Employee Engagement research - Executive Briefing (next Tue in Melbourne)

Want to learn more about how to use employee engagement research to inform and promote organizational change? Read on to discover how to secure your complimentary seat at this Executive Briefing on Employee Engagement. You'll gain valuable insight on how to create a culture that invites maximum staff engagement and also hear the latest thinking on how to develop and implement a strategic engagement program.

Next week in Melbourne I'll be co-presenting a session entitled Using employee engagement research to drive organizational improvement. It's happening on Tuesday 29 March 2011 from 09h00 to 12h00 finishing with lunch.

Sign up today at no cost for this Executive Briefing, part of a series of discussion forums put on by my Associate partners at ORC International. These sessions are designed to offer guidance and useful insights into how to use employee engagement research to inform and promote organizational change.

Drawing on recent case studies and contemporary thinking, we will offer a strategic framework and valuable insight on how to initiate change and maximize staff engagement.

The meeting will provide an excellent opportunity to:

• Understand engagement in your workforce
• Learn the processes for effective action planning
• Share best practice with your industry colleagues

The most challenging aspect of employee engagement research is delivering sustainable action. In this session we will use case studies and recent client experiences to isolate the obstacles for taking action, and outline how these challenges can be overcome.

Making Business Personal - People Engagement that Works
Effective people engagement is a hard thing to get right but the benefits are tremendous. Engagement describes a relationship, and like any relationship it takes time and ongoing attention to nurture its development. Making business personal means having a people-positive culture. This interactive discussion will give you some of the practical tools you need to build and sustain engagement. A few topics we'll cover include:

• The key role of people managers when implementing engagement strategies
• New ways of thinking about the emotional component of engagement
• Key components of a "culture of engagement"

If you are going to be in Melbourne it'd be great to see you there!


Date: Tuesday 29 March 2011
Time: 09h00 - 12h00 followed by luncheon
Cost: complimentary

RACV City Club 
501 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000

Register for this no-cost event online here or contact Phil Pringle at (03) 9935 5729

tmc's facebook page: Make Shift Happen (you like...?)

Today I've launched the facebook page for tmc: Make Shift Happen. Check it out and be sure to give it a like to be a part of this young yet growing community. While it's early days, I'm excited about the chance to reach out to more people and develop great new ways to Get people working better together.

And yep, twitter too: @MakeShiftHappen

Though still a work-in-progress, I wanted it live in time for tomorrow's Young Entrepreneurs' UnConvention here in Sydney, to be a part of the discussion already happening on their facebook page now and in the days to come.

Watch this space, look forward to many more conversations to come!

Chair for Communications Conference in Canberra

How do you negotiate today's complex communications landscape, where new merchants of public opinion can spring up overnight and influence the masses? 

Have the basic ingredients that constitute a workable, effective and ethical media strategy changed or do they merely need to be adjusted?


I'm delighted to be Chairing this year's 3rd Annual National Public Sector Communication Officers Conference on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week in Canberra.

Issues of the new, the tried and tested, as well as the unexpected will be discussed, explored and debated by experts and peers to help communication professional navigate the changing road ahead. Billed as "the premier event for communication professionals to exchange and acquire knowledge, tools and skills" the focus this year is on the how – as leading practitioners engage their audience in how to apply leading edge strategies and solutions to contemporary problems and challenges.

Look forward to seeing familiar faces and making new friends at this week's event. See you there!