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Who are you?
I'm a Business Manager in Australia's welfare organisation, Centrelink.

I have been in the public service for just over 30 years, with the last 15 years being in some form of management position. I have managed teams of as few as 3 staff up to teams of about 70 ... they all come with their own special challenges no matter how big or how small.

As a manager, I do look to set an environment for my staff which is conducive to their work effort and development. Employee engagement is absolutely critical in this, where, if staff do not feel that I'm engaging them in thier work they will generally not do the best they can do, for me or themselves.
What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
I'm a Business Manager with a team of about 40
Where are you located?
Canberra

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Communication - The practice of leadership

http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/tag/communication/

Stumbled over this site and it gave me pause to think ... to be an effective leader one must be relevant. It is all too easy to settle into the general operational running of "things" and to forget that we must continue to strive ahead.

I've seen situations where certainty and stability have led to a feeling of comfort, which has preceded complacency ... and this ha… Continue

Posted on February 21, 2009 at 5:25am —

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Articles on engaging leadership

Mike King writes "Leadership is about people .." and he's 100% correct. You cannot lead if there is no-one to be engaged and led.

On LearnThis Mike provides 8 articles on engaging leadership ... and a whole host of other articles. Great stuff!

Posted on January 11, 2009 at 12:34am — 5 Comments

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Focus on results, NOT time

How many times have you been working on a project and you've had to focus on justifying the amount of time you've spent doing the work rather than actually doing it? There's an emphasis on being seen, rather than being seen to deliver.

Completely agree with the sentiments expressed in this post

Posted on January 6, 2009 at 5:13am — 1 Comment

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Introverts and extroverts

While this kicks off as a humourous look at the differences, there is a hell of a lot of truth in here, which helps when trying to work out how to relate to the team.

http://www.newreflectionscounseling.com/Default.aspx?page=ENTER_TOPIC_INTROVERSION

Posted on December 21, 2008 at 4:00am — 1 Comment

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Twelve Laws of Life from a CEO

http://nlpco.com/news/2008/12/11/toms-twelve-laws-of-life/

Posted on December 18, 2008 at 3:19am — 2 Comments

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At 2:46am on December 18, 2008, Kylie Crane said…
Took a little while but got there in the end.
At 7:26pm on September 16, 2008, David Zinger said…
Hello DLR:
Add some initials and you've got DeaLeR. Hope your work is going well I would like to hear more about your thoughts and experiences with employee engagement.
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Interesting question. I'm drawn to less is more, and even that may be too much :) My experience has shown me that the more fearful the organisation is, the more often it seeks to measure as a means to try and stave off the fear. It then often ends u…
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I would contend never is too soon. If you understand what engagement is and how to achieve it, then you know what an engaged employee sounds like and acts like as compared to one who is somewhat engaged or disengaged. Surveys turn people off while…
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Look beyond generic engagement tools: focus on personal drivers from employees, group them accordingly and align engagement tools.
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Before you start engaging an employee, know him and respect him as an individual first and engagement will follow.
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Listen! Zip your mouth. Don't interrupt them when they are opening up to you and expressing there feelings. Remember, its about them not you!
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