As I've worked with leaders on the topic of engagement, I've asked them who speaks during the team meeting in which the leader is sharing the results of the engagement survey.
On Wednesday, the Don't Shoot Coalition, a group of about 50 local organizations, presented a list of 19 "rules of engagement" it asked police to abide by in the event of a non-indictment.
New "engagement" ads ask users to become fans of products and companies — sometimes with the promise of discounts.
Most engagement surveys ask questions concerning a number of distinctly different attitudes that employees hold.
So here's my first rule for employee engagement surveys: If your organization conducts employee engagement surveys, never ask a question you don't know how to fix.
For example, if you have a friend who is recently engaged, you should study the friend's engagement ring and ask your girl what she thought of it.
As a result, I've withdrawn from all planned public engagements and I've asked my partner Adele if she will do me the honour of becoming my widow (sorry – but we find ghoulish humour helps).
The author's trademark deadpan humour was to the fore as he broke the news: "I've withdrawn from all planned public engagements and I've asked my partner Adele if she will do me the honour of becoming my widow (sorry – but we find ghoulish humour helps)," he wrote.
In fairness, the child's mother also used text messages to break off their engagement and to ask for child support.
With its call for self-sacrifice and civic engagement "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" and its promise to spare no cost in defending the country's interests worldwide, the address is an uplifting but haunting reminder of national purpose and confidence, before Vietnam, assassinations, Watergate, terrorists attacks and economic turmoil.
