Diane Desjardins's Groups
-
Employee Recognition
75 members
-
Canada
49 members
-
Engaging The Enemy
28 members
Diane Desjardins's Page
Latest Activity
Sorry Kevin, but this is not exactly what I heard. I think he said that this model (incentives/rewards) work for task that do not require a lot of creativity, where there is a process that you simply follow. Don't we also see that applied to custome…
Welcome Jacky. You will find here a lot of great ideas. I have learned a lot just reading past posts from our members. Great read too ! Beware: you will loose track of time :)
Diane
I do agree with you. I would like to share an experience I had about the shared power to recognize.
As I was the general director of a small group of dedicated people, I would sometimes stop at a ice cream shop and buy treats to everyone who still w…
This group is for those who want to learn more about best practice employee recognition and to share ideas on this important engagement tool
A group for people from Canada or people interested in Employee Engagement in Canada
I just read the story related by Ben Simonton on April 4, 2009 at 9:24am and April 4, 2009 at 3:58pm on the forum "Click five to survive" on EE. Great story with long term results to illustrate that his approach did work. I invite you to read it. Lo…
Not quite . I mean that there is more to "selling" goals to achieve than just telling your employees what to do. The energy I felt reading your 6 points is not engaging, there is too much YOU and not enough US in it. The autoritarian bias of this ap…
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 6:27am on August 10, 2009,
Ben Simonton said…
- I neglected to mention, Diane, that it is a real honor to connect with another person who has actually achieved engagement of employees rather than just talked about it. There aren't many of us.
Best regards, Ben
- At 5:24am on August 10, 2009,
Ben Simonton said…
- Thanks for the invite, Diane. I liked your responses to Steve Roesler's top-down approach to engagement (i.e. disengagement) and what you did as "acting as general director per interim". Employees can be led to perform to very high standards, but allowing them to practice and then use their full brainpower on their work (100% of their potential creativity, innovation, productivity, motivation, and commitment) better than doubles their performance above the "being led" level.
You caused your people to do exactly that. There is nothing to distrust if they control it all and dream up everything, even it it is with a little assistance from the boss.
What can I do for you?
Best regards, Ben
- At 5:25pm on May 20, 2009,
Anja Schuetz said…
- My friend! How nice to see you here!
I love how you say "earning employee engagement" here - it's so true, companies have to earn it!
Love your picture!
Big hug!!!
Anja
- At 5:54pm on March 12, 2009,
David Zinger said… - Diane:
I am pleased you joined us and I look forward to your participation in the network. Let me know how I can be of assistance. I like the image you are using.
David
Profile Information
- Who are you?
- I am a certified recognition professional (CRP), consultant, facilitator and public speaker. My aim: promote employee recognition as an excellent management tool to bring back energy, good will and financial success in today's organizations.
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- I promote earning employee engagement and trust through an employee recognition culture.
- Where are you located?
- Near Montreal, Quebec,Canada
About
Latest Activity
Do you ever wonder how past leaders could have missed what seems so obvious in hindsight? Sadly, most leaders live in an environment that makes them vulnerable to managerial failure. The problem lies in a little-recognized reality of leadership: iso…
Dear Ray,
Your concern is well founded. Employees look forward to surveys like they do a visit to the dentist! The Horsepower Survey, however, is an employee-focused survey to measure how rewarded employees feel about their work. It consists of sev…
Mike,
I will make mention of this new group in the next newsletter. Thank you for starting this and I wish you well and all European members the best with this focus.
David
Jason:
Good points about trust and aligning the strategic engagement with employee engagement. We need results for all.
I am concerned you will lose readers due to lack of formatting on this post. I encourage you to ensure that you format your pos…
Thanks for sharing this information, Roy.
When I was Research Director at The Loyalty Institute, we found that the #1 driver of employee commitment was an organization's efforts to build a sense of spirit and pride. This was true in the US as well…
As a survey consultant I guess that I should like the idea of conducting monthly surveys, but I am concerned that employees may feel that they are being "over surveyed."
There are options, of course. An organization might randomly assign each emplo…
This is a great read, a great story. I smiled the whole time as I read this. If this conversation is possible in your organization, then I'd say your leadership is trusted and transparent. Thanks for this story.
I won't be wishing you "Season's Greetings" or "Happy Holidays" this December. These secular, generic salutations are popular in corporate America because they are not specific to any one religion or belief system. The business world, like America's…
Hello Paul:
"if you want to improve productivity and reduce costs, you need to
tap into human nature’s pleasure-fueled engine."
I could not agree more but if we wait until after we hire someone we have waited too long.
Bob
A Manager shall know one's team member more than his/her mother knows him/her.
Offered by Shweta Mohanty Posted by David Zinger
Groups
-
Manager Tools for Employ…
195 members
-
Employee Engagement Writ…
80 members
-
Research on EE
80 members
-
Employee Recognition
75 members
-
Engaging Books
72 members
-
Social media in the work…
64 members
-
Engaging Quotations
54 members
-
UK
50 members
-
Canada
49 members
-
Personal Engagement
33 members
Engage Today. Join the growing employee engagement network.
© 2009 Created by David Zinger on Ning. Create a Ning Network!
