Leadership
Engagement Made Simple
Dave Quick, Rootworks Leadership
Coach
“Only three things happen naturally in
organizations: friction, confusion, and
underperformance. Everything else
requires
leadership.”
Peter Drucker
Engagement
• Employee engagement is a property
of the relationship between an
organization and its employees. An
"engaged employee" is one who is
fully absorbed by and enthusiastic
about their work and so takes
positive action to further the
organization's reputation and
interests.
Warm-up
• Simple task – 2 minutes
• Work as a group at your table
• Challenge – once assigned the task, outperform all other
tables
• 2 minutes to organize
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Task - as a group, come up with as many ______________
Write down each word
Longest list wins (prizes, cash, and other awesome stuff)
Only resource is people at the table – no web, no other help
3 Letter Body Parts
Discussion
• Score your table on scale 1-10
– How do your results compare to other groups?
– How do your results compare to the number of potential
words?
– How did you perform as a group?
– Did you maximize potential of the group?
• Report score (1-10)
• Report total number of words
Engagement – 3 C’s
• Clarity
• Connection
• Congratulations
Re-think the Task
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Clarity of Task
– What type of body? (human, car, animal, water…)
– Three letters long or three letters (arm vs foot, tooth….)
– 3 parts of a letter body – salutation….
– Slang words…
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Clarity of Roles
– How can our group organize to list the most possible words?
– How can we involve everyone? How can we get them most
from everyone?
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Connection – how do we communicate, interact, react to each
other?
Congratulations – can we cheer each other on
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• 2 minutes to organize
• Task - as a group, come
up with as many
______________
• Write down each word
• Longest list wins (prizes,
cash, and other
awesome stuff)
• Only resource is people
at the table – no web,
no other help
3 Letter Body Parts
Discussion
• Score your table on scale 1-10
• Report score (1-10)
• Report total number of words
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What was engagement like during each pass?
In the ring, led by the ring, or ringing the bell?
What was most important?
What can you take-away?
“Only three things happen naturally in
organizations: friction, confusion, and
underperformance. Everything else
requires
leadership.”
Peter Drucker
Clarity – Six Questions
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Why do we exist?
How do we behave?
What do we do?
How do we succeed?
What is most important
right now?
• Who must do what?
“Our collective heartbeat is stronger and
healthier than ever, and that’s because of
the warmth, the compassion, and the smiles
of our People.” – CEO Gary Kelley
Connection
• Reinforce Clarity and Connect
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Email
Leadership by Wandering Around
Staff meetings
Eat together
Town Hall
1-2-1s
Newsletter
Regular
Brainersize/Brainstorming
Congratulations
• Reinforce clarity, connection,
performance
– 10 Coins
– Core Value Awards (annual, monthly,
rotating)
– Brag Board
– Anniversaries (awards)
– Memberships (gym, museum…)
– Parking
Congratulations
Awesome Activity
Sooooo many
positives to be
proud of, too many
to mention here!
John
Mrs. Scrogum,
Perfect lesson today!
Very well prepared and
thought out. Looks like
a lesson straight out of
the Art and Science of
Teaching. Great
Work!!!
John
Engagement – 3 C’s
Commit To Do One Thing:
• Clarity
• Connection
• Congratulations
“Only three things happen naturally in
organizations: friction, confusion, and
underperformance. Everything else
requires
leadership.”
Peter Drucker
Questions?
Next Steps
1. Register for our next Leadership webinar on
‘Radical Candor’: June 28th. Register in Grow.
2. Consider Leadership Coaching for owners and
decision makers at the firm
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Work with Dave regularly to continue to grow as a
leader
Group and 1 on 1 options available
Email Andy Root at [email protected] for details