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.

[Carol A Harris]

Be awake and aware of your employees wants and needs and then do something postive about them.

[Lisa Sansom]

Find out what's working and do more of it.

[Keith Bossey]

Empower and inspire your people to carry out the promise of your value proposition.

[Keith Bossey]

Of course, this assumes that your organization actually knows what its value proposition is!

[Val Kinjerski, PhD]

Help each employee get to the heart of what matters about their work.

Val Kinjerski, PhD
Speaker, Agent of Change, and Author
Rethinking Your Work: Getting to the Heart of What Matters

[Jack Needham, Jr.]

"No one has ever listened themselves out of an employee relationship."

[Bay Jordan]

Inspire people to act as it was their own business.

[Julia Seal]

It's as simple as - stop to say hello, look the person in the eyes and really see them - it takes no time at all and suddenly as a leader you are approachable

[Vicki Parker]

Involve your people in helping to set and articulate your strategy, ask them what it means to them and how they can help you achieve it, give them regular opportunities to share their ideas and thoughts on how to continue to deliver against it and recognise and reward them when they do (a genuine heartfelt thank you works wonders!).

[Jennifer Gladden]

Simply respect the uniqueness of the individual and tie it to the mission of the organization.

[BrittneyMaxfield]

Equip employees with the skills to hold crucial conversations so they can engage candidly, respectfully, and effectively.

[Paul Herr]

Encourage employees and managers to mutually-mentor one-another and thereby create the interpersonal bonds that constitute the sinew of an engaged organization.