Links Between Employee Engagement and Organizational Success
“People create organizations, therefore the concepts and systems of any organization must reflect the diversity and complexity of the people who comprise it.” What a great quote. Altruistic, yet oh so true; employee engagement stripped to the bare bones. Kevin Fong, a proponent of Eastern traditions and philosophies, offers this golden nugget in his paper, The […]
Leave it to Self: Unleash Engagement through Empowerment
When you do an internet search and look up employee engagement tips or employee engagement ideas what you’ll find is the majority, in fact almost all the topics are what executives can do or what managers can do. Very few ideas or suggestions look at what employees can do to drive engagement. At a talk […]
Leadership and Employee Engagement
How to connect with 10,000 employees (more or less) Leaders often ask me what the most “highly engaged” organizations do differently that engages their employees. While there are a number of key drivers of engagement that highly engaged organizations tend to do well, I have come to observe one consistent difference. That difference is how […]
Keeping Remote Employees Engaged
Confessions of a Digital Nomad She’s a millennial. Part of a 40-person technology team. Like her engineer colleagues who work from different geographic locations across North America, she’s one of many remote employees. A member of a global nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas. Most of us know her employer as TED Talks. Twice a year, […]
Job Purposing: Igniting a Sense of Purpose at Work
Employees At Their Best — On Purpose When someone sees a strong purpose, when they feel really good about what their organization stands for, and they feel they have true meaning in what they’re doing then they are going to feel pride in the organization, optimistic about its future and they’ll emotionally invest. And of […]
Is Employee Engagement Part Of Your Organization’s DNA?
Where does the notion of employee engagement come from? What’s the motivation? For HR leaders looking to elevate their status and overall value, making those kinds of connections can be the portal to a C-suite. It’s all about how you connect something like attraction and retention to corporate culture, and that culture to employer/employee branding, and that […]
Top 8 Ways to Increase Engagement During the Holidays
It seems like a lot of us are in a better mood around the holidays: Strangers might talk to us more, also, friends, family and even people we don’t know very well, might reach out to spend time together. Some will perhaps simply open a door for us or give us the space we need […]
Why Your Christmas Party Won’t Improve Engagement
Depending on the organization’s culture, sometimes workplace Christmas parties can be a great time where everyone feels relaxed and comfortable. But even if that happens, it’s a mistake to rely on one Christmas party a year to ensure ongoing engagement in your organization. It’s just not enough. Employees need to feel consistently valued, appreciated and […]