Engagement – Nathan Magnuson

What Socrates Got Right About Engagement & Wellbeing

January 18, 2022 Engagement

Wellbeing Wins – 3 min There’s a legend about Socrates that one day a young man approached him asking his help to find knowledge. Socrates took him out to the beach and waded into the water. When they were at shoulder depth, Socrates turned to him and asked, “What was…

You’re Never Too Big to Serve

August 17, 2015 Engagement

My first job in high school was working at a small grocery store in town. I remember there were only eight aisles, so it wasn’t long before I had most of the place figured out. Unfortunately it wasn’t very complicated, and when I wasn’t assisting customers in the front, I was…

Thank God for Bosses!

March 2, 2015 Engagement Organizational Effectiveness

You don’t have to look far to look far to see the verbal abuse bosses take. Whether it’s water cooler gossip, happy hour banter or social media posts, people aren’t happy with their leader and don’t hold back when telling why. Some are more politically savvy and only think what others say…

Getting the Most from the Human Element

February 16, 2015 Communication Culture Engagement Influence Organizational Effectiveness

If you’ve been responsible for delivering business results for any length of time, you’ve probably hit a wall once or twice with people. Someone’s feelings got hurt, another manager is difficult to work with, company politics create unseen landmines, some colleagues disagrees with you and a couple may be out…

Dramatize Your Ideas!

September 23, 2013 Communication Engagement Influence Personal Effectiveness

I don’t think I’ll ever forget one particular college history class. As a business major, I wasn’t extremely invested and the class took place right after lunch. I remember one student team was scheduled to give a presentation on Ancient Roman civilization. Just as I was about to zone out, the…

Which Stage of Competence Are You?

August 26, 2013 Engagement Human Resources Learning Organizational Effectiveness Personal Effectiveness perspective

Everybody wants competence. We want it for ourselves. We expect it from others in our organizations. We demand it from the people and organizations we purchase from. But how do we figure out if we’ve got it? How well do we develop it in others? Where do we even start?…

How to Measure Learning Programs Using the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Model

August 12, 2013 Engagement Human Resources Learning Organizational Effectiveness Strategic Thinking

All of a sudden you get put in charge of building a new training course for your organization. It could be leadership training, professional training or technical training. Doesn’t matter. So you do the hard work of analyzing the learning needs, developing objectives, designing content, coordinating the event and finally…

Use Strengths to Understand Your Leadership Style

April 15, 2013 Engagement Human Resources Organizational Effectiveness Personal Effectiveness Strategic Thinking

Recently I wrote about the benefits of taking Gallup’s StrengthsFinder 2.0 strengths assessment. Nearly 9 million individuals have used the assessment to identify their Top 5 signature strength themes. That means there are many leaders out there who have yet to discover the incredible benefit of clarifying and leveraging their strengths. What…

What’s the Big Deal About Employee Engagement?

August 8, 2012 Engagement Human Resources Leadership Organizational Effectiveness

So many organizations hire new employees, give them generous compensation packages ripe with incentives, and then expect them to work happily for years on end. Then they are shocked when a couple years (or months) later the same employees leave to take LESS lucrative jobs elsewhere. What gives?