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Practical, people-centered ideas on management, engagement, and the people experience.

  • Key Learnings from The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age

    In The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age, the authors, three prominent Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, propose a new employment model. Those authors are Reid Hoffman, the Executive Chairman and cofounder of LinkedIn Corporation1; Ben Casnocha, an award-winning entrepreneur as well as an author and speaker on talent management and innovation2; and Chris Yeh, an…

  • Employee Engagement Briefing for Week of July 28 – August 1, 2014

    Below is a briefing on some of the interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week.     Website: Business 2 Community Article: Social Media Marketing’s Forgotten Audience: The Employee Link: http://www.business2community.com/social-media/social-media-marketings-forgotten-audience-employee-0953744#!bvBei8 Author: Anik Hanson Comment: Mr. Hanson wonders why more companies aren’t using social media as a tool in…

  • Employee Engagement Quotes from Week of July 21-25, 2014

    In case you missed them. Below are last week’s employee engagement quotes from @agtinengagement. Follow me to receive these daily quotes.     Do what you do so well that people can’t resist telling others about you. – Walt Disney   You know what, Steve Jobs is real nice to me. He lets me be…

  • A Reference Guide for Employee Engagement Thought Leaders

    Over the course of my employee engagement work, I’ve come across various employee engagement thought leaders. Below, in alphabetical order, are the individuals that I admire. Select one of these thought leaders and you’ll be taken to their bio. I hope this post will serve as a reference guide for my fellow “Agents.” Employee Engagement…

  • Employee Engagement Recap for Week of July 21 – 25, 2014

    Below is a curation of some interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week.     Book: Creativity, Inc. Link: http://amzn.to/UH28Oj Author: Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace Comment: One of the founders of Pixar looks at the history of Pixar and its impact on The Walt Disney Animation Studios…

  • Employee Engagement Quotes Week of July 14-18, 2014 

    In case you missed them. Below are last week’s employee engagement quotes from @agtinengagement. Follow me to receive these daily quotes.       Somehow I can’t believe there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me,…