I’m Simpson…Gregory F Simpson, Agent In Engagement. Below is the latest intelligence briefing on employee engagement. Follow @agtinengagement to stay current with the latest updates.
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SPOTLIGHT ARTICLE
5 Simple Strategies to Inspire Disengaged Employees
Bonusly: “We all want employees who are engaged, but what does it take to support that engagement, and how do you turn it back around when it starts to wane? The following strategies can be implemented immediately to help achieve high-focused engagement, without launching a massive initiative or a costly campaign.”
Mentor People Who Aren’t Like You
Harvard Business Review: “Leaders tend to coach and mentor their “own,” and here’s the human impulse that drives it: Even those who believe that diversity improves creativity, problem solving, and decision making naturally invest in and advocate for the development of the subordinates who are most like them. They see less experienced versions of themselves in these folks, and so they’re inclined to believe in their potential — they want to nurture it. Of course, this also means that growth and advancement opportunities go disproportionately to those who belong to the demographic or social group that’s already in power. That’s what I’ve often observed in my leadership experience, and research confirms that this happens in organizations.”
Is “Radical Candor” the Key to Being an Awesome Manager?
Tiny Pulse: “[Kim] Scott developed a rubric of four types of manager-employee relationships, one of which is radical candor. The other three quadrants describe less constructive manager-employee interactions.”
Improving Employee Engagement Is Good For Recruiting
ERE Media: “For many enterprises, attracting top talent means offering more competitive pay packages and benefits. But there’s another element to the recruitment process that’s crucial to securing the best new hires: promoting employee engagement initiatives.”
This Week in Employee Engagement: April 21, 2017
Maritz Motivation Solutions: “The utter explosion of digital content presents countless opportunities for learning. Start here to narrow down your search each week in the often overwhelming landscape of employee engagement thought leadership!”
Engagement Weekly: Team Building and Program Development
Allen Communication: “Learn about the latest in employee engagement within various industries. This week’s influential authors look at some examples of the importance of team building, as well as how different people measure employee engagement with different programs.”
If You Want To Lead Change, Start Thinking Of Your Employees As ‘Work Stakeholders’
Forbes: “If you want people to collaborate on reimagining products and creating new markets, let’s start inviting them to be ‘work stakeholders.’ Let’s stop calling them ‘employees.’”
The Impact of Recruiting on Employee Lifetime Value
Greenhouse: “At Greenhouse, our People department consists of Talent Acquisition, People Operations, Employee Experience, and Talent Management. In this post, Recruiting Manager Jacqui Maguire shares the impact her team’s work can have on ELTV.”
Trust Your Employees, Not Your Rule Book
Harvard Business Review: “The truly important lesson is one that applies to companies in all sorts of fields. It has to do with the grave shortcomings of an approach to business, culture, and customer service that relies on rules and procedures at the expense of letting flesh-and-blood human beings solve problems and make sound decisions. It’s time for leaders to toss out their rule books and trust their people.”
10 Challenges That Every First-Time Manager Will Face
OfficeVibe: “It can be tough to adjust to this new role and potentially new environment, the first piece of advice is to understand that it’s normal to be nervous. It’s an exciting new challenge, but there will be struggles, whether you like it or not. The key more than anything is to change your mindset and get into a new way of approaching work.”
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Other recent Agent in Engagement data/reports by Agent Gregory F Simpson:
- Veteran Operative Employee Engagement Insights: 04.17 – 2017.04.21
- Employee Engagement In the News: It’s No Fairytale
- Employee Engagement-Related Spotlight Articles of March 2017
- In Haiku Poems, Like Employee Engagement, Shared Experience
- There is No “Good Enough” Anymore
- Employee Engagement-Related Spotlight Articles of February 2017
- 2016: A Year In Review – Demonstrating Engagement Through an Infographic
