Ken, thanks for the article; this really captures some fundamentals that might often go ignored. My question is: What happens when a client doesn't have a business strategy (Law #3) or leadership turnover is high? In your experience, how does one mi…
This group is intended for anyone who wants to help Managers do a better job promoting employee engagement. What skills does a Manager need? What tools can a Manager use?
At 1:08pm on February 27, 2009, David Zinger said…
Dennis:
Welcome to the Employee Engagement Network. I hope you tell us more about your interest and involvement in employee engagement and I trust you will feel comfortable participating. Let me know how I can be of assistance. David
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.
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…