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- Who are you?
- HR Guy in the software industry.. interested in the concept of engagement...
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- Attemping to maximize it as a HR Pro...
- Website:
- http://www.hrcapitalist.com
- Where are you located?
- Birmingham
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Would You Fire Shaq? You Would If You Were Missing Revenue...
Posted on February 8, 2008 at 1:23pm —
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Does employees’ satisfaction with workplace diversity positively impact employees’ overall satisfaction with their jobs?
The attached research gives us some insight into this topic. I look forward to your comments.
All the best,
Kevin Sheridan
As a consultant, I often have the privilege of acting as my client’s right hand or lending a listening ear for what’s going on in their business. I am not a certified coach, but years of being a performance improvement specialist has taught me much…
Appreciate the question--but what if you consider that there is more than one type of "true" engagement, and that different types of engagement may involve more or less spiritual, intellectual or participatory involvement?
Create and support one language for your employees by clearly communicating the mission, values, and team agreements of your organization.
Say hello and ask them how their day is going.
Men get engaged when you acknowledge what they do, and women become engaged when you acknowledge who they are.
Yonica:
I appreciated the statement: "an invisible grandfather clause." Staying power and growth not just sticking around because of the pension. Well said.
David
Finding a candidate with some staying power is such an awesome thing. There are a lot of candidates out there who are willing to stick with a good employer, and there are others who are just looking to build their resume.
Though you may find candid…
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Well said. I was going to go with "I like orange", but your take sound much better....
Seriously, Nash gets everyone engaged. The challenge is for managers, hr folks and anyone else charged with engagement to be more like stevie....
Thanks for putting the site up... Looking forward to it....
Awesome, you put a Canadian up there.
But I think most importantly you put up someone who is the master of the pass and going fast.
Steve Nash exemplifies a team leader who engages other players by seeing where they are all the time and getting the ball to them.
Steve Nash makes other players look good...we'll see what he does with and for Shaq.
David
Thanks for letting me know about the network. David encouraged a picture of ourselves or our concept of engagement, so I opted for hte latter...
Sadly, the comparison ends with the fact I'm 6'2" and in my 30's.....
Welcome! I'm glad you've joined us.
Now, you'd never told/warned me of the strong resemblance between you and Mr. Nash of Phoenix phame.
Tim