Be Engaged to be Successful - Angela Chaney

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So glad you took the time to download my show notes for episode 7, Season 4 of Earn the Ask! Today’s show is about being an engaged leader and creating an engaged team in order to be successful. 
 
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Book Suggestions from This Episode
 
Engagement Equity: Earn the Ask by Angela Chaney
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien 
The Best Place to Work by Ron Friedman 
The Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace by Gary Chapman and Paul White
The Truth About Employee Engagement by Patrick Lencioni 
Mindset by Carole S. Dweck
 
 
Segment 1: What Does “Being Engaged” Mean?
 

1. Employee Engagement is the emotional commitment the employee has to the organization and its goals.

​--Using discretionary effort
 

1. It’s not the same for every employee or every leader.
2. The Ten Cs of Employee Engagement 

 
 
Segment 2: Being Engaged as a Leader 
 

1. Curiosity about your product, service, and clients 
2. Curiosity about and willingness to listen to your team
3. Enthusiasm and willing to work alongside your team
4. Response to feedback and flexibility

 
Segment 3: Engaging Your Team 
 

1. Promote flexibility and embrace failure (from The Best Place to Work)
2. Promote positive emotions (from The Best Places to Work)
3. Three underlying factors will make a job miserable: anonymity, irrelevance, and mismeasurement (from The Truth About Employee Engagement)
4. Hire the right people whose values and goals match up with yours

 
Segment 4: Top Tips on Being Engaged 
 

1. Establish an atmosphere of play.
2. Eliminate barriers and encourage connection.
3. Create an environment your team loves to come to.
4. Block out talk time in your schedule.
5. Take care of your stuff before coming into the office.
6. Use the Platinum Rule.
7. Offer the perks that matter to your team.
8. Put a focus on the givers.
9. Recognize effort, not just achievement 

 
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Written‌ ‌by‌ ‌Angela Chaney
 
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