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Forum #6: Employee Engagement Advice in One Sentence
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Sandi,
It makes logical sense to be engaged while there is a slump. I think also we need to help people fully engage so that is their work with the company changes (layoff) they are able to take their engagement with them to work, finding work, cr...
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- At 1:46pm on September 15, 2008,
Terrence Seamon said… - Sandi,
Welcome to the Manager Tools group! I look forward to learning from you about employer brand management.
Terry
- At 2:27am on August 7, 2008,
Sandi Krige said…
- Thanks Jo - problem here is that access to internet is fairly limited - only 5m of 45m people in South Africa use the medium. Bring on broadband
- At 7:24am on August 6, 2008,
Jo said… - Hi Sandi
To join you need to follow the group tap and the + top right.
I think helping people see their own future so they can see where they fit into SA might help. You should be able to hire plenty of Zimbo's!
Cheers for now
Jo
- At 7:54am on August 5, 2008,
Jo said…
- Hi Sandi
I think I answered one of your questions about artisans! I've just started an Africa group on the EE network. Would you like to join?
Cheers
Jo
- At 8:45am on July 2, 2008,
Ian Buckingham said… - I'm based in Hertfordshire just outside London. Have a couple of employer brand proposals on the table with SA companies - will be great to have the chance to work over there again.
- At 3:40pm on June 24, 2008,
Sandi Krige said…
- Working out of Jozi, but supposedly living down the East Cape coast - get there less and less these days. Where are you now?
- At 3:38pm on June 24, 2008,
Ian Buckingham said…
- I actually spent yrs 4-15 just outside Jo'burg but we holidayed all over.
Where are you based? Must be fascinating work.
- At 9:23am on June 24, 2008,
Ian Buckingham said…
- Hi Sandi
How's sunny SA? Still full of braaivleis, rugby, sunny skies and chevrolets? (you may detect I spent a year or two there!). Welcome to the network.
Ian
- At 3:55pm on June 9, 2008,
David Zinger said…
- Sandi:
Welcome to the employee engagement network. I appreciate you putting the little bio. and your picture on the site. Nice necklace by the way. I hope you find what you are looking for and feel comfortable to both comment and ask for what you need from the network.
David
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- Who are you?
- General Manger, Human Brand. Our concentration is on Employer Brand Management at the southern tip of Africa
- Where are you located?
- Johannesburg, South Africa
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Into the slump!
Well done David ! What a great start to a sweeping project. I think an engagement approach to the lucky ones left in office to help them better manage the loss of colleagues in the down turn could be a good direction for this year. Here is South Africa, we find that EE budgets are being cut even faster than marketing budgets. We need to find a way to convince leadership that EE is the key to picking up the economy asap.
Posted on January 27, 2009 at 4:17am — 1 Comment
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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.
Open yourself to influence by others and they will open themselves to your influence.
Don't just listen to your people but also act on what they're telling you.
Only hire people with passion for what they do; create a work environment that fosters and facilitates the expression of that passion and use a communication style that makes it safe to stretch, fail and grow.
Assist each employee to understand the deeper purpose of his or her work - who or what cause is it helping - and why.
Be congruent and transparent, say what you mean and do what you say.
Managers or Supervisors can engage employees by demonstrating little acts of kindness for absolutely no reason at all. eg. Can I help you carry that? Is there anything I can get for you? etc. etc.
Engagement should be treated as newborns! Everyone takes place in the growing process and they should never be left unattended.
For great managers, the path toward engaging employees and keeping them engaged begins with asking them what they want and what is important in order to be effective in their roles.
Involve employees in decisions that will affect them - they may have some great ideas that you haven't thought of and will be more supportive of the final outcome.
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