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Engaging The Enemy

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What stories, case studies or personal experiences do you have of mounting rescue operations or missions to reconnect disheartened or marginalised employees with their organisations to achieve success.

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Created By: Mike Healy
Latest Activity: May 9

It could be an experience with a single person, a particular group or a whole organisation.

It could be a total success story, a partial success exercise or a miserable failure. Just tell us what happened, what worked well and what didn't work well.

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Experience in an IT company
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A few years ago I took an interim position ( Chief Operating Officer) to lead a group of around 40 IT/Graphics staff. The CEO of this small company was bright but brash. He displayed his own wealth... Continue

Started by Mike Healy. Last reply by Terrence Seamon Apr 17.

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Comment by Mike Healy on May 3, 2008 at 3:50am: Thanks David.

I have often found that when I am asked to lead some change programme, the first person who usually has to change is me.

Most barriers to progress in social situations usually come from within a human being. Most breakthroughs also usually come from a human being

Maybe we need a forum on here entitled Engage Yourself First ( before trying to engage others)

Comment by David Zinger on April 16, 2008 at 10:29pm: I like the edge to the name for this group and it insantly made me think of the Pogo quotation and book: We have met the enemy and he is us!

I like working with disengaged employees who have some engagement to their disengagement, in other words...some fiesty energy. As long as there is energy there is hope for tranformation of that energy to engagement as long as the person sees it as meaningful to themselves and the organization and the customers or clients..

I sometimes think that disengagement is the enemy of self. That lines up a bit with the Pogo quotation. When we disengage at work, we may disengage in many areas of our life. What an enemy of our life it is to see our leadership or organizations as the enemy.

Okay, I've got some strong feelings about this and I look forward to reading from others and I know I will contribute more.