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Engage Me Rethink your culture: Creating a place that attracts and fosters the best and brightest Anita Grantham October 2010

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Engage Me <ul><li>Securing and retaining great talent is a topic that business owners are focusing on in any economic environment </li></ul><ul><li>How to motivate and inspire your teams to perform with excellence </li></ul><ul><li>Cost of employee turnover </li></ul><ul><li>Corporate culture can enhance employee engagement </li></ul>

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ENGAGEMENT <ul><li>Think about a time when you were exceptionally engaged in your work or observed an organization where the workforce was exceptionally engaged. What was the situation? </li></ul><ul><li>What created the level of engagement? How did it impact you personally? </li></ul><ul><li>(Quick around the table then choose 1 person to share their scenario from the table) </li></ul>

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Common factors in engagement <ul><li>Group had a shared vision , knew what they wanted to accomplish, direction and rewards </li></ul><ul><li>Theme: Sense of purpose/community . Job description was clear in how it would help the organization. You can tell when you walk into an organization whether employees are engaged in a company's mission . </li></ul><ul><li>Agreed with a common purpose and that all are passionately committed . Have a deadline and direction, accountability and goals. </li></ul><ul><li>Empowerment for the people who are executing the vision and have the ability to work and lead accordingly </li></ul>

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<ul><li>Does </li></ul><ul><li>engagement create a strategic advantage? </li></ul><ul><li>What's the ROI for the organization? </li></ul><ul><li>What is the cost of turnover? </li></ul>

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With whom do you spend your time? <ul><li>High performers </li></ul><ul><li>Almost performers </li></ul><ul><li>Non performers </li></ul>

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motivate and inspire your teams to perform with excellence <ul><li>What is expected of me? </li></ul><ul><li>How do I impact the organization in my job? </li></ul><ul><li>What truly motivates me? </li></ul><ul><li>Am I winning? </li></ul>

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securing and retaining great talent <ul><li>Have you had lay offs? </li></ul><ul><li>Have your actions as agency owners inspired employee loyalty? </li></ul><ul><li>Would your employees recruit for you? </li></ul><ul><li>Why would I want to work at your agency? </li></ul>

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Engage Me <ul><li>Securing and retaining great talent is a topic that business owners are focusing on in any economic environment </li></ul><ul><li>How to motivate and inspire your teams to perform with excellence </li></ul><ul><li>Cost of employee turnover </li></ul><ul><li>Corporate culture can enhance employee engagement </li></ul>

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“ When am I going to do something that matters?&quot; <ul><li>&quot; According the Daniel Pink in his book, Driven, this is the defining question of the baby boomer generation. He goes on to say: </li></ul><ul><li>&quot;According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the US alone has 78 million baby boomers, this means that each year more than four million Americans hit this soul-searching, life-pondering birthday. That's more than 11,000 people each day, more than 450 every hour. </li></ul><ul><li>Every thirteen minutes another hundred people - members of the wealthiest and best-educated generation the world has ever known - begin reckoning with their mortality and asking deep questions about meaning, significance, and what they truly want. </li></ul><ul><li>One hundred people. Every thirteen minutes. Every hour. Of every day. Until 2024. </li></ul><ul><li>When the cold front of demographics meets the warm front of unrealized dreams, the result will be a thunderstorm of purpose the likes of which the world has never seen. &quot; </li></ul>