Discovery Workshop: What engages people in different cultures

By |2015-01-28T12:29:16+00:00April 1st, 2014|

DIY Employee Engagement Discovery Workshops -we need your help The international group of Engage for Success has developed the DIY Discovery Workshop to identify what enables people indifferent global cultures to engage themselves at work for their own benefit and for the good of their institution. Engage for Success was founded to help UK PLC [...]

Radio Show: John Smythe Interviewed By Engage for Success

By |2015-01-28T12:38:50+00:00January 21st, 2014|

John Smythe of Engage for Change was the special guest on Engage for Success‘ radio show this month. John is also a Task Force member, Cross Cultures Sub Group member and Chair of the new Digital Engagement Sub Group for Engage for Success. Interviewed by host Jo Dodds, John discussed his newest publication ‘The Velvet [...]

Fad or Performance factor?

By |2015-01-26T14:01:54+00:00December 23rd, 2013|

John Smythe spoke to the Welsh Government regarding Employee Engagement and leadership styles. The slides and notes from the presentation are below. Employee Engagement - Fad or Performance factor? from Engage4Change Notes from John Smythe’s talk: Internal communication, change and leadership communication was my central focus but in 2004 I started to look at what [...]

Do you want your people to be led by you?

By |2015-01-28T13:01:19+00:00December 12th, 2013|

As an entrepreneur, corporate leader or manager, an understanding of the Employee Engagement movement has the potential to result in much more mutual styles of leadership within your companies. We have witnessed velvet revolutions initially in the former soviet occupied Eastern Europe and subsequently with the Arab Spring as people try to throw off authoritarian [...]

Employee Engagement: Just cause or just common sense?

By |2015-01-26T14:08:15+00:00December 10th, 2013|

In an article written by Ezri Carlebach for the Guardian, John Smythe advocates for the employee engagement movement; sharing his thoughts on SMEs approach to growth and engaging their people. A report crafted by Nita Clarke and David MacLeod highlights the importance of employee engagement in all size businesses; and a case study from HeathWallace [...]

Employee Engagement – Passing fad or must have performance factor?

By |2015-01-26T11:58:28+00:00December 9th, 2013|

Command and control has been the dominant leadership role model since the first industrial revolution and has been impervious to much change beyond the superficial,such as the disappearance of visible status symbols,the use of first names and more casual attire. Behind these concessions the few continue to command power over the many. Will the current [...]

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