Everyday Engagement Articles, Tools & Gallery

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Articles

What To Do When Your Organization Doesn't Have Time | OD Practitioner Vol. 40 No. 3 | Oct 2008 | PDF
"This shift in thinking required me to really see the world through my client's eyes. To ask myself what it would be like to be someone who knows that engagement is important, and at the same time is overwhelmed by the demands of daily work. How can I help them do what they want to do in the first place?" ~ Dick Axelrod

Creating Dynamic, Energy Producing Meetings | Leader to Leader | Spring 2005 | PDF
You can probably remember attending at least one meeting that left you feeling energized, brimming with ideas, and eager to move ahead. If you're like most people, you probably remember many more meetings that left you feeling drained, numb, and wondering what it was all about anyway—or (if it was a meeting you called) disappointed that people seemed bored and uninvolved.

Overcoming Obstacles to Engagement | Leader to Leader | November 2001 | PDF
Even as organizations strive to build democracy in the workplace, there remain many challenges. Finding productive and honest ways to engage people in decision making is not easy. Why is this so hard—and what can be done about it?

When Engagement Disengages | Business Executive | Summer 2001 Issue | PDF
Making changes within an organization can bring about feelings of distrust, discomfort and unrest among those affected. With the correct implementation, however, organizational change need not be so painful.

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Everyday Engagement Gallery

Our HOW TO ENGAGE PEOPLE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TIME program is adapted from our workshop of the same name.
In the workshop, businesspeople, private sector folk, and not-for-profit leaders come together to learn how to quickly engage others. Following are a few photographs taken at our workshops, along with some of Dick Axelrod and his colleagues as they recorded the audio portion of the program. Enjoy!

Dick Axelrod demonstrates the importance of patience as he sits for an artist's rendition of the Everyday Engagement Clock Guy. Recording the Everyday Engagement audio CDs. Left to right: Susan Jensen, Nancy Greystone, Ken Herbert (obscured by microphones), Dick Axelrod, and David Brown. Dick Axelrod in the recording studio.

Fully engaged workshop attendees. The Engagement Toolbox Mind Map by Joe Lafferty Understanding Change Mind Map by Steve Harold Terms of Engagement Mind Map by Julie Beedon