Last week I went to a hand car wash that had recently opened nearby. My car was pounced on
by seven people…
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Employee engagement
Engaging employees is our big thing.
But our readers fall into two distinct groups – and the stuff they want to read about isn’t always the same.
“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say”. This lovely quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson highlights a common trap that many managers step into.
Think about your own development – get 360 feedback from your team, manager and peers. Identify someone who you admire as a leader/manager/coach and use them as a role model.
being physically present does not, by any means, guarantee that someone is mentally and emotionally engaged with what they are doing
Last week I came up with a simple diagram I thought was quite helpful as a way of thinking about making feedback as useful as possible. I was thinking about 360 degree feedback when I came up with it, but I realise it could equally apply to any similar type of conversation; appraisals, tough conversations [...]
We all know that reward and recognition are important elements of job satisfaction. Its important to feel that we’re making a contribution, but not everyone has the ability to maintain a vision of what their contribution might be without some sort of external recognition. But time and again, we read research that proves money is [...]
“Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.” – Tom Robbins We should remember this when working on engaging our people. If we want to attract and retain the best talent, we should foster laughter, playfulness and the [...]
I love this thought. There’s a touch of cognitive dissonance in it. Why would you even think of success in terms of its reversibility? Well, here’s why: How many companies thought they were untouchable two years ago? How many thought they had sales figures to beat all sales figures? How many were convinced they were [...]
Research conducted by the CIPD and the Trades Union Congress reveals that only about one third of UK employees are actively engaged at work. A recent article on Training Journal reports that the CBI estimates the annual cost of sickness absence in the UK is £13bn. We are also reminded that Gallup’s 2008 assessment of [...]