Tim Wright's Blog (9)

Quite a few respondents to my Why Employee Engagement Doesn't Work survey noted generational differences as a major cause. Comments ranged from Generation Y doesn't seem to know what 'engagement' means. to Boomers are looking to retire; why should they engage? and several in between! In the study, Engaging the 21st Century Multi-Generational Workforce, conducted for MetLife Mature Market Institute by the Sloan Center on Aging and Work (Boston College), I came acro… Continue

The survey results keep coming in. (A full report will be available after 5/22.) Feel free, please, to add your thoughts. The reasons people believe employee engagement doesn't (always) work fall into clumps. Yesterday I discussed and made recommendations regarding the biggest clump of reasons: unclear definition of EE. Today let's cluster the 2nd most frequent reason employee engagement doesn't work: leaders and managers aren't prepared. Reasons fell into these related areas: * Leaders don'… Continue

Lately a number of my clients, colleagues, and talkers at the coffee shop are commenting that Employee Engagement may be getting too big for its britches. "I'm hearing and reading all this stuff about engaged employees. I don't see it making that big a difference." I've begun a very brief survey, inviting people to register their Yes or No opinion about the value of engagement. Then there's a chance to state why you think engagement might not work, regardless of whether you said Y or N. If you… Continue

Remember Peter Senge and The Fifth Discipline? This Culture to Engage posting invites you to bring "the learning organization" to life...and stimulate more employee engagement. Here's the link. Here's to engagement! Tim Continue

You know about the 360-degree evaluation. Check out this innovative 180-degree discussion...as a tool to stimulate engagement communication! It's on Culture to Engage, and here's the specific link to that posting. Happy reading, Tim Continue

This posting in Culture to Engage encourages businesses to look outside their walls, even beyond their industries...to learn some what's and what not's of employee engagement. Here's the specific posting link: http://tinyurl.com/ccbzxq Tim Continue

This Culture to Engage posting explores applying the Competency Matrix to your employee engagement efforts... http://tinyurl.com/dgu4ma Happy reading, Tim Continue

Here's the quick link to my blog, Culture to Engage: http://tinyurl.com/cblcqd This posting offers tips to assemble a quick, easy, and informal employee survey. Tim Continue

I've posted on Culture to Engage a listing of the bloggers among us! Check it out. Let me know if you see any errors. I've included blogger's name, blog title, URL, and a comment (witty...or half-). Tim Continue