Is Engagement Just a Buzz Word? Real recognition . I had the honor or being interviewed on Real Recognition Radio by Roy Saunderson and S. Max Brown. We had a great conversation about engagement and our time flew by as we were engaged with so many matters of employee engagement and employee recognition. Showtime . This show will air on Tuesday at 1 pm Eastern Time. if you can… Read the rest

Said (Dedicated to my 1960 Grade One Dick and Jane Reader ) He said. She said. They said. We saw. She saw. They saw. What was said, was sawed, in half. There goes Spot. There goes Puff. There goes communication. Goodbye Dick

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Chicago is still riding high on the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup win. The team has been all over the news, parties haven’t stopped since Wednesday night, and at this very moment, there is a parade in the team’s honor taking place downtown. Imagine if people got this excited when you did your job well. Since the Stanley Cup marks the official end of the hockey season, here’s a look at what the top … Read the rest

Employee Engagement: Patti Anklam provides an informative guide to creating and sustaining successful networks with many implications and applications for employee engagement. I encourage you to study Patti’s slide presentation to successfully build and sustain networks as networks play a bigger and bigger role in engagement as we need to play a bigger role in engaging our networks. Anklam’s perspective includes the 4 properties of networks: purpose, structure, style,… Read the rest

Here is the 46 slide presentation of Engaging Questions. Employee Engagement Network Ebook: The Question is the Answer

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After seasons of watching as the stars of MTV reality shows like “The Hills” and “The City” flit from one dream-job to the next like the job market is their shopping mall (they even get jobs when they bomb their interviews — à la Stephanie Pratt circa 2009), MTV took a true reality-check and decided to document what it’s really like for new graduates trying to land entry-level dream jobs in… Read the rest

We’ve all heard how commuting back and fourth to work in our gas guzzlers is killing the environment. I’m here to tell you that retiring the car and working in your pajamas may end up killing you. OK, maybe I’m being a bit extreme this morning. I mostly work from a home office and today both my kids are home from school because the school year ended yesterday. They… Read the rest

Even as the job market slowly improves , unemployment still continues to be high, which means competition for open positions remains tough in many areas. CareerBuilder’s annual survey about unusual tactics came out recently and it turns out more and more job seekers are trying everything and anything to stand out from their competitors. Twenty-two percent of hiring managers reported that, compared to last year, they are seeing more job… Read the rest

Employee Engagement: The Question is the Answer. We did it again! The 2560 member Employee Engagement Network has created another fantastic and free resource on employee engagement. This is our fifth free e-book in 2 years. Here is the introduction to the book: Introduction Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a… Read the rest

Since the beginning of time, job seekers have been faced with this dilemma – hiring managers want to know how much you make and you don’t want to tell them. Why? Because we all know the employer doesn’t want to give you a penny more than they have to in salary, and if you tell them what you make they’re probably going to give you a slight bump over… Read the rest