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I suggest you read the comments to Melanie Quinn's forum on "Employee Survey Methods" posted on August 20th. Also, other forums over the past year or so have addressed this issue (for example, June 2, 2008).
The answer depends on the size and cul...
Melanie, you present five good reasons to conduct employee surveys (engagement, satisfaction, learning needs, etc.) but I also agree with Jason's caveats. There is no sense doing a survey if you don't have organization buy-in to use the results an...
Thanks for opening this discussion. In my work evaluating the impact of leadership/management development programs, one of the typical findings is that employees who receive feedback from their bosses are more likely to apply what they learn to ac...
This group is for those who want to learn more about best practice employee recognition and to share ideas on this important engagement tool
I wonder if employees of the companies surveyed have a kind of survivor mentality. They are either so appreciative or so shocked that they have a job with little change in their lifestyle while their friends and relatives are struggling, that they...
I agree that employee engagement and organizational learning are connected. Continuous learning in organizations depends on a high level of engagement. It helps me to think about learning in organizations as having three levels: 1) individual lear...
I just listened to an interview with Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, who appears to do what you are describing. He engaged all employees in solving the problem of a $20 million deficit. Involving employees in this way resul...
If he is "transparent, genuine, clear," then he is already doing the most important things. I've written about this issue on my blog. See http://stephenjgill.typepad.com/performance_improvement_b/employee_engagement/
It appears that communication...
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- Who are you?
- I am an independent consultant with over 25 years experience in employee training and performance improvement. I work with a wide variety of business, non -profit, and government organizations analyzing their learning needs and evaluating the effectiveness of their training and development programs. I help them use this information to achieve their strategic goals. My blog is www.ThePerformanceImprovementBlog.com.
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- I measure employee engagement in organizations.
- Website:
- http://www.stephenjgill.com
- Where are you located?
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 8:12am on April 23, 2008,
Stephen J. Gill said…
- Thank you, David and Terry, for welcoming me to the network. I occasionally measure employee engagement for my clients and I want to continue to write about the topic in my blog and in the other publishing that I do, so I think the network will be an excellent resource for exploring ideas with others and helping me be clear about my own thinking on the topic. I appreciate being made aware of this online community.
And yes, I would be honored to have my blog on the EE RSS feeds.
Steve
- At 7:09pm on April 22, 2008,
David Zinger said… - Stephen,
I am so pleased to see you join this network. I think you can make a very significant contribution to other think, perspectives, and development and I hope this network meets your needs and interests. Thank you for the mention in your last blog post.
I thought your points were very important, such as: we can encourage conversations about how the term is being used in each situation. We should remind managers about “caveat emptor”. When they purchase an employee engagement survey or the services of a consultant to improve employee retention, they should ask, “What do you mean by ‘engagement’?”
Let me know if you want me to put your blog on the EE RSS feeds.
David
- At 8:53am on April 22, 2008,
Terrence Seamon said… - Greetings Stephen.
Welcome to the EE network. I think you'll find a lot of interesting conversations here about improving engagement and performance.
Terry
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An engaging look at some words of wisdom. Which statements do you believe fits best for employee engagement?
Excellent - thanks Heather!!
I summarized some high-level thought leadership from firms such as DDI, McKinsey, Towers Perrin, and Hewitt in my latest blog post. These are all papers from the last several months discussing engagement: bit.ly/3a4uft
I know that Towers Perrin a...
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
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