Women have been sounding off about the wage gap for years but now we might get more voices joining the chorus. The recession has been hardest on men in this country, and many have lost their jobs. That’s meant in many households the women are the only ones bringing home the bacon . So, suddenly, the fact that women make 77 cents on the dollar to men really sucks.… Read the rest

23 Employee Engagement Eclectic Resource to Improve Your Work and Your Life. David Zinger offers you informative links and resources to enhance and improve your work and life engagement. This edition of 23 Eclectic Resource Zingers range from the top people to follow in Enterprise 2.0 to Chris Bailey on nuance and a wonderful drawing by Elizabeth Perry on snow and spring in 3 acts: Employee Engagement. Top 10… Read the rest

Who invented the standard nine-to-five workday? He or she must have been a morning person because if I were setting the workday hours, I’d push it to start at 10 a.m. at the earliest. Why? While I’d love to be the type of person who just jumps out of bed alert and perky every day, it just doesn’t work for me that way. Take this morning: When I heard… Read the rest

February has been a rocking month. Chris Guillebeau and I launched the very first $100 Business Forum , filled with 150 active, enthusiastic entrepreneurs. They dove into daily lessons and worked on a huge variety of different businesses, sorting ideas, testing marketing copy, exploring business models and encouraging each other through fears. We were joined by guest stars Philippa Kennealy , who talked about business planning, and Colleen Wainwright… Read the rest

Above The Bottom Line Dwelling above the bottom line our contributions our meaning our routines our relationships our passions our connections our fears our hopes our irritations our time our lives. Business is looking up. It doesn’t all come down to the bottom line. — Flickr Creative Commons: Numbers . —– David Zinger, M.Ed., is an employee engagement writer, educator, speaker, coach, and consultant. He offers exceptional contributions on… Read the rest

Earlier this week, I was interviewing a source for a story using the video chat service Skype and my 7-year-old son Cheiron made an unexpected, unwanted appearance in my home office. Typically, my kids know not to come in mommy’s office when the door is closed but on this day there must have been a full moon or something. The boy did everything he could to get in on… Read the rest

Two weeks ago I posted about a Gallup survey that asked workers whether or not their jobs are ideal. One trend that emerged from the survey highlighted young workers and their dissatisfaction with their jobs. Dissatisfaction might be misleading, but the young workers are less likely than their older colleagues to consider their jobs ideal. The connection to low pay is a likely factor, but another issue could factor… Read the rest

I am a person who lives and dies by her to-do list. And right now, I’m dying. I’m dying because I am following all the prescribed rules except one. Here are things I’m doing well: 1. I clear my inbox . I deal with each email the second I read it–by responding, deleting, or transferring to my to do list. 2. I have a single list . I have… Read the rest

Are you open? Open your data . Tim Berners-Lee is the father of the Internet and very enthusiastic about open data. He made a plea on TED one year ago for open data and returned this year to show the results in just one year of making data more open. Employee Engagement Data . It seems to me we are not very open about our data in employee engagement.… Read the rest

Earlier this month, a man who was reportedly upset about a bad performance evaluation shot and killed a manager and himself. Clearly this worker had some serious issues beyond his review, but maybe the event should be a wake up call. When kids shoot up schools, experts come out of the woodwork calling for bans on video games. I know, most people won’t pull a gun on their boss… Read the rest