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Forum #6: Employee Engagement Advice in One Sentence
Don't treat others as you would like to be treated - treat them the way THEY would like to be treated.
Replied Nov. 5, 2009
Employee Engagement icebreakers
Maurine, A couple of ice-breakers that I've used successfully to create some energy in the room: 1) Change Chairs - have everyone sit in a circle, there being one less chair than the number of people…
Replied Oct. 28, 2009
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Don't treat others as you would like to be treated - treat them the way THEY would like to be treated.
Maurine,
A couple of ice-breakers that I've used successfully to create some energy in the room:
1) Change Chairs - have everyone sit in a circle, there being one less chair than the number of people one person will be left standing - at the start h…
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- Who are you?
- Married to Jan with three (not so young any more) children - Dawn, Llse and Alan (affectionately known as AJ). Worked in IT for 28 years before moving into coaching. Now working as an associate for i-evolve leadership, improving the performance of teams by working with first and second line managers. Concentrating on employee engagement, focusing on the few things that really make a difference and recognising and using their strengths.
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- Part of the way we work with managers.
- Website:
- http://www.i-evolveleadership.co.uk
- Where are you located?
- Norwich, UK
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 11:26am on October 28, 2009,
David Zinger said…
- Dave:
All the best, you will never be able to read it all.
In the last year I think employee engagement information has swelled 10x.
I used to get 2 or 3 articles on a news alert and now it is 15 to 20 a day.
I hope you'll contribute your perspective and learning.
Take care, stay engaged, and keep making a difference,
David
- At 10:26am on October 27, 2009,
David Zinger said…
- David:
Thank you so much for joining the employee engagement network. I loved the design and approach of the website:
What are you learning and finding out about employee engagement that is having the biggest impact or significance for you or your clients.
I believe you will find helpful information and people here and I encourage you to engage in some of our discussions.
David
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Look beyond generic engagement tools: focus on personal drivers from employees, group them accordingly and align engagement tools.
The real challenge to engage employees is to gain trust by giving them autonomy to shape their own jobs to their own wishes, interests and strengths but always aligned with an open and transparant organisational vision and strategy.
Before you start engaging an employee, know him and respect him as an individual first and engagement will follow.
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!
Engagement is to be seen not as an activity but that is the only way the society works.
The management equivalent of ‘Air’ is to practice transparency with team members by managers.
Dr. Jose M F, India, Bangalore
The most important priority for leaders is to cultivate, appreciate, and leverage the vast untapped potential of every employee in their organizations.
If you focus on engagement, productivity will follow. If you focus on productivity, you may not get it.
To begin engagement, sit down with each employee for 40-60 minutes, privately, quietly, and confidentially, and get to know them better -- thei…
I'd appreciate hearing from others on best practices regarding the frequency of employee engagement surveys. I've seen lots of debates on what is the best interval to use for regular measurement and it wouuld help if you could share how often you do…
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