Comments on: Do you have engaged employees or clock-watchers (or worse)? http://anthillonline.com/do-you-have-engaged-employees-or-clock-watchers-or-worse/ Business help for entrepreneurs, startups and small business owners in Australia | Business > Innovation > Technology > Entrepreneurship - Anthill Magazine: It's Where Ideas and Business Meet. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Debbie Norris http://anthillonline.com/do-you-have-engaged-employees-or-clock-watchers-or-worse/#comment-10189 Debbie Norris Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:34:48 +0000 http://anthillonline.com/?p=12730#comment-10189 This is definitely the time to get started. Right now, engagement may be up slightly due to the recession and fears of unemployment. Eventually, however, things are going to turn around. And when they do, you're going to have a lot of people who feel as though they've sacrificed through the lean times on your hands. Only now, the competition is hiring. If you have a good engagement policy in place, you'll be better able to handle that situation when it occurs. This is definitely the time to get started. Right now, engagement may be up slightly due to the recession and fears of unemployment. Eventually, however, things are going to turn around. And when they do, you’re going to have a lot of people who feel as though they’ve sacrificed through the lean times on your hands. Only now, the competition is hiring. If you have a good engagement policy in place, you’ll be better able to handle that situation when it occurs.

]]> By: Paul Groth http://anthillonline.com/do-you-have-engaged-employees-or-clock-watchers-or-worse/#comment-9722 Paul Groth Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:39:39 +0000 http://anthillonline.com/?p=12730#comment-9722 Great article, I think this topic continues to go under the table in the majority of businesses because the people responsible don't know how to turn the workplace into a positive atmoshpere. I don't blame them, it's a hard thing to achieve, but instead of ignoring the problem - knowledge is the answer, get help or do some research yourself. If you can resolve this issue in your workplace, you could run into a huge amount of profits you didn't even know existed. The difference being an army of advocates instead of a bunch of drones. To get your workplace to an army of advocates does not mean more financial rewards, it means 'the boss' actively taking an interest in the individual employees and making a positive place to work. There's a lot more to it than that so maybe David Croston can help you with that. I've had a good response (20 Answers) on a LinkedIn question along these lines, the question is 'Do you know anyone who makes business fun?', check it out at http://www.linkedin.com/answers/administration/customer-service/ADM_CSV/502477-31490816 Great article, I think this topic continues to go under the table in the majority of businesses because the people responsible don’t know how to turn the workplace into a positive atmoshpere. I don’t blame them, it’s a hard thing to achieve, but instead of ignoring the problem – knowledge is the answer, get help or do some research yourself.

If you can resolve this issue in your workplace, you could run into a huge amount of profits you didn’t even know existed. The difference being an army of advocates instead of a bunch of drones. To get your workplace to an army of advocates does not mean more financial rewards, it means ‘the boss’ actively taking an interest in the individual employees and making a positive place to work. There’s a lot more to it than that so maybe David Croston can help you with that.

I’ve had a good response (20 Answers) on a LinkedIn question along these lines, the question is ‘Do you know anyone who makes business fun?’, check it out
at http://www.linkedin.com/answers/administration/customer-service/ADM_CSV/502477-31490816

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