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A Satirical take on the Bring Yourself to Work Movement

For anyone in need of a chuckle follow this link to my weekly column on the Changeboard site: http://www.changeboard.com/hrcircles/blogs/editor/archive/2008/06/19/employee-engagement-strategy-should-spread-from-the-streetcorner-not-cascade-from-the-boardroom.aspx Ian Continue

Added by Ian Buckingham on June 24, 2008 at 9:16am — No Comments

Focus on Engagement In A Downturn or Your Employees will Storm the Radio Station!

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Added by Ian Buckingham on April 3, 2008 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Loneliness of the naked CEO

Loneliness of the Naked CEO It’s reputed in the UK that the queen thinks the world smells of fresh paint. Then surely CEO land is populated by a nodding, grinning, fresh-faced and wide-eyed populace. Something is rotten in the state methinks! If everyone he meets on his weekly walk-about admires his new clothes, it’s no wonder that loneliness and paranoia are key characteristics of new entrants to the role and a despotic decision making style the behavioural fall-back. How can you be expected… Continue

Added by Ian Buckingham on February 25, 2008 at 9:39am — No Comments

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I have not personally read the UK Government review of employee engagement titled "Engaging for Success". But a very dear friend of mine, one of the very few people I know who fully understands engagement having done it himself, did review it and...

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