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50 Activities for
Employee Engagement
Peter R. Garber
Introduction
There is much being written and discussed about employee engagement. These activities can be
beneficial to
anyone interested in helping create and maintain an engaged culture in the organization. Managers,
supervisors,
and even engaged employees can gain new perspectives and understanding of how to make this cultural
transition.
These activities can be used as part of training and development programs designed to teach the
concepts of
employee engagement. The activities can also serve as a workshop or even as the subject matter of a
seminar
on this popular topic today. They will serve to stimulate discussion, planning, and actions designed to
enhance
employee engagement in your organization.
These 50 employee engagement activities are designed to help you better understand what employee
engagement
is all about and how it can help an organization. There are activities that will help you begin this process
and
others that help you sustain and grow employee engagement once it is established. Each of these
activities has a
special focus on a different aspect of employee engagement. Each will help you achieve a particular
object or goal
in your employee engagement process. These activities are organized into six sections to facilitate
finding the
appropriate activity:
I. Understanding Employee Engagement
II. Getting Started to Engage Employees
III. Leading Employee Engagement
IV. Measuring Employee Engagement
V. Creating an Engaged Workplace
VI. Employee Engagement Communications
• Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Understanding Employee Engagement
Chapter 1: Defining Employee Engagement
Chapter 2: Getting Engaged
Chapter 3: Engagement Exercises
Chapter 4: Engaging Questions
Chapter 5: Mission Engagement
Chapter 6: Engaging Principles
Chapter 7: No Engagement Zones
Chapter 8: Engaging Intangibles
Part II: Getting Started to Engage Employees
Part III: Leading Employee Engagement
Part IV: Measuring Employee Engagement
Part V: Creating an Engaged Workplace
Part VI: Employee Engagement Communications

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50 activities for

  • 1. 50 Activities for Employee Engagement Peter R. Garber Introduction There is much being written and discussed about employee engagement. These activities can be beneficial to anyone interested in helping create and maintain an engaged culture in the organization. Managers, supervisors, and even engaged employees can gain new perspectives and understanding of how to make this cultural transition. These activities can be used as part of training and development programs designed to teach the concepts of employee engagement. The activities can also serve as a workshop or even as the subject matter of a seminar on this popular topic today. They will serve to stimulate discussion, planning, and actions designed to enhance employee engagement in your organization. These 50 employee engagement activities are designed to help you better understand what employee engagement is all about and how it can help an organization. There are activities that will help you begin this process and others that help you sustain and grow employee engagement once it is established. Each of these activities has a special focus on a different aspect of employee engagement. Each will help you achieve a particular object or goal in your employee engagement process. These activities are organized into six sections to facilitate finding the appropriate activity: I. Understanding Employee Engagement II. Getting Started to Engage Employees
  • 2. III. Leading Employee Engagement IV. Measuring Employee Engagement V. Creating an Engaged Workplace VI. Employee Engagement Communications • Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Understanding Employee Engagement Chapter 1: Defining Employee Engagement Chapter 2: Getting Engaged Chapter 3: Engagement Exercises Chapter 4: Engaging Questions Chapter 5: Mission Engagement Chapter 6: Engaging Principles Chapter 7: No Engagement Zones Chapter 8: Engaging Intangibles Part II: Getting Started to Engage Employees Part III: Leading Employee Engagement Part IV: Measuring Employee Engagement Part V: Creating an Engaged Workplace Part VI: Employee Engagement Communications