Beyond Engagement: A Brain-Based Approach That Blends the Engagement Managers Want with the Energy Employees Need
By Brady G. Wilson and David Zinger
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What causes this paradox?
As shown in this clear, concise, and compelling book, it is simply this: managing engagement turns out to be just another drain on the most precious resource in business today – energy. In today’s exhaustion era, employees are simply struggling to make it to the weekend. Lacking energy, they resort to quick fixes, workarounds, and reactive firefighting, thereby hardwiring depletion into the system.
As a result, employees come to perceive engagement efforts as a management con game. A high percentage of the employee population believe no meaningful outcomes will occur as a result of the engagement survey. And this crisis of belief causes acute pain inside well-intentioned leaders who are doing their best to unlock employee engagement. They feel caught.
Now Beyond Engagement shows how to get beyond this kind of self-defeating engagement: by managing energy rather than engagement. The book offers a chapter each to ten leadership principles based on the findings of brain science:
1 Manage Energy, Not Engagement
2 Deliver Experiences, Not Promises
3 Target Emotion, Not Logic
4 Trust Conversations, Not Surveys
5 Seek Tension, Not Harmony
6 Practice Partnering, Not Parenting
7 Pull Out the Backstory, Not the Action Plan
8 Think Sticks, Not Carrots
9 Meet Needs, Not Scores
10 Challenge Beliefs, Not Emotions
Brady G. Wilson
Brady G. Wilson is, undisputedly, the embodiment of focused energy. As co-founder of Juice Inc., Brady’s vision is to create a world where businesses pulsate with creative energy. For 20+ years, he has inspired and energized leaders, managers, and frontline workers in many of North America’s Fortune 500 companies. His passion for creating breakthroughs for companies has spawned such innovative tools and programs as The Power of Conversation™, Beyond Engagement™, and The Energy Check™. Brady lives in Guelph, Ontario. He is also the author of three other books dedicated to improving employee performance and business results: JUICE: The Power of Conversation – The Secret to Releasing Your People’s Brilliance and Expanding Your Leadership, FINDING THE STICKING POINT: Increase Sales by Transforming Customer Resistance into Customer Engagement, and LOVE AT WORK: Why Passion Drives Performance in the Feelings Economy.
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Reviews for Beyond Engagement
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book is great for many reasons: it explores why traditional engagement might not work, how to spark new interest, why it matters and how to be bold. With real case studies, it demonstrates the power of energy generating conversations through relationship building to help both employees and managers. The only thing I didn't much care for was his soft sell for his services which left me wondering what he was withholding to ensure a contract - paranoia on my part perhaps. Nonetheless, a quick, simple, relevant read.