Insights

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

  • Green or Should I Say, “Green Light” Your Routine

    I make a conscious effort to be green. I reduce, reuse, and recycle. It’s now a normal part of my everyday routine. While that may not sound normal to you, these tasks are small ways in which I can make the world a better place in which to live.  Here are some the ways I…

  • Employee Engagement Recap for Week of May 5 – 9, 2014

    Below is a curation of some interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week.     Website: HR Review UK Article: Employee engagement can be improved by goal-setting Link: http://www.hrreview.co.uk/hr-news/hr-strategy-practice/employee-engagement-can-be-improved-by-goal-setting/51539 Author: Editor Comment: “Cognitive Neuroscientist Dr Lynda Shaw says employees in the UK are often unmotivated because businesses don’t…

  • Employee Engagement Quotes from April 28 – May 2, 2014

    In case you missed them. Below are last week’s employee engagement quotes from @agtinengagement. Follow me to receive these daily quotes.     We keep moving forward opening new doors and doing new things, because we are curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. – Walt Disney     The only way to…

  • A Reference for Employee Engagement Reports, Studies, and Surveys

    Over the course of my employee engagement readings, I’ve come across various reports, studies, and surveys.  I thought I would bring them together in one place as a reference guide for my fellow “Agents.”     Report: The State of the American Workplace Report 2013 (Gallup, Inc.) About: Employee Engagement Insights for U.S. Business Leaders report…

  • Employee Engagement Recap for Week of April 28 – May 2, 2014

    Below is a curation of some interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week.     Website: Bloomberg.com Article: Why a Quarter of American Don’t Trust Their Employers Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-28/why-a-quarter-of-americans-don-t-trust-their-employers.html Author: Gretchen Gavett Comment: Trust is addressed in The American Psychological Association’s new Work and Well-Being Survey. “There were three…

  • Employee Engagement Quotes from April 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.     The more you are in a state of gratitude, the more you will attract things to be grateful for. – Walt Disney     Strive not to be a man of success,…