http://theeffectivenessgroup.com/tegblog The Latest News in the world of Leadership, Teams & Diversity, Customer Service, and Engagement & Personality Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:25:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi everyone! Many of you asked me for a summary of my dissertation research.  Of course you are welcome to the whole thing if you'd like... just let us know and we'll send you the PDF file, all 167 pages in their academic glory :).  Please let me know if you ... http://theeffectivenessgroup.com/tegblog/2008/10/31/summary-of-cris-research/ As I sit at my office at Wright State University I realize, quite viscerally, what engagement really means.  It means a perfect connection.  It means looking at yourself in some invisible mirror and saying: "I was born to do this." I have always wanted to be a college professor.  If you ... http://theeffectivenessgroup.com/tegblog/2008/10/09/the-perfect-connection/ Data collection for my dissertation officially starts tomorrow - I can't believe I am getting there!  This weekend I spent most of my available time refreshing my memory on SPSS (for the uninitiated, SPSS is a really statistical package) and running some tests on a very small pilot study on engagement ... http://theeffectivenessgroup.com/tegblog/2008/07/01/is-life-easier-for-extraverts/ We are adding an "ask the consultant" category to make this site more interactive and participative.  Do you have a "burning question"? Are you curious about something? Do you need a suggestion? Use this space to communicate with us! We will answer to postings as soon as possible. http://theeffectivenessgroup.com/tegblog/2008/06/24/ask-the-consultant/ One of my “off duty” hobbies is to participate in an online “mini blog” site called “Floort” (www.floort.com).  At Floort we can write our opinions on pretty much anything – from trivial issues such as hair styles and the taste of hamburgers to more serious ones involving diversity relations or ... http://theeffectivenessgroup.com/tegblog/2008/06/17/leadership-lessons-from-mr-browns-horse/ A colleague and I were chatting about her company's engagement efforts.  "We pay a lot of attention to engagement," she said.  "For instance, just now we had another engagement survey.  We believe that happy employees serve our customers better and thus yield better results for our company." A fine thought... but ... http://theeffectivenessgroup.com/tegblog/2008/06/16/engagement-and-satisfaction-are-not-synonyms/ The emperor is naked.  We see its nakedness as we participate in session after session about "valuing differences" and "appreciating diversity." We see its nakedness as we realize that at the end of a particularly intensive diversity session the "excited" participants are those who were excited about the topic before ... http://theeffectivenessgroup.com/tegblog/2008/06/13/the-emperor-is-naked/ This is a space for discussions, questions, and communication.  We hope you will comment, bring your ideas, and make this site a useful resource for our clients, colleagues, and friends.  Are you interested in a particular topic? Do you have a "burning question"? Let us know! http://theeffectivenessgroup.com/tegblog/2008/06/13/welcome-to-our-blog/