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A Brief History of Work and why employee engagement is a challenge

Explore the evolution of work from pre-agriculture to the knowledge age, why employee engagement is a challenge, and how employee enrichment aligns personal and professional life for better performance.

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A Brief History of Work and why employee engagement is a challenge

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  1. A Brief History of Work and why employee engagement is a challenge By Linda Braasch 3/30/2012

  2. Pre-Agriculture Age - Hunting/Gathering I hope the locust stay away.

  3. Agricultural Age Moo

  4. Industrial Age FASTER! MORE! Ouch. I just lost another finger!

  5. Early Information Age Who told you to think?! Just do what I say! Only 40 more years until retirement.

  6. Information Age Hello minions. I will solve your problems and control everything. Hey, quit slacking off! My brain hurts. Can I retire now so I can go live my life?

  7. Early Knowledge/Innovation Age Next they’ll want me to marry my job. Dude, I’moutta here. Transition = Confusion Engage!Innovate! Engage! Come ON already! Will I ever be able to retire? How DO I measure innovation and creativity? Here, let me control you, oops, I mean engage you. NOW what do they want from me?

  8. Frustration You can lead an employee to engagement, but you cannot make them engage. ~ Linda Braasch There are, however, ways to help employees see that they are thirsty for engagement, by connecting it directly to the quality of their lives.

  9. Solution? “The Forum, affiliated with Northwestern University, defines employee enrichment as a strategic concept that genuinely emphasized the quality of people’s lives. ~Mulhern, Frank and Sexena, Deepti, January 2011 Employee enrichment addresses work and non-work life factors and attempts to enhance people’s lives on the expectation that the better a person’s well-being, the better that person performs. By allowing their employees to address both their personal and professional needs within the context of their everyday work environment, companies like SAS and Google are demonstrating their commitment to the quality of their employees’ lives.” ~ The Forum for People Performance, Management and Measurement “Beyond Employee Engagement: Creating Enrichment”, February 2011

  10. Employee Enrichment = Integration + Professional Personal = Integrated, innovative individual

  11. Knowledge/Innovation Age Manager Team work Employee

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