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We need your help. If you are interested or involved in employee engagement or intrigued about how to enhance your own engagement I invite you to join the Employee Engagement Network.
The employee engagement network has only been operational since Saturday and we already have 18 members.
I want a variety of voices and […]
This is a reminder that you have 2 more days to write a comment about how you connect at work to work, others, or the organization. One commenter will randomly be chosen to receive Michael Lee Stallard’s Fired Up or Burned Out. This is an exceptional book that deserves a wide audience.
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Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For was unveiled last week, and the firm I work for made it for a 5th time in a row. It’s amazing to think that a company that employs 2300 people, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin can get such amazing recognition 5 years in a row. It’s a true […]
This is a guest post from Michael Lee Stallard author of Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity, and Productivity. At the end of his article you will have the opportunity to win the book this post is based on.
Connection Culture: A New Source of Competitive Advantage.
Foster connections. A “Connection […]
Anita Bruzzese recently tagged David and I for 6 things you don’t know about us. I thought I’d give this a whirl first, and see if David wants to share or not.
I have 2 brothers, Paul and Patrick, and we are each 3 years apart (I’m 34, Paul is 31, Patrick is 28).
I joined the […]
Guest article by Kevin Eikenberry, author of Remarkable Leadership
My kids were both involved in school programs called DEAR – Drop Everything and Read. The idea was to carve out a time in the day as reading time. I love the idea, the goal, and reading. As much as I believe we grow and […]
Here are my current top 5 management ZINGERS.
Making It Funny: An Interview with Sally Fayis a post by Richard Fouts at Communicado. This is an informative interview on humor in corporations. Here is a sample question and answer from the interview:
Overall, what does it take to be successful in applying humor in corporate communications?
Using humor […]
This is a guest article from Ted Demopoulos
We all get email, too much email. Remember when getting an email was exciting? Well, oceanfront property used to be cheap too.
Remember the AOL “You’ve Got Mail” voice announcement, as though it was a noteworthy event?
Email, big virtual piles of it, may be the norm today, but you […]
Can you turn yourself on? Perhaps even more importantly, can you turn yourself off? How well do you psychologically navigate from home to work and back again? Can you be fully where you are so that you experience high levels of engagement? One of the most powerful ways to maintain life/work balance is to be […]
The smart folks at 800-CEO-Read (in my opinion, the world’s GREATEST business bookstore of all-time) are asking for your help. They want to know what YOU think the greatest business book of all time is. Vote for the best business book.
Now think about the ones on the list, or not on the list, that you’ve […]
I have a very full and busy week. If you ask me how I am doing I am likely to reply, “not bad.”
I was thinking about my partner on Slacker Manager, Phil Gerbyshak, and that I would let him down (because he is the master of Make It Great) with a “not bad” response. Then […]
Thanks to all who entered the Discovering Your Inner Samurai book contest. If you didn’t win a copy of Dr. Susan Reid’s book, you can pick up a copy of the book, or try to win a copy over at More Than WE Know. Liz put together an awesome interview with Susan, so you can […]
Managment ZINGERS - Helping You Choose What to Read.
Our conundrum with so much information is to determine what to read. Management ZINGERS from Slacker Manager offers you eclectic resources on management. Each ZINGER includes, the title or author of the post with a click-able link to the article, a comment about the post, and a snippet […]
This is a guest post from Erika Andersen, author of the wonderful book Growing Great Employees (now in paperback!) and The Simplest Thing blog.
In honor of Phil, David and this delightful blog, I’d like to invite everyone reading this to spend some time this year learning to be a Productive Slacker.
Wait, isn’t that an oxymoron?
I […]
You’ve got one more day to win a free copy of Discovering Your Inner Samurai by Dr. Susan L. Reid. All you have to do is leave a copy on the Recession Proof Your 2008 article that answers this question:
What’s YOUR surefire tip to boost productivity?
Simple isn’t it?
Great news: If you don’t win our contest, […]
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