Category: Employee engagement
Employee engagement in The Netherlands is one of the lowest in the world!
We shared some overall numbers on employee engagement already in part I and II of this series. But Gallup’s study was much more detailed. For example, I was surprised to find that engagement in The Netherlands was actually one of the lowest in Europe. My liberal happy little country? What gives?
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Embrace the Cynics
When managing change we tend to give a lot of attention to our champions. And for good reason. We also spend a lot of energy persuading the ones that are sitting on the fence. And we even pay attention to the saboteurs. But we tend to ignore the cynics. Why? The cynic might proof to be a mighty ally.
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Shifting gears on employee engagement
Over two-thirds of employees worldwide are not engaged. In part II of this article about employee engagement we are going deep to discover practices you as a manager can use to build an environment that drives engagement and get better overall results. Expect practical advice, but backed up by science.
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The state of employee engagement
A shockingly low number of employees worldwide are truly engaged. What does this mean? What are the consequences and costs for our organizations of disengagement? Learn what engagement actually is. Learn the surprising difference between engagement and compliance. And why HR programs usually don’t work.
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Freedom, Inc – Brian M. Carney, Isaac Getz
Information about this book: Authors: Brian M. Carney and Isaac Getz Publication date: 2009....
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The truth about employee engagement, Patrick Lencioni
‘The truth about employee engagement’ is a fable on the causes and cures of job misery based on a foundation of three root causes: anonymity, irrelevance, and immeasurement. Lencioni guides us through the story of a retired CEO who struggles to translate the for him obvious ways to treat people into a usable model that allows him to replicate his way of working to any company.
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Drive, Daniel H. Pink
Dank Pink’s bestseller Drive is as inspiring as it it is revealing. The book clearly demonstrates how extrinsic motivation of employees does not work the way most people still expect it works.
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