•   employee job satisfaction has sunk to an all-time low (45%; down from 61% in 1987)

•   51% of employees find their job interesting (down from nearly 70% in 1987)

•   51% of employees are satisfied with their boss (down from 60% in 1987)

•   64% of employees under 25 are dissatisfied with their job

* The Conference Board’s I Can’t Get No…Job Satisfaction, That Is (America’s Unhappy Workers), Research Report R-1459-09 RR

News Release: The Employee Engagement Group’s Bob Kelleher selected to present at Vistage International’s April 14, 2010 CEO meeting in Boston.

News Release: PSMJ publishes Bob Kelleher’s  “The Storm is Coming – Staff Turnover Will Return With A Vengence . 

News Release:   The recently sold out “Engaging Employees To Drive Results” Leadership Workshop  will be repeated in 4 New England cities.   The Employee Engagement Group and MCG Partners will soon announce dates for this popular workshop in Boston, Portland, Manchester, and Providence.  The Northeast Human Resources Association (NEHRA) will again sponsor these workshops. Stay tuned for more details.  Plans are also underway to host this critically acclaimed workshop in other major cities.  Click Here For Testimonies

Now that the New Year is here and the economy continues to  improve, is your company focusing on employee retention and engagement? According to a recent Deloitte human capital study, Managing Talent in a Turbulent Economy, 49% of employees are either looking for a job or plan to look for a new job over the next 12 months.  And only 37% of your Generation X employees plan on staying with their current employers.  If you’re not focusing on engaging your employees today, will you be able to weather the upcoming turnover storm that many firms will face? See Deloitte’s full report on our Resources page.

Let The Employee Engagement group help you put in place an engagement strategy today that will ensure your success tomorrow!

Just Released – New Video – 10 Steps of Engagement
Just released - Bob Kelleher’s new video, “The 10 Steps of Engagement”.  This video outlines the 10 Steps of Engagement necessary to engage your employees to drive business results. This “call to order” presentation is ideally suited to kick off your engagement strategy, or to galvanize a leadership team as they start their engagement journey!  Drop us a line if you’re interested in having Bob present this current, dynamic, and provocative presentation to your team, or to your conference attendees. To watch the video,  Click Here

Leadership Lessons From Shackleton
Keynote Presentation Highlight – Leadership Lessons from Shackleton – If your next leadership team meeting, retreat, forum, or conference is in the need for inspiration, read on.  “Leadership lessons from Shackleton” is a multi media high energy presentation that has received top reviews with audiences across the globe!  It profiles the famous Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition as he attempts to cross the Antarctic continent.  Although the goal was not accomplished, the expedition has become known as the greatest survival story of all times.  Learn why many historians consider Shackleton our first “engaged leader!”Click Here For Brochure 

To learn more about Shackleton’s leadership during extreme conditions, click here to read Bob Kelleher’s recently published article, Engagement in Extreme Climates. Click Here for Article

Upcoming Events
February 3, Communitelligence Global Webinar, 10 Essential Engagement Practices: Engaging Your Employees To Drive Results During Challenging Times  Click To Register

 February 23-25, Melcrum Employee Engagement Conference, Atlanta, GA,  The Employee Engagement Group To Judge Melcrum’s 2010 Employee Engagement Awards

 March 10th, Leadership Workshop, Newport Beach, CA, Engaging Employees To Drive Results Click Here For Brochure 

 March 11-12, A/E/C Human Resources Summit, Newport Beach, CA  The Kelleher Consulting Group Inc. (parent of The Employee Engagement Group), along with PSMJ, will host the First Annual A/E/C  HR Summit Click Here For Brochure

Upcoming Book – Louder Than Words
Louder Than Words – Stay Tuned for more details on Bob Kelleher’s much anticipated book – Louder Than Words-  10 Essential Engagement Practices….That Drive Results!

Acclaimed Leadership Workshop
“Engaging Employees To Drive Results”  

The Employee Engagement Group, in partnership with MCG Partners, and sponsored by the Northeast Human Resources, recently facilitated a two day leadership workshop at Babson College’s Executive Education Center, in Wellesley, MA. Testimonies from this sellout program include:

“This is the best workshop I ever participated in.”  

 “Ideas generated that can be readily applied on a large and small scale.  I’ve been to many workshops over the years, your workshop covered more topics and provided more tools than any workshop I have ever experienced in 2 days!” 

 “I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop. The tools have been beneficial for my own development and to incorporate into our existing learning curriculum.”

“This was so helpful to my success as an effective leader and the success of my colleagues and company. Will recommend this program to everyone I know!”

“A wonderful experience, great workshop, and great tools, thank you! Would love an Engagement Workshop Part Two!”

“Personal, wonderful insights, great tools.”

“Wonderful tools to bring back and use on the job.”

If you missed this workshop, don’t worry.  Based on demand, this leadership workshop will soon be embarking on a multi-city tour.  Stay tuned for more details as The Employee Engagement Group partners with MCG Partners to bring this dynamic engagement workshop to a city near you! 

Custumized Leadership Workshop – bring it In-House

The Employee Engagement Group can customize its signature Engaging Employee To Drive Results Leadership Workshop for your Company.  We can even arrange for a “train the trainer’ workshop and license agreement so you  “own” the workshop materials.  A great way to sustain your engagement culture!

A/E/C HR Summit 

The Kelleher Consulting Group, parent of The Employee Engagement Group,  will be hosting with PSMJ, the first ever HR Summit for the A/E/C  industry, in Newport Beach, CA, March 11-12.  

Leadership Tip 

11 Needs A Leader Must Fill:  

1.Authority- “Someone’s in charge” 

2.Security- “Things will turn out OK
3.Direction - “Someone knows where we’re going”

4.Vision – “We know where we’re going”

5. Structure -  “Everybody knows where they fit in”

6. Clarity- “Someone is saying what’s expected of us”

7.Role Model -  “We have someone to look up to”

8. Reassurance – “Someone’s looking after us”

9. Cohesion - “We’re all singing from the same song sheet”

10. Inspiration -  “We feel good about what we’re doing”

11. Recognition   “What I do matters”