Comments on: Dealing with disgruntled employees – the engaged way http://www.engauge.co.uk/consultants/dealing-with-disgruntled-employees/ Online 360 degree feedback, team tools, employee engagement surveys and HR support services Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:24:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Derek Irvine, Globoforce http://www.engauge.co.uk/consultants/dealing-with-disgruntled-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Derek Irvine, Globoforce Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:13:45 +0000 http://www.engauge.co.uk/?p=2077#comment-20 Excellent post. All very good tips. In my world, we advocate strategic recognition of employee behaviours and actions to encourage engagement and motivation. What you are describing is another form of recognition -- noticing employee needs and contributions when presented in a negative way (blowing off steam) and still recognise the value they are bringing to the organisation through that (perhaps poorly expressed) enthusiasm. This is a very important point of strategic recognition -- acknowledging the passion, engagement and value, regardless of how it's expressed. Excellent post. All very good tips. In my world, we advocate strategic recognition of employee behaviours and actions to encourage engagement and motivation. What you are describing is another form of recognition — noticing employee needs and contributions when presented in a negative way (blowing off steam) and still recognise the value they are bringing to the organisation through that (perhaps poorly expressed) enthusiasm.

This is a very important point of strategic recognition — acknowledging the passion, engagement and value, regardless of how it’s expressed.

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