Originally posted at Texas Enterprise
By Tracy Mueller
Make a plan before you speak and watch office negotiations go from strained to smooth sailing.
Only a third of employees worldwide say they are engaged in their job, and 17 percent say they are actively disengaged. That’s according to an April 2011 report from consulting firm BlessingWhite, and it corresponds with a multitude of other surveys reporting that workers feel undervalued and most have one eye on the door.
So how can you reel back in disconnected employees and coworkers?
“You want someone you can trust and who will protect you,” says Jonathan Sprinkles, BBA ’99, a leadership trainer and motivational speaker who has worked with organizations including Dell and the U.S. Armed Forces. “And when you do that, now you have implicit connection.” READ MORE
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