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All Blog Posts Tagged 'engaging' (4)

Val Kinjerski, PhD During a Recession, Is it More Important to Save Money or Nurture Talent?

In our challenging economic times, many organizations are opting for saving money over saving and nurturing their talent. But at what cost? A study on the effect of organizational downsizing on the health of employees found that employees who survive major job cuts are twice as likely to take sick leave. They also reflect a fivefold increase in backaches and muscle problems and are five times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease within the next four years than employees who work for co… Continue

Added by Val Kinjerski, PhD on September 10, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Stephen Goldberg Leadership and team development question of the week

Each week I post a question on leadership and team development on my blog and public forum on our website. The forum allows people to post their answers. Each week we post the answer to the question according to Fritz glaus co-founder with me of http://threebrainsynergy.com. This weeks question is What makes real teamwork in organizations so difficult to achieve and maintain and so rare to find in today’s w… Continue

Added by Stephen Goldberg on August 25, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Terrence Seamon Engaging in Mutual Support

It's tough out there in this downturn if you have lost your job. However, there is a very bright spot. It's people helping one another. One manifestation is the JobAngels idea started by Mark Stelzner. Another is the job search support group phenomenon where little groups are springing up all over the country, designed by the members, for the members. I've helped to start oneContinue

Added by Terrence Seamon on April 1, 2009 at 8:56am — No Comments

Mike King Mountain Unicycling: Now That's An Engaging Activity!!!

Thought this was most relevant and David's been after me to post more about this activity of mine. I wrote an article about it on my blog about what makes it SO engaging. Because it definitely is. I NEVER get left alone on that thing! That's why I have to ride it in the toughest trails in the mountains! Anyway, the article is here... http://learnthis.ca/2008/10/mountain-unicycling-not-thats-an-engaging-actContinue

Added by Mike King on October 6, 2008 at 11:17pm — No Comments

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Dear Ray, Your concern is well founded. Employees look forward to surveys like they do a visit to the dentist! The Horsepower Survey, however, is an employee-focused survey to measure how rewarded employees feel about their work. It consists of sev…
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Mike, I will make mention of this new group in the next newsletter. Thank you for starting this and I wish you well and all European members the best with this focus. David
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Jason: Good points about trust and aligning the strategic engagement with employee engagement. We need results for all. I am concerned you will lose readers due to lack of formatting on this post. I encourage you to ensure that you format your pos…
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Thanks for sharing this information, Roy. When I was Research Director at The Loyalty Institute, we found that the #1 driver of employee commitment was an organization's efforts to build a sense of spirit and pride. This was true in the US as well…
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As a survey consultant I guess that I should like the idea of conducting monthly surveys, but I am concerned that employees may feel that they are being "over surveyed." There are options, of course. An organization might randomly assign each emplo…
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This is a great read, a great story. I smiled the whole time as I read this. If this conversation is possible in your organization, then I'd say your leadership is trusted and transparent. Thanks for this story.
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Paul M. Mastrangelo added a blog post
I won't be wishing you "Season's Greetings" or "Happy Holidays" this December. These secular, generic salutations are popular in corporate America because they are not specific to any one religion or belief system. The business world, like America's…
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David Zinger Mentally engaged with the Great Wall of Saskatchewan as a metaphor for work legacy. http://bit.ly/77lwav
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Hello Paul: "if you want to improve productivity and reduce costs, you need to tap into human nature’s pleasure-fueled engine." I could not agree more but if we wait until after we hire someone we have waited too long. Bob
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A Manager shall know one's team member more than his/her mother knows him/her. Offered by Shweta Mohanty Posted by David Zinger
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Mike Klein Thinking about intersection of sustainability, employee involvement and political activity-things will be more interesting post-Copenhagen
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"If managers cannot commit, then they shouldn’t expect their employees to commit either." Well said and very true. I much enjoyed your article and share your views. Bob Carpenter's experiences in turnarounds are the same as mine although I only di…
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