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Encourage employees and managers to mutually-mentor one-another and thereby create the interpersonal bonds that constitute the sinew of an engaged organization.
Dear Adam,
It would be great if you'd read Primal Management and then comment. Who knows, you might even enjoy my engineered-system approach to human nature!
The way I look at it, evolution by natural selection is the puzzle maker, so, if we rea...
At this point, I'd have to invest in reading your thesis in full to do the argument justice - evolutionary logic and all. I'm going to have to ponder whether I've got spare capacity for that ... if you'll bear with me?
But on what satisfies me mo...
Dear Adam,
Sorry if I got overly aggressive with my last response--you actually seem like a very thoughtful and well-read guy.
I am not trying to take human nature apart using the reductionist approach because there is too much of that going on ...
Paul, your "hyper-rational" characterisation looks to me like a nasty case of false dichotomy - I wish you a speedy recovery.
My point about being wary of reduction beyond the Subject is simply this: some entities must be treated in science as ir...
Dear Adam,
I respectfully disagree. If you set out to press my motivational hot-buttons, you succeeded. I'm going to push back hard because I think your approach is flawed and harmful to all parties.
There is nothing disrespectful or manipulativ...
OK, just for one more round, I'm going to continue to play devil's advocate on this. Labels aside, many of the assumptions behind this line of enquiry look highly biological?
I don't believe that's a proper domain for us - which of these question...
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- At 6:10am on May 16, 2009,
Larry Underwood said… - Hope your ASU presentation went well. I'm going to plug The Horsepower Metric on exectweets, which only makes sense. Btw, your inspirational message you signed on your book is greatly appreciated. You have a fully engaged "employee" in spreading the primal message to the business world. "Motivational Fever. Catch it!" Not bad; not bad at all...Thanks, LAU
- At 2:25am on May 11, 2009,
Larry Underwood said…
- Paul, haven't been over here for a while...Been Twittering like a mad man...I just want to make sure you've been getting my periodic emails, but in case you haven't, here's what's on the agenda: You're coming to town sometime this month, but can't locate the date, so let me know and I'll plan on getting together with you and your tribe...I sent Jim Estil a nice cover letter along with my book, so maybe he'll read and review it...at least he put me on his "following list" on Twitter, so I take that as a good sign...But he's definitely dry, for sure...Btw, thanks for the nice 5 star review on Amazon...Greatly appreciated, since that's the biggest driving force in book sales...Twitter is pretty cool and up to 500+ followers now, although half of them are lunatics. I'm going to cull through the list and if I find any that might be of interest to you, I'll let you know...Been reviewing books like crazy, trying to get rep for being guru...and I'm continuing to plug your book all around the internet while cleverly tying it loosely into some parts of my book...I got an approval notice (after one month) that my pre-book review of PM made it as a press release on the St Louis Post Dispatch website...A little late, huh? So you're in three different groups over here? I know I'm in one of them and Pamela? sent me a note to get ready for the speaking tour...I'll try to overcome my stage fright and fly to wherever and give whoever a little pep talk...Oh, if you want to get riled up head over to @exectweets sometime, and try posting something even the slightest bit controversial...Chop chop...It's still fun and eventually I get my point across...That's all, stay in touch, LAU
- At 10:30am on December 31, 2008,
Susan Robinson said… - Thank you for the offer for a sneak peak - I'm going to wait and purchase the book when it comes out. I suspect that your concepts are much like our EAGER scale of engagement - an acronym that stands for
Escape, Avoid, Get Even, Riveted - the instinctive disengagement/engagement behaviors that people do in response to key experiences. We'll be publishing an article about it in January.
I noticed that you are looking for publicity for your book, and I thought I'd mention Paul Krupin at www.directcontactpr.com He's my brother, but I'm not a paid endorsement! I'm just thinking it might be a useful lead for you. He's effective, reasonably priced and accessible, tends to be a hip shooter - meaning he is honest and very direct if he thinks he can't help you or if he thinks you would benefit from repositioning - and has been especially successful with book publicity. Check out his website and judge for yourself. I hope it turns out to be a helpful suggestion.
Blessings in the new year.
Susan
- At 3:26pm on December 29, 2008,
Susan Robinson said…
- Paul,
I just visited your primalmanagement.com website. Well-done! I share your perspective on the instinct to engage. I'll look forward to reading your book.
Susan
- At 6:33pm on November 29, 2008,
Terrence Seamon said… - Paul,
Welcome to the Manager Tools group!
Terry
- At 5:50pm on November 29, 2008,
Michael Lee Stallard said… - Paul,
I'd be glad to help. Give me a call anytime this week. I'm in my office much of the week and you can reach me at 203-422-6511.
Michael
- At 9:44am on November 29, 2008,
Bill Hogg PerformanceExcelerator said… - I read your summary and found it quite interesting. It aligns with some of my own thinking (not based on any research -- just watching and working). I started my career in marketing and I agree that emotional leads rationale everytime. I look forward to seeing the book when it comes out.
- At 12:13pm on November 17, 2008,
Phil Haussler said… - Hey Paul. Funny bumping into you here. Small world. Talk to you soon
Phil
- At 9:09pm on November 12, 2008,
David Zinger said… - Paul,
I am a very patient man (most of the time) even though I act with a sense of urgency. Somehow I think the fusion of patience and urgency is just what is required these days. You can have them send a review copy to me in 2009.
I enjoyed Goleman and his partners article in the Harvard Business Review on the Neurobiology of Leadership.
David
- At 7:19pm on November 12, 2008,
David Zinger said…
- Hi Paul,
I look forward to learning more about this. If you would like me to review a copy send me an email and we could set this up.
David
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- Who are you?
- I've been exploring human motivation from a hard, biologic perspective for 30 years and I think I've come up with something of a breakthrough--the simplest, most logical and most scientfically advanced methodology to get the best out of human beings. I know this sounds terribly arrogant, but before you pass judgement, check it out (primalmanagement.com).
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- I just wrote a book on employee engagement titled: Primal Management: Unraveling the Secrets of Human Nature to Drive High Performance
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- http://www.primalmanagement.com
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- Madison, WI
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Thanks a lot for your help !
I actually did have a look on Gallup's 12 Questions, the only worry is that it measures more the enablers of employee engagement than employee engagement itself. I have however grouped the items into themes, and only o...
Not sure if this is the same as the one mentioned but Gallup has 12 Questions that they use.
http://www.workforce.com/section/09/article/23/53/40.html
Hi Maggie,
Acually we have a training module for this exact circumstance. We call it cynics, victims and bystanders it is part of The Conversations Workshop. We wrote a book last year called Authentic Conversations which has a great deal to say ab...
Hi Maggie,
Most 360 software is more expensive then that- at least if you want 360 software that is super easy to set up and comes with preloaded questions and is designed for 360 surveys. (see halogen, sumtotal, etc...)
If you've got your own que...
Beautiful video that makes you think about all the 'moments' in your life.
When you think about it, engagement is all about moments too...when someone takes that brief moment to get to know you, to do something nice for you, etc....in the end- all...
Hi,
I sense the key is to offer choice - that is to request the cynics create their own route to engagement in a self directed means.
Your role would be to offer the rich inspiration and supportive help needed for them to accomplish this.
You m...
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