Recorded March 24, 2009
Dick Axelrod - How to Engage People When You Don't Have Time
This first tool is an integrated double CD and workbook program which teaches the secrets of instant employee engagement and how to engage others even when there are many demands on you.
Using this Program Will Teach You:
• Three rules of thumb that help you engage individuals and groups.
• How to create interest in your ideas even when people are busy. • Identifying when disengagement occurs and how to turn it around.
• How to transform long-winded presentations into conversations. • How to create meetings where no one looks at their Blackberry.
This program includes daily activities, CD transcripts, highlight sheets for easy reference, mind maps that make the most important concepts east to remember, and a special report about conducting engaging meetings.
Using this Program Will Teach You:
• Three rules of thumb that help you engage individuals and groups.
• How to create interest in your ideas even when people are busy. • Identifying when disengagement occurs and how to turn it around.
• How to transform long-winded presentations into conversations. • How to create meetings where no one looks at their Blackberry.
This program includes daily activities, CD transcripts, highlight sheets for easy reference, mind maps that make the most important concepts east to remember, and a special report about conducting engaging meetings.
HOW TO ENGAGE PEOPLE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TIME is designed for entrepreneurs, for-profit and not-for-profit leaders, and employees at all levels. Consultants, coaches, and trainers will find this program to be a valuable addition when working with their clients.
Dick Axelrod is a founder of, and principal in, The Axelrod Group, Inc. – a consulting firm that pioneered the use of employee-involvement to effect large-scale organizational change. Raised in Chicago, he received his bachelor's degree in industrial management from Purdue University, and his master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. Before forming The Axelrod Group, Dick was an organization development manager for General Foods, which was the first company in America to use self-directed work teams (a strategy whose philosophy made a great impact on the young manager). He is the author of Terms of Engagement: Changing the Way We Change Organizations, and a contributing author to Discovering Common Ground, The Change Handbook, and The Flawless Consulting Field Book.
Dick Axelrod is a founder of, and principal in, The Axelrod Group, Inc. – a consulting firm that pioneered the use of employee-involvement to effect large-scale organizational change. Raised in Chicago, he received his bachelor's degree in industrial management from Purdue University, and his master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. Before forming The Axelrod Group, Dick was an organization development manager for General Foods, which was the first company in America to use self-directed work teams (a strategy whose philosophy made a great impact on the young manager). He is the author of Terms of Engagement: Changing the Way We Change Organizations, and a contributing author to Discovering Common Ground, The Change Handbook, and The Flawless Consulting Field Book.
Peter Garber - 50 Activities for Employee Engagement
Peter Garber has been employed with PPG Industries for over twenty years, from which his writing and internal consulting expertise is based. Peter is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University where he received a Masters of Science in Guidance and Personnel. He also received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English at the University of Pittsburgh.
Peter is the author of a number of business-related books as well as articles and learning instruments on a variety of subjects, including Coaching Self-Directed Workteams; 30 Easy-to-use-Reengineering Activities; 25 Skill Building Activities; Diversity Explorations; 101 Stupid Things Supervisors Do To Sabotage Success; Team Skill Builders; 25 Customer Service Activities; Managing By Remote Control; 101 Ways to Build a Better Relationship With Your Customer; 25 Sales Strategies and Activities; Turbulent Change: Every Working Person's Survival Guide; Adventures at Work: Experiencing Work as a Movie; Career Roads: Mapping the Journey to you Goals; Walking the Talk: Identifying and Eliminating Organizational Inconsistencies; Career Development Camera; TeamScores: Measuring and Communicating Performance; Today and Tomorrow: The Supervisor's Changing Role; How Well Does Your Organization Manage Change?; Fugitive E-Mails: The Challenges of Electronic Communication; Customer Service Mindreader; and 10 Natural Forces for Business Success.
Peter is the author of a number of business-related books as well as articles and learning instruments on a variety of subjects, including Coaching Self-Directed Workteams; 30 Easy-to-use-Reengineering Activities; 25 Skill Building Activities; Diversity Explorations; 101 Stupid Things Supervisors Do To Sabotage Success; Team Skill Builders; 25 Customer Service Activities; Managing By Remote Control; 101 Ways to Build a Better Relationship With Your Customer; 25 Sales Strategies and Activities; Turbulent Change: Every Working Person's Survival Guide; Adventures at Work: Experiencing Work as a Movie; Career Roads: Mapping the Journey to you Goals; Walking the Talk: Identifying and Eliminating Organizational Inconsistencies; Career Development Camera; TeamScores: Measuring and Communicating Performance; Today and Tomorrow: The Supervisor's Changing Role; How Well Does Your Organization Manage Change?; Fugitive E-Mails: The Challenges of Electronic Communication; Customer Service Mindreader; and 10 Natural Forces for Business Success.