On Monday, January 26 at 11:00 AM Eastern, Professor Kim Cameron of the University of Michigan’s Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) will be my guest on the Leadership and Employee Engagement webcasts I host for Brighttalk.com. On the webcast, Professor Cameron will tell us about the work and select findings of the Center for POS, including the link between virtuous behavior and organizational performance. You can sign up for the free webcast by clicking on employee engagement.
New York-Presbyterian Recognized for Employee Engagement
Congratulations to New York-Presbyterian Hospital for being recognized as the top academic medical center in terms of employee engagement. I wrote an article about New York-Presbyterian entitled “Strengthening Human Value in Organizational Cultures” that appeared in the Winter 2008 issue of Leader to Leader. You can read about it in a blog post of mine entitled “Amazing Things are Happening Here.”
Jim Blasingame and I discuss employee engagement on his radio program
Last Friday I was a guest on my friend Jim Blasingame’s nationally-syndicated radio program entitled “The Small Business Advocate.” In the interview Jim and I talked about employee engagement and why leaders need to clearly communicate their vision and values to the people they are responsible for leading. This is especially important during difficult economic times. You can hear the interview by clicking on the “listen now” below.
New Video Clips on Relationship Excellence, Criticism, Difficult Times and Imbalance
Athenaonline.com sent me links to several video clips I filmed for its MyQuickCoach product that was voted one of Human Resource Executive magazine’s top training products of the year. Take a look and let me know what you think.
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Speaking at Wharton and Harvard Business School Clubs in D.C.
I’ll be speaking about Connection Cultures at a joint meeting of the Wharton and Harvard Business School Clubs of Washington, D.C. The meeting will be held at 7:30 AM on February 5 in Tysons Corner, Virginia. For details click here.
Free E-book on Connection Culture and Employee Engagement
Today, Athenaonline.com sent out an email newsletter to its clients to make them aware of the recent training videos I filmed for its MyQuickCoach program. In the email AthenaOnline included this video clip of me discussing the importance of Connection Cultures.
Athenaonline was voted one of Human Resource Executive magazines top new training products. It includes thought leaders such as Marshall Goldsmith, Ram Charan and David Allen on topics like leadership training and development, employee engagement, team building and time mangement .
For the AthenaOnline clients who are clicking through to check out my blog, I want to make you aware of the free, downloadable eBook I wrote that was published by Changethis.com. You can download it by clicking on employee engagement.
Sad for Siemens’ Employees
Last week Siemens paid a $1.6 billion fine for its bribery violations. The New York Times’ writers Siri Schubert and T. Christian Miller wrote an excellent article about it entitled “At Siemens, Bribery Was Just a Line Item.”
Corporate identity is a source of pride in the best organizations. It is a factor that contributes to connection and employee engagement. When a company’s identity is tarnished like Siemens has been, it rubs off on employees’ identities too. Siemens’ leaders can recover provided they develop a culture that places a high value on integrity, honesty and justice. If they do, it will improve employee and customer engagement. If they fail to do this, I would not be very optimistic about Siemens’ future.
Employee Engagement Connects with Ritz Carlton’s Culture
I wrote about the Ritz Carlton’s Connection Culture in Fired Up or Burned Out. Here’s a great article from Gallup about it entitled “What’s behind the Ritz-Carlton Mystique?“
How to energize your organization
I just discovered a fascinating article that appeared in the Sloan Management Review about how individuals increase energy in organizations. Several of the practices are germane to employee engagement and Connection Culture Theory. Here’s a copy of the article what-creates-energy-in-organizations
Note: The free download of this article was available on co-author Professor Wayne Baker’s website at the University of Michigan.
Why “Fired Up or Burned Out” is an important book for our times
When I was recently in California filming SmartByte training video clips for Athenaonline.com, they had me talk about why Fired Up or Burned Out is a book for our times. Here’s the clip below.
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