Somewhere along the way, I learned that there are only two foundational emotions that people react from --- fear and love. When we have dysfunctional people who contribute to a dysfunctional team, the real issue probably lies within a fear that th...
Angela:
Welcome to the network. I wish you all the best in finding a role in employee engagement in Atlanta. I look forward to your involvement and participation in this network.
David
Thanks for reaching out and sending me a quick note on my wall. Regarding employee engagement roles in the Atlanta area - I too am a manager within a management consulting firm aligned to Talent & Organization Performance. At this time, I am not familiar with a variety of organizations that are aligning themselves "specifically" to employee engagement as a practice. What I do find, however, is that organizations are looking at the full life cycle of Talent Management - with employee engagement as a subset of TM work.
It sounds like you already have the education to support going into this area - but I would recommend that you cast a wider net into Talent Management - and then look for ways to build employee engagement skills and points of view within each of the larger segments of TM (i.e., Rewards/Recognition, Performance Management, Learning, etc...)
I summarized some high-level thought leadership from firms such as DDI, McKinsey, Towers Perrin, and Hewitt in my latest blog post. These are all papers from the last several months discussing engagement: bit.ly/3a4uft
I know that Towers Perrin a...
Thanks a lot for your help !
I actually did have a look on Gallup's 12 Questions, the only worry is that it measures more the enablers of employee engagement than employee engagement itself. I have however grouped the items into themes, and only o...