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Books and Resources on Engagement
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Hi, Jill. I've written two books on employee engagement that you might want to check out.
'Getting Engaged: The New Workplace Loyalty' can be purchased here www.gettingengaged.ca
'Employee Engagement' can be purchased here www.gettothepointbooks...
Jill, I recommend this book by Steven Kerr, which I reviewed here: http://globoforce.blogspot.com/2009/07/measuring-reward-systems-driving-change.html.
Thanks Brad - getting lots of recommendations. Will add this one to the list!
Jill,
I was asked to write a book on Engagement for Jossey Bass. The book was to serve as a comprehensive view on the subject. It has just been published and it may be of value to you. You can find it and order it at:
http://www.engagementleader...
Jill
What would perhaps be of greatest value would be resources that showed you how workforces were engaged and what happened when they were.
Fish answers one question, what happens when a workforce is engaged, but it happened as a result of the a...
Personally a bit bias on this, but there is an excellent book written by Jim Haudan called "The Art of Engagement" that may be of value to you. Best of luck to you!
Jeff Seevers
I have heard about the Fish Philosophy, but have not read anything on it. I will definitely add that to my list. I hadn't thought about the trust aspect yet. So thank you for pointing me in that direction as well.
Another book my manager shared wi...
Are you familiar with the Fish Philosophy? It's the guys at the Fish Market in Seattle at the Pike's Market. They've got a book on how they got their team engaged and created a phenomenon tossing fish around in a public farmers market. Employee en...
Hi All
I am new the area of engagement. I have been an employee at Mars for two, as an engage associate. Now I am helping support the development of associate engagement. Since I studied general business in my undergrad, I don't have many resource...
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- At 1:34pm on July 3, 2009,
Sybil F. Stershic said…
- Jill, I got started early in my career (in bank marketing) when I learned that in a service-based situation - where employees ARE the brand - you first have to take care of employees to take care of customers. Thus began my professional passion for internal marketing - using marketing & communications to engage employees. Basically, you can use marketing to communicate with, educate, and help motivate employees, just like marketers do with consumers. Best of all, you don't have to be a marketer to use this approach!
More than four years ago I started a blog to share my experience with internal marketing & communications as a form of engagement, and my book on it ("Taking Care of the People Who Matter Most: A Guide to Employee-Customer Care")was published less than two years ago. Visit my blog when you get the chance (www.qualityservicemarketing.blogs.com) and let me know if you have any questions about it. And by all means, let's stay in touch.
Yake care,
Sybil
- At 9:06pm on June 27, 2009,
Stefan Pacula said…
- Hi Jill, I'm the engagement champion for Mars Foods here in Bolton, Ontario. I will be reaching out to you and Jen soon with some thoughts around engagement. Talk soon, Stefan.
- At 7:21pm on June 22, 2009,
David Zinger said… - Jill,
I am so appreciative of the work that Mars does and I am glad that you joined us. I wish you well in your new engagement involved in engaging others. You can play such a significant role. I would love to hear what you are learning as you go along. Let me know if I can assist you and welcome to the network.
David
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- Who are you?
- I graduated from Moravian College (Bethlehem, PA) in 2007 and have worked at Mars Inc.ever since. I grew up in NJ and have lived in various parts of the state. Right now my fiance and I are looking to make the move to the great Lehigh Valley!
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- I recently moved into an engagement role at Mars Inc. I support our global leadership team with associate engagement and part of teh learning and development university. My background was in customer care, working as a buyer for various grocery chains. I am excited to be switching gears ... working with our own associates instead of our customers. This is a newer area to me but I have a real interest and passion for helping others.
- Website:
- http://www.mars.com/global/home.htm
- Where are you located?
- Mt. Olive, NJ
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Thanks! It took me a while before I got to that name for the network.
True and good point. Participation is key for the network to be useful.
Presently, I work with Skills for Change, a non-profit that aims to help newcomers to Canada establish ...
Having a shared and compelling vision, continuously reinforced by communication, transparency, involvement and leading by example.
One secret for managers and supervisors to successfully engage employees is to strive to be interested, not interesting.
Judy Nelson, JD, MSW
Certified Professional Coach
www.CoachJudyNelson.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEdVfyt-mLw
From the email where this was sent to me:
Our daughter-in-law, Emily (MacInnes) Somers, created, directed and choreographed this in Portland last week for her Medline glove division as a fundraiser for b...
Engagement is about capturing the hearts and minds of your team, open your heart and show you believe in them and truly care about them as people and they will move mountains.
Set performance goals collaboratively with employee and then hold yourself and employee accountable for achieving those goals.
It is very easy to forget your own journey,share your failings as you grew,treat your team member as a mate inspire him.
Hi Ravi
I like the name 'Stomping Ground'
Good that your presentation went well, and thanks for sharing your slides.
The assertions you've made in your PPT slides are not wrong but the issue is that achieving all of those things depends on parti...
Think: if your boss approached you the way you're about to approach your employee, what would your interior
response be?
The presentation went off really well. The demonstration of the network went really well too. So far 25% of the staff have signed up. Regrettably, there is virtually no activity on the network yet. I feel that there is a lot of hesitation in start...
Understand every member of your teams motivation, align their aspirations to a clearly communicated business direction, give them all the tools to do the job and then empower them to deliver.
Care for people around you and get to know who they are, what strengths they bring and what's important to them.
Every day do a quick maintenance check. Do people know Why?, How?, When? and What? they are doing and are they free to ask these questions of you?.
Check your own engagement regularly. You need support, recognition and inspiration as much as your employees, in order provide an environment that will engage your people fully.
Engagement is a relationship that requires regular maintenance.
Start from where they are at.
Reach out to their hearts and values. Look beyond the Employee ID number and make a genuine effort to see and hear the person.
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