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Is multi-generational employee engagement possible?

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

Added by Tim Wright on May 20, 2009 at 9:16am — 1 Comment

Who's in the way of employee engagement? Leaders and managers, maybe

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

Added by Tim Wright on May 20, 2009 at 9:13am — No Comments

Why (some believe) employee engagement doesn't work

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

Added by Tim Wright on May 20, 2009 at 9:10am — No Comments

Learning and engaging; engaging and learning

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

Added by Tim Wright on May 7, 2009 at 2:26pm — 1 Comment

The 180 and employee engagement

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

Added by Tim Wright on May 6, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Who else does employee engagement?

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

Added by Tim Wright on May 5, 2009 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Consciousness, competency, and engagement

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

Added by Tim Wright on April 30, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Ask your employees...

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

Added by Tim Wright on April 27, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Best EmpEng Blogs to Read...Ours!!

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

Added by Tim Wright on June 6, 2008 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

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