Employee Engagement | Page 5

Talking with people remains the absolute best way to communicate, even though technology allows you to avoid it.

There are a number of ways senior leadership can connect and engage with employees beyond the normal flow of executive communications.

Good employees flee jobs that stop interesting them.

Don't take the easy way out.

The best time to tweak your business for the better is when everything is already going well.

And no, it can't be be resolved by blowing off some steam or meditating for 30 minutes.

Just declare it a holiday and be a hero to your team.

Leaving your comfort zone is not automatically a brilliant idea.

Creating work atmospheres where people choose to engage and do their best work for the right reasons will lead to sustainable success.

The data is clear: To improve culture, companies should be organizing charitable opportunities for employees.

You don't need to brainwash your employees, but they should be obsessed with your mission.

Learn to spot the signs of employee disengagement and head it off before it starts seriously costing the company.

Are your employees tackling their assignments effectively? Find out by asking "The Hawaii Question."

It's personal resilience that managers need to develop in their teams to get the sort of engagement they seek.

Employees need to have a stake in creating the brand itself, and must be rewarded for embodying the brand through their daily actions.

One company, for instance, rolled out a pilot appreciation program, tagging each instance of recognition to a company core value.

We are very impressed.

Happy employees are productive employees.

Your workers aren't (only) about advancement. For many, the title on a business card isn't nearly as important as feeling that they're learning something new and contributing in meaningful ways.

Top-down communications and collaboration are not mutually exclusive.

Trust is essential for both companies and their people.