disingenuousness a mile away.
Catherine Eberlein Pfister
Submitted by David Zinger for Catherine

[Bonnie Cox]

Find their strengths, then let them do what they do best; it's the only way to intrinsically motivate people

[Rick Stamm]

Identify the strengths of every employee and then be sure the roles they perform are matched to those strengths.
(I hadn't seen Bonnie's reply before adding mine, so I'll assume two great minds think the same :-) )

[Marty Jordan]

Employee engagement is a "contact sport" and managers need to get out from behind their desks and into the workplace to actively interact with their employees.

[Bill Scott]

Treat your people like an asset on the balance sheet rather than an expense on the income statement.

[Debora McLaughlin]

Use INFLUENCE: Inspire innovation, Nourish Trust, Foster Leadership at all levels, Listen to unfamiliar voices, Unleash the power of your people, Encourage teamwork and collaboration, Notice and recognize achievements, Create a collaborative culture and Engage and Respect Diversity.
From the author of the forthcoming Personal Power of Influence, How to Get it, Use it and Manage the Gift

[Rev. James Rosselli]

Observe the Pointy-Haired Boss in Dilbert, and don't be him.

[Jason Paul Pitfield]

Increase the quantity and quality of attention you pay to employee engagement - you'll get your payback and then some