Comments on: Employee Engagement Debate http://jungleblog.foresightint.com/2009/05/29/employee-engagement-debate/ TNS Employee Insights Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:01:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: guajardoforesight http://jungleblog.foresightint.com/2009/05/29/employee-engagement-debate/#comment-106 Sun, 31 May 2009 06:13:47 +0000 http://jungleblog.foresightint.com/?p=290#comment-106 Thanks for the links. I will make sure to read through and leave some feedback.

]]> By: theengagementfactor http://jungleblog.foresightint.com/2009/05/29/employee-engagement-debate/#comment-105 Sat, 30 May 2009 19:19:03 +0000 http://jungleblog.foresightint.com/?p=290#comment-105 This is an interesting conversation. I will have to check out the debate Paul has started. I agree that employee engagement is more than attitudes. However, I believe it is much larger than the manager. here are two links that talk to employee engagement:

http://theengagementfactor.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/wow-what-a-difference-and-employee-makes/

http://theengagementfactor.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/what-is-employee-engagement/

]]> By: guajardoforesight http://jungleblog.foresightint.com/2009/05/29/employee-engagement-debate/#comment-103 Fri, 29 May 2009 21:26:27 +0000 http://jungleblog.foresightint.com/?p=290#comment-103 @ Paul- Thank you for beginning this discussion. I really hope it gains some traction. A lot of organizations are selling and buying engagement products and services (my own included) and it is important that all parties really understand what engagement means (and what it doesn’t mean). I think these conversations will go a long way in clarifying the concept.

]]> By: Paul Heber http://jungleblog.foresightint.com/2009/05/29/employee-engagement-debate/#comment-102 Fri, 29 May 2009 21:07:22 +0000 http://jungleblog.foresightint.com/?p=290#comment-102 I appreciate you taking the time to post a response on the Business Week site. As you alluded to the point here isn’t to reach agreement as much as it is to advance the thinking. You’ve done that with your comments.

To be clear – I do believe it is critically important to provide ongoing initiatives that help keep the employees engaged in their company. My rant was more along the lines of companies abdicating the responsibility to “programs” while operating differently.

To me it’s a yin/yang thing. You can’t have one without the other but in tough times – let’s move the needle more to the side of running a tight ship rather than push employees to be “engaged” through poorly designed and transparent programs (ie: pizza day)

I explained a bit more on my site today.

http://tinyurl.com/lh6s84

Check the post for some context for the “pro” position on Business Week.

Thanks for the comments! Great stuff lately on your blog as well.

]]> By: Employee Engagement Debate http://jungleblog.foresightint.com/2009/05/29/employee-engagement-debate/#comment-101 Fri, 29 May 2009 19:58:00 +0000 http://jungleblog.foresightint.com/?p=290#comment-101 [...] Original post by In the Jungle [...]

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