Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.
Profile Information
- Who are you?
- My tombstone will read "harsh but fair" – no doubt. I’m a seasoned entrepreneur and a sophisticated marketer. I’ve made thousands of mistakes in being both an entrepreneur and a marketer. Like most people, I try to learn from all my experiences – good, bad and ugly. I cut my teeth in retail – Albertsons and Wal-Mart. I spent eight years in school earning three degrees to find that I was virtually unemployable. Thus, I’m an entrepreneur for life.
To learn more about me, visit www.starrtincup.com
If you use other social networking applications, invite me and/or check me out. Lastly, check out my human capital vendor blog - JPIE - www.jpie.com
About Our Firm...
Starr Tincup is a strategic marketing consultancy for human capital firms. We’re a boutique and we know the buyer and seller of these services and software better than any firm in the world. Talk with us and we’ll prove it to you. We have great clients, wonderful employees and we’re fun to be around.
- Blog @ www.jpie.com
- Newsletter @ www.theoriginalpickle.com
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- Treat key talent like rocks stars.
- Website:
- http://www.starrtincup.com
- Where are you located?
- Fort Worth, Texas
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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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I am honored you would join our network. I love a lot of what you do and appreciate you and your contributions. Hopefully you will find good value and meaningful interaction on this site. Great profile. Stay engaged.
David