September 7th, 2008
Many of you might know David Zinger only as one half of Slacker Manager, but you only know half the story. David’s “day job” is an employee engagement expert, consulting with organizations on how to improve their employees engagement.
He may not share all he does with us here at Slacker Manager, but that’s mostly […]
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September 6th, 2008
Are you ready to Fall ahead?
by David Zinger
Happy New Year. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere we have just completed July and August and we are moving into September and the fall.
Click here to read a short post I wrote at Employee Engagement Zingers about September 1st. being my psychological and learning New Year’s […]
By David Zinger -- 0 comments
August 30th, 2008
Do you want to fly for free? Are you ready to make a pig of yourself?
Click here to read a review I wrote a of Jack Hayhow Jr.’s Wisdom of the Flying Pig. I really liked the book and now Jack has offered a PDF version of the book free of charge to Slacker Manager […]
By David Zinger -- 3 comments
August 19th, 2008
Stuck in a Photocopy Jam
by David Zinger
What will you do? Read the following 50 word case study involving sex in the office and determine what you would do if you were the manager in this situation.
Rajeesh Setty advocated writing 50-word mini sagas. I believe mini sagas offer an effective and fast format for case vignette discussions. […]
By David Zinger -- 23 comments
June 12th, 2008
Strength impoverishment in our workplaces.
by David Zinger
Assessing the poverty of strengths in the workplace. Here are the results from my latest management strength survey.
55% of people have had no strength training
18% of participants spent less than 1/5 of their day using their strengths
only 9% of participants spent over 4/5ths of their day using their strengths.
28% of respondents […]
By David Zinger -- 8 comments
June 9th, 2008
What if you could grant 3 wishes…
by David Zinger
Click here or on the wishbones above and take 2 minutes to be transformed into a management Genie. Grant 3 wishes for managers:
The wish you would grant for the people you manage.
The wish you would grant for the organization.
The wish you would grant for yourself.
Go ahead Genie, do it […]
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