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Mike Bensi, an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, understands why creating a balance on your team is important to employee engagement. Here's one question that he recommends asking:
The role of a manager is to constantly balance the art of forward-thinking and ensure that the day-to-day is achieved. We constantly have to straddle the line between strategic thinking and tactical doing. Some days or weeks it can feel like we're off balance—extinguishing fires instead of ensuring our teams accomplish the right priorities.To find the right balance, managers must not only understand the needs of their teams, but the role they need to play to support the individuals on them. Too often, our focus is on solving others’ issues rather than coaching and guiding our team.Organizations today are spending time, energy, and resources on finding ways to engage employees at the corporate level. While those efforts are important, a recent TINYpulse study has shown that the majority of employees want their direct manager involved in employee engagement efforts in the workplace. Creating this connection with our employees seems like a simple way to improve engagement, but so many of us forget this fact. An easy and important way to create this connection is to ask, and apply, one simple question:
This one question awards the ability to create balance for yourself. Asking it shows your team three things:
Overall, taking the time to ask employees questions like this can have a strong impact on their engagement with your organization, as long as you listen to and act on their responses.
Here at Formstack, we know the importance of creating a strong and successful team, check down below how we can do that while having fun.
Mike Bensi is an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, an Indianapolis-based company that stays on top of workplace trends to help organizations design smarter people strategies for a more productive business. Their core solutions (benefits & compensation, community & culture, and leadership & infrastructure) help companies design meaningful employment experiences, resulting in healthier employees and a more productive business. As an Advisor, Mike works with organizations to identify and develop key solutions for their employee experience and employment strategies.
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Mike Bensi, an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, understands why creating a balance on your team is important to employee engagement. Here's one question that he recommends asking:
The role of a manager is to constantly balance the art of forward-thinking and ensure that the day-to-day is achieved. We constantly have to straddle the line between strategic thinking and tactical doing. Some days or weeks it can feel like we're off balance—extinguishing fires instead of ensuring our teams accomplish the right priorities.To find the right balance, managers must not only understand the needs of their teams, but the role they need to play to support the individuals on them. Too often, our focus is on solving others’ issues rather than coaching and guiding our team.Organizations today are spending time, energy, and resources on finding ways to engage employees at the corporate level. While those efforts are important, a recent TINYpulse study has shown that the majority of employees want their direct manager involved in employee engagement efforts in the workplace. Creating this connection with our employees seems like a simple way to improve engagement, but so many of us forget this fact. An easy and important way to create this connection is to ask, and apply, one simple question:
This one question awards the ability to create balance for yourself. Asking it shows your team three things:
Overall, taking the time to ask employees questions like this can have a strong impact on their engagement with your organization, as long as you listen to and act on their responses.
Here at Formstack, we know the importance of creating a strong and successful team, check down below how we can do that while having fun.
Mike Bensi is an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, an Indianapolis-based company that stays on top of workplace trends to help organizations design smarter people strategies for a more productive business. Their core solutions (benefits & compensation, community & culture, and leadership & infrastructure) help companies design meaningful employment experiences, resulting in healthier employees and a more productive business. As an Advisor, Mike works with organizations to identify and develop key solutions for their employee experience and employment strategies.
Interested in being featured in future Formstack content? Please fill out this form.
Mike Bensi, an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, understands why creating a balance on your team is important to employee engagement. Here's one question that he recommends asking:
The role of a manager is to constantly balance the art of forward-thinking and ensure that the day-to-day is achieved. We constantly have to straddle the line between strategic thinking and tactical doing. Some days or weeks it can feel like we're off balance—extinguishing fires instead of ensuring our teams accomplish the right priorities.To find the right balance, managers must not only understand the needs of their teams, but the role they need to play to support the individuals on them. Too often, our focus is on solving others’ issues rather than coaching and guiding our team.Organizations today are spending time, energy, and resources on finding ways to engage employees at the corporate level. While those efforts are important, a recent TINYpulse study has shown that the majority of employees want their direct manager involved in employee engagement efforts in the workplace. Creating this connection with our employees seems like a simple way to improve engagement, but so many of us forget this fact. An easy and important way to create this connection is to ask, and apply, one simple question:
This one question awards the ability to create balance for yourself. Asking it shows your team three things:
Overall, taking the time to ask employees questions like this can have a strong impact on their engagement with your organization, as long as you listen to and act on their responses.
Here at Formstack, we know the importance of creating a strong and successful team, check down below how we can do that while having fun.
Mike Bensi is an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, an Indianapolis-based company that stays on top of workplace trends to help organizations design smarter people strategies for a more productive business. Their core solutions (benefits & compensation, community & culture, and leadership & infrastructure) help companies design meaningful employment experiences, resulting in healthier employees and a more productive business. As an Advisor, Mike works with organizations to identify and develop key solutions for their employee experience and employment strategies.
Interested in being featured in future Formstack content? Please fill out this form.
Mike Bensi, an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, understands why creating a balance on your team is important to employee engagement. Here's one question that he recommends asking:
The role of a manager is to constantly balance the art of forward-thinking and ensure that the day-to-day is achieved. We constantly have to straddle the line between strategic thinking and tactical doing. Some days or weeks it can feel like we're off balance—extinguishing fires instead of ensuring our teams accomplish the right priorities.To find the right balance, managers must not only understand the needs of their teams, but the role they need to play to support the individuals on them. Too often, our focus is on solving others’ issues rather than coaching and guiding our team.Organizations today are spending time, energy, and resources on finding ways to engage employees at the corporate level. While those efforts are important, a recent TINYpulse study has shown that the majority of employees want their direct manager involved in employee engagement efforts in the workplace. Creating this connection with our employees seems like a simple way to improve engagement, but so many of us forget this fact. An easy and important way to create this connection is to ask, and apply, one simple question:
This one question awards the ability to create balance for yourself. Asking it shows your team three things:
Overall, taking the time to ask employees questions like this can have a strong impact on their engagement with your organization, as long as you listen to and act on their responses.
Here at Formstack, we know the importance of creating a strong and successful team, check down below how we can do that while having fun.
Mike Bensi is an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, an Indianapolis-based company that stays on top of workplace trends to help organizations design smarter people strategies for a more productive business. Their core solutions (benefits & compensation, community & culture, and leadership & infrastructure) help companies design meaningful employment experiences, resulting in healthier employees and a more productive business. As an Advisor, Mike works with organizations to identify and develop key solutions for their employee experience and employment strategies.
Interested in being featured in future Formstack content? Please fill out this form.
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Mike Bensi, an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, understands why creating a balance on your team is important to employee engagement. Here's one question that he recommends asking:
The role of a manager is to constantly balance the art of forward-thinking and ensure that the day-to-day is achieved. We constantly have to straddle the line between strategic thinking and tactical doing. Some days or weeks it can feel like we're off balance—extinguishing fires instead of ensuring our teams accomplish the right priorities.To find the right balance, managers must not only understand the needs of their teams, but the role they need to play to support the individuals on them. Too often, our focus is on solving others’ issues rather than coaching and guiding our team.Organizations today are spending time, energy, and resources on finding ways to engage employees at the corporate level. While those efforts are important, a recent TINYpulse study has shown that the majority of employees want their direct manager involved in employee engagement efforts in the workplace. Creating this connection with our employees seems like a simple way to improve engagement, but so many of us forget this fact. An easy and important way to create this connection is to ask, and apply, one simple question:
This one question awards the ability to create balance for yourself. Asking it shows your team three things:
Overall, taking the time to ask employees questions like this can have a strong impact on their engagement with your organization, as long as you listen to and act on their responses.
Here at Formstack, we know the importance of creating a strong and successful team, check down below how we can do that while having fun.
Mike Bensi is an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, an Indianapolis-based company that stays on top of workplace trends to help organizations design smarter people strategies for a more productive business. Their core solutions (benefits & compensation, community & culture, and leadership & infrastructure) help companies design meaningful employment experiences, resulting in healthier employees and a more productive business. As an Advisor, Mike works with organizations to identify and develop key solutions for their employee experience and employment strategies.
Interested in being featured in future Formstack content? Please fill out this form.
Mike Bensi, an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, understands why creating a balance on your team is important to employee engagement. Here's one question that he recommends asking:
The role of a manager is to constantly balance the art of forward-thinking and ensure that the day-to-day is achieved. We constantly have to straddle the line between strategic thinking and tactical doing. Some days or weeks it can feel like we're off balance—extinguishing fires instead of ensuring our teams accomplish the right priorities.To find the right balance, managers must not only understand the needs of their teams, but the role they need to play to support the individuals on them. Too often, our focus is on solving others’ issues rather than coaching and guiding our team.Organizations today are spending time, energy, and resources on finding ways to engage employees at the corporate level. While those efforts are important, a recent TINYpulse study has shown that the majority of employees want their direct manager involved in employee engagement efforts in the workplace. Creating this connection with our employees seems like a simple way to improve engagement, but so many of us forget this fact. An easy and important way to create this connection is to ask, and apply, one simple question:
This one question awards the ability to create balance for yourself. Asking it shows your team three things:
Overall, taking the time to ask employees questions like this can have a strong impact on their engagement with your organization, as long as you listen to and act on their responses.
Here at Formstack, we know the importance of creating a strong and successful team, check down below how we can do that while having fun.
Mike Bensi is an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, an Indianapolis-based company that stays on top of workplace trends to help organizations design smarter people strategies for a more productive business. Their core solutions (benefits & compensation, community & culture, and leadership & infrastructure) help companies design meaningful employment experiences, resulting in healthier employees and a more productive business. As an Advisor, Mike works with organizations to identify and develop key solutions for their employee experience and employment strategies.
Interested in being featured in future Formstack content? Please fill out this form.
Mike Bensi, an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, understands why creating a balance on your team is important to employee engagement. Here's one question that he recommends asking:
The role of a manager is to constantly balance the art of forward-thinking and ensure that the day-to-day is achieved. We constantly have to straddle the line between strategic thinking and tactical doing. Some days or weeks it can feel like we're off balance—extinguishing fires instead of ensuring our teams accomplish the right priorities.To find the right balance, managers must not only understand the needs of their teams, but the role they need to play to support the individuals on them. Too often, our focus is on solving others’ issues rather than coaching and guiding our team.Organizations today are spending time, energy, and resources on finding ways to engage employees at the corporate level. While those efforts are important, a recent TINYpulse study has shown that the majority of employees want their direct manager involved in employee engagement efforts in the workplace. Creating this connection with our employees seems like a simple way to improve engagement, but so many of us forget this fact. An easy and important way to create this connection is to ask, and apply, one simple question:
This one question awards the ability to create balance for yourself. Asking it shows your team three things:
Overall, taking the time to ask employees questions like this can have a strong impact on their engagement with your organization, as long as you listen to and act on their responses.
Here at Formstack, we know the importance of creating a strong and successful team, check down below how we can do that while having fun.
Mike Bensi is an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, an Indianapolis-based company that stays on top of workplace trends to help organizations design smarter people strategies for a more productive business. Their core solutions (benefits & compensation, community & culture, and leadership & infrastructure) help companies design meaningful employment experiences, resulting in healthier employees and a more productive business. As an Advisor, Mike works with organizations to identify and develop key solutions for their employee experience and employment strategies.
Interested in being featured in future Formstack content? Please fill out this form.
Mike Bensi, an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, understands why creating a balance on your team is important to employee engagement. Here's one question that he recommends asking:
The role of a manager is to constantly balance the art of forward-thinking and ensure that the day-to-day is achieved. We constantly have to straddle the line between strategic thinking and tactical doing. Some days or weeks it can feel like we're off balance—extinguishing fires instead of ensuring our teams accomplish the right priorities.To find the right balance, managers must not only understand the needs of their teams, but the role they need to play to support the individuals on them. Too often, our focus is on solving others’ issues rather than coaching and guiding our team.Organizations today are spending time, energy, and resources on finding ways to engage employees at the corporate level. While those efforts are important, a recent TINYpulse study has shown that the majority of employees want their direct manager involved in employee engagement efforts in the workplace. Creating this connection with our employees seems like a simple way to improve engagement, but so many of us forget this fact. An easy and important way to create this connection is to ask, and apply, one simple question:
This one question awards the ability to create balance for yourself. Asking it shows your team three things:
Overall, taking the time to ask employees questions like this can have a strong impact on their engagement with your organization, as long as you listen to and act on their responses.
Here at Formstack, we know the importance of creating a strong and successful team, check down below how we can do that while having fun.
Mike Bensi is an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, an Indianapolis-based company that stays on top of workplace trends to help organizations design smarter people strategies for a more productive business. Their core solutions (benefits & compensation, community & culture, and leadership & infrastructure) help companies design meaningful employment experiences, resulting in healthier employees and a more productive business. As an Advisor, Mike works with organizations to identify and develop key solutions for their employee experience and employment strategies.
Interested in being featured in future Formstack content? Please fill out this form.
Mike Bensi, an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, understands why creating a balance on your team is important to employee engagement. Here's one question that he recommends asking:
The role of a manager is to constantly balance the art of forward-thinking and ensure that the day-to-day is achieved. We constantly have to straddle the line between strategic thinking and tactical doing. Some days or weeks it can feel like we're off balance—extinguishing fires instead of ensuring our teams accomplish the right priorities.To find the right balance, managers must not only understand the needs of their teams, but the role they need to play to support the individuals on them. Too often, our focus is on solving others’ issues rather than coaching and guiding our team.Organizations today are spending time, energy, and resources on finding ways to engage employees at the corporate level. While those efforts are important, a recent TINYpulse study has shown that the majority of employees want their direct manager involved in employee engagement efforts in the workplace. Creating this connection with our employees seems like a simple way to improve engagement, but so many of us forget this fact. An easy and important way to create this connection is to ask, and apply, one simple question:
This one question awards the ability to create balance for yourself. Asking it shows your team three things:
Overall, taking the time to ask employees questions like this can have a strong impact on their engagement with your organization, as long as you listen to and act on their responses.
Here at Formstack, we know the importance of creating a strong and successful team, check down below how we can do that while having fun.
Mike Bensi is an Advisor at FirstPerson Advisors, an Indianapolis-based company that stays on top of workplace trends to help organizations design smarter people strategies for a more productive business. Their core solutions (benefits & compensation, community & culture, and leadership & infrastructure) help companies design meaningful employment experiences, resulting in healthier employees and a more productive business. As an Advisor, Mike works with organizations to identify and develop key solutions for their employee experience and employment strategies.
Interested in being featured in future Formstack content? Please fill out this form.
