Posts tagged ‘job satisfaction’

I just read an interesting article on employee engagement. Actually, I have read several dozen articles on employee engagement and they are all interesting. Here is where this one was different; the authors endeavored to define the term.

Interesting! Continue reading ‘Employee Engagement: Who Said That?’ »

Job satisfaction…down
Employee engagement…down
Hiring…down
Profits…down
Consumer spending…down
Consumer confidence…down

YIKES!!

How do we stay UP when things around us are down? Continue reading ‘Everything seems down in the Global Recession’ »

Before you can reach disengaged workers, it is important to know what a disengaged employee actually is; or…the flip side, which is an employee who is engaged. Engagement is NOT job satisfaction.  Job satisfaction is…. well, job satisfaction.  It measures how satisfied a person is with their job.  Satisfied workers may or may not do a great job and may or may not go the extra mile.

An engaged employee is someone who has zeal for his or her job.  They believe in what they are doing and for whom and with whom they are working.  And when one of the variables change, the engaged worker will set about to make positive changes.  They will reinvent themselves in their job, either with a new company or by taking positive steps by which to continue engagement within their current job.  Or they will have open dialog about their loss of zeal.  But they will do something constructive! Continue reading ‘How to Prevent a Disengaged Workplace’ »