Keeping fit and showing that you are paying attention: Employee Engagement

Doug Conant, former president and CEO of the Campbell Soup Company wrote 30,000 notes over the course of his career with the company. He said, that no matter where he went in the world, he would see a handwritten note on the board celebrating someone's achievement. He also mentioned that the company only had 20,000 employees at the time.

He wrote a long of notes.

Why?

Doug wanted his employees to know that he was paying attention.

Doug also incorporated a 2nd strategy into his daily activity of keeping up with what was going on in his company. He walked. Not only did he walk for at least half an hour a day, he wanted people to know that he was also doing it to keep fit. He would put on his walking (track shoes) his pedometer and he would walk. It would be a different time each day, but that time allowed him to engage with his employees like nothing else could have.

Something to think about if you are struggling with employee engagement. Are you paying attention to what is happening?

If you would like to watch the short but engaging video - go to Get Your Employees Engaged