Insights

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

  • Employee Engagement Readings, Pocket, Lisgo, and ReadTime

    On most Thursday afternoons, I tune into a weekly webshow on Spreecast called The Gamification Revolution. It features interactive interviews with people in the gamification community. Recently, I saw an interview with Nir Eyal1.   Nir Eyal (nirandfar.com) is an author and lecturer on behavior design and habit formation. Thoughout the 30 minute conversation, he…

  • Employee Engagement Recap for Week of Jan 13-17, 2014

    Below is a curation of some interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week.   Website:  LinkedIn Article:  A Survivor’s Guide to Bullies, Backstabbers and Bastards Link:  http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140114223150-39785422-a-survivor-s-guide-to-bullies-backstabbers-and-bastards Author:  Chester Elton     Blog:  GloboForce Article:  Happiness, Flow, and How to Be a Better Leader Link:  http://www.globoforce.com/gfblog/2013/happiness-flow-and-how-to-be-a-better-leader/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+globoforce%2FNkqn+%28Globoforce+Blog%29 Author:  Darcy…

  • Employee Engagement Quotes from January 6 – 10, 2014

    In case you missed them. Below are last week’s employee engagement quotes from @agtinengagement. Follow Agent In Engagement on Twitter 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…

  • Proactively Manage Your Career with a Simple List

    As employees, we need to be more proactive in managing our careers.  While there are many ways to accomplish this, let’s focus on a simple solution: keep a list of all activities and accomplishments for each performance year.   We are all busy trying to complete the work we’ve been assigned and that may cause…

  • Employee Engagement Recap for Week of Jan 6-10, 2014

    Below is a curation of some interesting employee engagement articles, blog posts, books, etc. that I came across last week.   Blog: SmartBlog on Leadership Article: Hiring employees who are more loyal Link: http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2013/10/11/hiring-employees-who-are-more-loyal/ Author: Josh Tolan   Magazine: Baseline Article: Employee Engagement Is on the Upswing Link: http://www.baselinemag.com/it-management/slideshows/employee-engagement-is-on-the-upswing.html/ Author: Dennis McCafferty   Website: 4Hoteliers.com…

  • Quotes from the Week of January 1 – 3, 2014

    In case you missed them. Below are last week’s employee engagement quotes from @agtinengagement. Follow Agent In Engagement on Twitter to receive these daily quotes.   Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. – Abraham Lincoln     When the student is ready, the teacher appears. –…