As leaders, we often see our employees go through various stages of motivation, contribution and engagement. Often, we get concerned when we see changes in how our employees seem to be responding to their work. We over think it, read into every action or reaction and then try to solve it by randomly calling a “one on one” meeting.
“Everything you need to know about leadership, diversity and most other things in life can be learned in your family, the first human capital engagement.”
The first day of HCI’s 8th annual Human Capital Summit began with a keynote from best-selling author and thought leader Dan Pink. Pink looked out at the packed house of human capital attendees and promptly convinced them they were all in sales. At some point in everyone’s day, he concluded, there are times when you must convince someone else to part with something they hold dear—it might be time, money, attention, engagement, etc.
What? Ugh, not sales.
For the record, I am not a basketball fan and I do not particularly like using sports examples in my writing. Sometimes, however, witnessing an event and sharing the ensuing insight compels me to make an exception. This is one of those times.