Episode 7: "July/August 2008"
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Duration: 30:10
Tamara J. Erickson
Summary
Managing paradox. Explore the challenges of surviving tough economic times, engaging employees (but not too much), building trust while disrupting the organization and creating a signature experience that can help you attract the right employee for the job. In this episode, part two of our featured interview with Tamara J. Erickson, McKinsey Award winning author, consultant and expert on the changing workforce. Also, a discussion of employee engagement, how it differs from job satisfaction and how your organization can benefit.
Details
- 00:00 – Opening
- 01:37 – Current Issues – Employee Engagement
- 11:42 – Featured Interview (Part 2) – Tamara J. Erickson
- 28:56 – Closing
Host
David W. Ballard, PsyD, MBA, Assistant Executive Director for Corporate Relations and Business Strategy, American Psychological Association (APA) and APA Practice Organization
Featured Interview
Tamara J. Erickson, Author, Consultant and Workforce Futurist
- Biography: Tamara J. Erickson
- Erickson Interview Transcript
- TammyErickson.com
- Tamara Erickson’s Blog, Across the Ages
Current Issues Discussant
Matthew J. Grawitch, PhD, Chair, Organizational Studies Program, School for Professional Studies, Saint Louis University
Additional Resources
Books by Tamara Erickson
- Plugged In: The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at Work
- Retire Retirement: Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation
- Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills And Talent
Articles by Tamara Erickson
- Breakthrough Ideas for 2008: Task, Not Time — Harvard Business Review, February 2008
- Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams — Harvard Business Review, November 2007
- Bridging Faultlines in Diverse Teams — MIT Sloan Management Review, Summer 2007
- What It Means to Work Here — Harvard Business Review, March 2007
- Managing Middlescence — Harvard Business Review, March 2006
- It’s Time to Retire Retirement — Harvard Business Review, March 2004
Articles on Employee Engagement
- Gravenkemper, S. (2007). Building community in organizations: Principles of engagement. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 59, 203-208.
- Harter, J. K., Schmidt, F. L., & Hayes, T. L. (2002). Business-unit-level relationship between employee satisfaction, employee engagement, and business outcomes: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(2), 268-279.
- Konrad, A. M. (2006). Engaging employees through high-involvement work practices. Engaging employees through high-involvement work practices, Ivey Business Journal Online, 1.
- Macey, W. H., & Schneider, B. (2008). The meaning of the employee engagement. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 1(1), 3-30.
- Saks, A. M. (2006). Antecedents and consequences of employee engagement. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 21(7), 600-619.
- Schaufeli, W. B., Taris, T. W., & van Rhenen, W. (2008). Workaholism, burnout, and work engagement: Three of a kind or three different kinds of employee well-being? Applied Psychology: An International Review, 57(2), 173-203.
- Workforce Management (2003, October). 12 questions to measure employee engagement. Workforce Management [Online]. Retrieved March 24, 2008, from www.workforce.com.