Insights

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

  • Employee Engagement: Your Résumé vs. Your Eulogy

    Currently, I’m reading Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington.  In the Introduction of the book, she spends a few pages on a topic that struck a chord with the way I approach employee engagement.  She talked about what people remember and say…

  • Employee Engagement Recap for Week of May 19 – 23, 2014

    Below is a curation of some interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week.     Website: Lexology Article: Best practices in employee engagement: interview of TIAA-CREF’s head of organization effectiveness Link: http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=5c819dc8-f191-4eb8-8dc1-ddd0bc0e099e Author:  Jathan Janove of Ogletree Deakins Comment: An interview with Josh Greenwald, Head of Organizational Effectiveness…

  • Employee Engagement Quotes from May 12 – 16, 2014

    In case you missed them. Below are last week’s employee engagement quotes from @agtinengagement. Follow me to receive these daily quotes.     I’m doing this because I want to do it better. — Walt Disney     Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. –Arthur Ashe   We must…

  • Are Your New Managers Positioned for Success?

    There it was in black and white. “Congratulations are in order! On behalf of the Leadership Team, I am pleased to recognize our recent promotions. Please join me in congratulating each of these individuals below on a job well done. To those who were promoted…Thank you for your hard work and dedication to our clients…

  • Employee Engagement Recap for Week of May 12 – 16, 2014

    Below is a curation of some interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week.     Website:  Research Industry Voices Article: Employee Engagement Surveys: Evolution or Extinction Link: http://researchindustryvoices.com/2014/05/12/employee-engagement-surveys-evolution-or-extinction/ Author: Brad Egan Comment:  “…for some companies, running a survey is the engagement plan.” “The survey should be a business…

  • Employee Engagement Quotes from May 5 – 9, 2014

    In case you missed them. Below are last week’s employee engagement quotes from @agtinengagement. Follow me to receive these daily quotes.     I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. –  Walt Disney   How dare you settle for…