Complete Worksheet

As you continue to think about the drivers of engagement and the conditions that allow people to become fully engaged in their work, consider the following questions:

1. Think about people you know who are not highly engaged at work. Why aren’t they?

2. What’s holding them back?

3. Where do you see a lack of alignment between where people spend their time and effort and where you think they should be directing their effort?

4. Why do you think that is?

These are engagement questions; for the answers, look to the team managers. Wherever you find a highly engaged team, there’s a strong chance that the team has a leader who is setting clear goals, empowering employees, providing open and honest feedback, and treating employees fairly and with respect.

Employees are engaged when their managers help them to meet their basic needs. These include:

· Being emotionally connected to others.

· Perceiving that they are part of something significant with coworkers whom they trust.

· Being cognitively engaged with their work.

· Knowing what is expected of them and having what they need to do their work.

· Having opportunities to feel an impact and fulfillment in their work.

· Have chances to develop and improve.

You will now interview an effective leader about questions related to engagement. The goal here is to identify what's being done well by someone else and to look for strategies and behaviors that are repeatable.

Instructions:

1. Complete “Worksheet – Interview an Effective Leader” – See attachment

2. Identify a manager you feel leads a highly engaged team, then seek out that manager for a conversation. It can be a person within your organization, within another organization, or even a friend or colleague working in another industry.

3. Ask the manager the questions listed above

4. When you are finished with your interview, and complete worksheet with exhaustive answer

5. Answer all questions with In-depth detailed response

6. No plagiarism

7. 200 words minimum - 400 maximum to answer all questions