1st Edition
Ready? Set? Engage! A Field Guide for Employees to Create Their Own Culture of Participation and Implement Innovative Ideas
1. Being Engaged: What’s In It For You?; 2. What is Engagement?; 3. Find Projects that PULL Your Ideas In.; 4. Use Graphs as Feedback to See if the Project is Working.; 5. Set measurable Goals and Time Targets for Actions to Move the Project Along; 6. Give Positive Recognition to Help Co-Workers Know the Value of Their Contributions.; 7. Solve Communication Problems Promptly and Positively.; 8. Grow Your Leadership Skills to Further Your Career.
Biography
In 1990, Janis Allen established Performance Leadership Consulting to help organizations of all sizes improve performance and develop people. Performance Leadership Consulting stands on the shoulders of their successful consulting careers with manufacturing, service, financial, government, and nonprofit organizations. Janis has held the positions of: Vice President and Performance Consultant for Aubrey Daniels International; Corporate Management Trainer and Performance Consultant for Milliken & Company; Plant Personnel Manager, Milliken & Company. Janis was keynote speaker at the National Conference of the Association for Employee Recognition. Drawing on three decades of experience, Janis Allen helps organizations:
- Develop newly promoted supervisors and team leaders.
- Equip supervisors and managers with skills to improve their teams’ performance
- Define authority and responsibility
- Set goals, develop plans for productive behaviors, and give feedback and coaching.
- Create a positive recognition system to motivate teams and individuals.
- Create a positive culture of trust, teamwork, and performance excellence.
