Comments on: Why Employers Need To Engage With A Purpose http://www.tanveernaseer.com/why-employers-need-to-engage-with-purpose/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-employers-need-to-engage-with-purpose Business Coach and Writer Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:37:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tanveer Naseerhttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/why-employers-need-to-engage-with-purpose/#comment-4039 Tanveer Naseer Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:01:28 +0000 http://www.tanveernaseer.com/?p=5541#comment-4039 Thanks Jorge. Glad you enjoyed this piece. Thanks Jorge. Glad you enjoyed this piece.

]]> By: Jorge Juanhttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/why-employers-need-to-engage-with-purpose/#comment-4021 Jorge Juan Sun, 12 Sep 2010 02:37:39 +0000 http://www.tanveernaseer.com/?p=5541#comment-4021 My first time here Tanveer, congratulations on your post. Regards! JJ My first time here Tanveer, congratulations on your post.
Regards!
JJ

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]]> By: Arafat Hossain Piyadahttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/why-employers-need-to-engage-with-purpose/#comment-1074 Arafat Hossain Piyada Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:12:21 +0000 http://www.tanveernaseer.com/?p=5541#comment-1074 It's my first time here and I'm quite impressed with your writing. You are right, a company leader has to engage with employees if they want to maximize benefit, this method is also helpful to stop any annoying situation which may effect company's productivity in future. This idea also fit on Group Blogging. The owner have to treat other fellow writer good way and encourage them and appreciate their work. This will help them to extract best content from their mind. .-= Arafat Hossain Piyada´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.worthytips.com/ramfreer-free-physical-ram-ram/" rel="nofollow">RAMfreer : Free Up Physical RAM on low RAM PC</a> =-. It’s my first time here and I’m quite impressed with your writing. You are right, a company leader has to engage with employees if they want to maximize benefit, this method is also helpful to stop any annoying situation which may effect company’s productivity in future.

This idea also fit on Group Blogging. The owner have to treat other fellow writer good way and encourage them and appreciate their work. This will help them to extract best content from their mind.
.-= Arafat Hossain Piyada´s last blog ..RAMfreer : Free Up Physical RAM on low RAM PC =-.

]]> By: Tanveer Naseerhttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/why-employers-need-to-engage-with-purpose/#comment-1075 Tanveer Naseer Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:49:12 +0000 http://www.tanveernaseer.com/?p=5541#comment-1075 Hi Arafat, Welcome to my blog; I'm glad you enjoyed this piece and my writing. One of the key roles a leader has to play is to develop and nurture their team. A key factor to accomplishing that is to ensure you offer recognition and appreciation for your team members; that they see their leader is motivated to guide them and not simply invested in their own personal gains. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this piece. :) Hi Arafat,

Welcome to my blog; I'm glad you enjoyed this piece and my writing. One of the key roles a leader has to play is to develop and nurture their team. A key factor to accomplishing that is to ensure you offer recognition and appreciation for your team members; that they see their leader is motivated to guide them and not simply invested in their own personal gains.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this piece. :)

]]> By: Tanveer Naseerhttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/why-employers-need-to-engage-with-purpose/#comment-1068 Tanveer Naseer Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:27:55 +0000 http://www.tanveernaseer.com/?p=5541#comment-1068 Thanks Meredith for the nice compliment. :) I agree with you that there's a palpable change in a work environment when people feel respected and appreciated by those around them. Granted, fostering this change won't happen overnight, especially if leaders have been negligent in nurturing it in the first place. But by starting this process of shifting our understanding that our employees are not subordinates, but partners in the process, companies will reap those huge opportunities you refer to in your comment. Thanks Meredith for sharing your thoughts on this and I appreciate the kind words. :) Thanks Meredith for the nice compliment. :)

I agree with you that there’s a palpable change in a work environment when people feel respected and appreciated by those around them. Granted, fostering this change won’t happen overnight, especially if leaders have been negligent in nurturing it in the first place. But by starting this process of shifting our understanding that our employees are not subordinates, but partners in the process, companies will reap those huge opportunities you refer to in your comment.

Thanks Meredith for sharing your thoughts on this and I appreciate the kind words. :)

]]> By: Tanveer Naseerhttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/why-employers-need-to-engage-with-purpose/#comment-1067 Tanveer Naseer Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:09:24 +0000 http://www.tanveernaseer.com/?p=5541#comment-1067 Thanks Elad. I think it's very important that businesses not confuse "happiness" with employee engagement because, honestly, how people express happiness varies from individual to individual. And again, the goal here is not to tell your employees how to feel, but to acknowledge and show appreciation for their contribution, something that's very easy to do when leaders understand they have a shared purpose with their team members. Leaders need to think of it this way - if you have a problem, would you prefer being stuck to figure it out alone, or would you rather have a team of partners who would share the problem as part of their job as well? Not a hard choice to be made there. Thanks again Elad for adding your comments to this discussion. :) Thanks Elad. I think it’s very important that businesses not confuse “happiness” with employee engagement because, honestly, how people express happiness varies from individual to individual.

And again, the goal here is not to tell your employees how to feel, but to acknowledge and show appreciation for their contribution, something that’s very easy to do when leaders understand they have a shared purpose with their team members.

Leaders need to think of it this way – if you have a problem, would you prefer being stuck to figure it out alone, or would you rather have a team of partners who would share the problem as part of their job as well? Not a hard choice to be made there.

Thanks again Elad for adding your comments to this discussion. :)

]]> By: Meredith Bellhttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/why-employers-need-to-engage-with-purpose/#comment-1065 Meredith Bell Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:50:02 +0000 http://www.tanveernaseer.com/?p=5541#comment-1065 Excellent and important points, Tanveer. Those in charge who ignore your message miss out on huge opportunities to meet the deep needs that every human being has - to be recognized, appreciated and engaged in something meaningful. Once a leader does realize the importance of these aspects of building a truly dedicated and motivated team member, everything changes. You can see it in the way people interact with each other not just that boss. And I've always hated the term "subordinate" for the very reasons you point out! I appreciate your keen insights and your ability to articulate them so well. .-= Meredith Bell´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.yourvoiceofencouragement.com/2010/02/what-fresh-eyes-can-do-for-your.html" rel="nofollow">What "Fresh Eyes" Can Do for Your Business and Your Life</a> =-. Excellent and important points, Tanveer. Those in charge who ignore your message miss out on huge opportunities to meet the deep needs that every human being has – to be recognized, appreciated and engaged in something meaningful. Once a leader does realize the importance of these aspects of building a truly dedicated and motivated team member, everything changes. You can see it in the way people interact with each other not just that boss. And I’ve always hated the term “subordinate” for the very reasons you point out! I appreciate your keen insights and your ability to articulate them so well.
.-= Meredith Bell´s last blog ..What "Fresh Eyes" Can Do for Your Business and Your Life =-.

]]> By: Elad Sherfhttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/why-employers-need-to-engage-with-purpose/#comment-1062 Elad Sherf Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:50:13 +0000 http://www.tanveernaseer.com/?p=5541#comment-1062 Wow! Again a great post Tanveer! I really liked this quote: "Of course, we have to remember that the objective here is not to create a 'happy' work environment, since the last thing that employees want is for their leaders to tell them how they should feel while they are at work" - we tend to assume many things about other people's feelings and from my experience, people are sometimes get really offended by that. I also agree with your points about purpose and partnership. I have written before (http://tinyurl.com/ydvnawx) that part of a manager's job is to create a sense of purpose for every employee because each and everyone of the employees matters. Regarding partnership, I think this a great lesson we can learn from conductors about treating your employees as part of a shared process and not as means to an end (http://tinyurl.com/yj8gx32). Thanks! Elad Wow! Again a great post Tanveer!
I really liked this quote:
“Of course, we have to remember that the objective here is not to create a ‘happy’ work environment, since the last thing that employees want is for their leaders to tell them how they should feel while they are at work” – we tend to assume many things about other people’s feelings and from my experience, people are sometimes get really offended by that.
I also agree with your points about purpose and partnership. I have written before (http://tinyurl.com/ydvnawx) that part of a manager’s job is to create a sense of purpose for every employee because each and everyone of the employees matters.
Regarding partnership, I think this a great lesson we can learn from conductors about treating your employees as part of a shared process and not as means to an end (http://tinyurl.com/yj8gx32).
Thanks!
Elad

]]> By: Tanveer Naseerhttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/why-employers-need-to-engage-with-purpose/#comment-1066 Tanveer Naseer Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:39:07 +0000 http://www.tanveernaseer.com/?p=5541#comment-1066 Thanks Dorothy. One thing a leader should never do is assume that their employees are on-board since, as you said, it's never a sure thing. But I'd add it's also disrespectful to your team because you're only thinking about your own perspective and not that of those around you. With leaders looking at their employees as partners, though, it's only natural that you'd seek their input to make sure something critical is not being overlooked, or perhaps a way to refine the idea to make it more effective. Thanks for contributing your thoughts to this discussion, Dorothy. :) Thanks Dorothy. One thing a leader should never do is assume that their employees are on-board since, as you said, it’s never a sure thing. But I’d add it’s also disrespectful to your team because you’re only thinking about your own perspective and not that of those around you. With leaders looking at their employees as partners, though, it’s only natural that you’d seek their input to make sure something critical is not being overlooked, or perhaps a way to refine the idea to make it more effective.

Thanks for contributing your thoughts to this discussion, Dorothy. :)

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