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A workplace where employees know more, do more and contribute more.
Are you responsible for engagement in your organization? Is it in your job title? Let's form a group where we can share best practices and ask questions as the practitioners of 'corporate' engagement!
Dianne - where do you live in s. FL? Got lots of people to invite to FL engaged.
Gregory
Hello Dianne - This group is new to me. Good to see its existence.
Gregory
Florida Employee Engagement professionals
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- Who are you?
- Recovering teacher, employee engagement specialist, coach and I like to bass fish!
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- Part of my consulting practice
- Website:
- http://www.ferrisconsultinggroup.com
- Where are you located?
- Home of college football - Tallahassee
Comment Wall (6 comments)
- At 10:52pm on September 24, 2009,
Pat Jewett said… - Now we are making a deliberate effort to highlight the positives. We print newsletters about our benefits. We give more options for 401k investments. And we try to do more group activities. Not sure any of it is working though. We are going to start a committee of employees to help plan our Christmas Charity program. That may help a little.
- At 7:29am on August 6, 2009,
Joe Weigel said… - Greg -
The full name of the book is 10,000 Horses - How Leaders Harness Raw Potential For Extraordinary Results. Authors are John Stahl-Wert and Ken Jennings.
- At 4:54pm on September 10, 2008,
Judy Bardwick said… - Dear Gregory,
It was very thoughtful of you to tell me you're enjoying One Foot. Thank you very much; I appreciate hearing from you.
Judy
- At 6:12pm on August 26, 2008,
Scott Messer said… - Gregory,
I took the opportunity to view your web site. It appears you are well established in the field of employee engagement. I'm on the other end of the spectrum - just beginning to explore it on a consultancy level. Background is in Employee Relations, small-medium size business consulting, and a prior business owner. My interest is in employment mediation and incorporating that into the workplace. I believe there is a real connection between the practice of mediation and employee engagement. I would love to hear your thoughts!
Scott Messer
BTW – you may want to make a factual correction to your profile; Columbus, OH is home of college football.
- At 8:49am on August 26, 2008,
David Zinger said… - Gregory:
Welcome to the employee engagement network as you join us from Tallahassee. I love your description of recovering teacher and bass fishing...looks like you've got all the bases covered. I look forward to your participation and involvement in the network.
David
- At 7:23pm on August 25, 2008,
Gregory Ferris said…
- WOW! What a network! Thanks Deb
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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.
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Thanks for sharing this information, Roy.
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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.
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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
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