Welcome to Engager Dynamics.com! Thank you for visiting. We are having a conversation about what I call “Engager Dynamics.” We are looking at Employee Engagement from a little different perspective. Take a look at this post to see what I mean by “Engager Dynamics.”
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Engager Dynamics
- How to Develop Leaders – Be a Thermostat
- Celebrating 100!
- 12 Great Leadership Quotes
- Trust But/And/Or Verify?
- Action!
- Trust Me!
- Stay In Your Lane
- Love ’em or Lose ’em
- Flip Flops
- TBH
- Don’t Drink The Poison
- More than Just Me
- Not Just Another Lady
- Where Credit Is Due
- I See You
Leadership
- How to Cultivate Growth
- What Difference Does Discipline Make?
- The Art of Pausing
- See Value IN Yourself to Add Value TO Yourself
- Know Yourself to Grow Yourself
- Growth Doesn’t Just Happen
- Using the Speed Gap Trap to Your Advantage
- 7 Barriers to Good Listening
- Listen With Your Mouth
- What’s Your Story?
- Listen Linda!
- Grapevine Communication
- The 5 Purposes of Organizational Communication
- The 5 T’s
- The 4 Directions of Organizational Communication
Habit Formation
- What Difference Does Discipline Make?
- The Art of Pausing
- Celebrating 100!
- The Power of Reflection
- A Faith Based Approach to Habit Formation
- I Blew It!
- The Attitude of Gratitude Video
- The Attitude of Gratitude
- LIVE2LEAD
- A Rudder and Sail
- A Lesson About Growth From a Rubber Band
- How Your Comfort Zone May Be Hurting You
- What’s in the Box?
- Semper Gumby
- A Mile Wide
Growth
- How to Cultivate Growth
- What Difference Does Discipline Make?
- The Art of Pausing
- See Value IN Yourself to Add Value TO Yourself
- Know Yourself to Grow Yourself
- Growth Doesn’t Just Happen
- Using the Speed Gap Trap to Your Advantage
- 7 Barriers to Good Listening
- Listen With Your Mouth
- What’s Your Story?
- Listen Linda!
- Grapevine Communication
- The 5 Purposes of Organizational Communication
- The 5 T’s
- The 4 Directions of Organizational Communication
Listening
- Using the Speed Gap Trap to Your Advantage
- 7 Barriers to Good Listening
- Listen With Your Mouth
- What’s Your Story?
- Listen Linda!
- Make Lemonade
- Listen to Christmas
- How to Successfully Navigate the Chaos of Change
- Well Known?
- A Mile Wide
- I Love That Idea!
- Happy Anniversary!
- Serving as a Leader
- What the Best Bosses Do
- The Habits of Transformational Engagement Part 2
Words
- The Art of Pausing
- The Power of Connection – Part 1
- Celebrating 100!
- God’s Indescribable Gift
- The Attitude of Gratitude Video
- The Attitude of Gratitude
- Trust But/And/Or Verify?
- When Winning Can Be Losing
- How Your Selfie Could Ruin Your Team
- What’s the Value?
- What’s in the Box?
- Semper Gumby
- TBH
- Not Just Another Lady
- Where Credit Is Due
About
Hi, I’m Jim Thomason. My wife and I have been married for 39 years and we’ve been blessed with 5 amazing children. We’ve lived in 9 states and 2 countries.
I’m a Listener/Learner/Teacher type Leader. I love to read and study. I love having coffee with friends, old and new, and I love figuring things out. I’ve spent the last 20+ years in the Contract Management Services industry. I love learning how my clients understand, approach, and measure their business. My clients have come from a wide variety of industries. I’ve served Transportation clients (airlines, rental cars, bus), Sports and Entertainment clients (baseball and football), Manufacturing clients (Food, Semi-conductor, Pharmaceuticals, Communications Systems), and Health Care clients (Hospitals, Medical Offices). I also had the privilege, with my wife and our 3 youngest children, to serve an international school in China.
Prior to all that I served as a pastor for 11 years. Over that time, our family served two churches in the Midwest part of the country.
That’s is a wide variety of experience, but one thread that ties it all together is people. Every organization I’ve been part of is made up of people, and each of them is about providing something for people. I like to say, “It doesn’t matter what your widget is, every business is a people business.”
I said earlier that I love to figure things out. Mostly I love figuring out how to make things better. I firmly believe that you make any organization better by first improving the experience of your people. That’s what I’ve tried to be about. I hope this conversation will provide some insights that will make your life better.
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How to Cultivate Growth
We currently live in California where there are 16 separate climate zones. We learned that the hard way one summer day after we first moved here. It was over 100 degrees in the Central Valley where we live, so we decided to go to the ocean. We chose to drive into San Francisco to enjoy …
What Difference Does Discipline Make?
I am a lousy golfer. When people ask me if I golf, I usually say I’m a “corporate golfer.” I have only golfed at company sponsored events with vendors or clients and a couple times with my brother-in-law. Right there is part of the reason I’m a poor golfer. I don’t golf consistently. I don’t …
The Art of Pausing
We almost never watch live TV anymore. It’s liberating to watch if you want, what you want, when you want. Another liberating feature of modern TV is, whether your watching from a DVR or a streaming service, you can press “Pause” until the kids quiet down or while you take a snack (or potty) break …
Posts By Category
Engager Dynamics
- How to Develop Leaders – Be a Thermostat
- Celebrating 100!
- 12 Great Leadership Quotes
- Trust But/And/Or Verify?
- Action!
- Trust Me!
- Stay In Your Lane
- Love ’em or Lose ’em
- Flip Flops
- TBH
- Don’t Drink The Poison
- More than Just Me
- Not Just Another Lady
- Where Credit Is Due
- I See You
Leadership
- How to Cultivate Growth
- What Difference Does Discipline Make?
- The Art of Pausing
- See Value IN Yourself to Add Value TO Yourself
- Know Yourself to Grow Yourself
- Growth Doesn’t Just Happen
- Using the Speed Gap Trap to Your Advantage
- 7 Barriers to Good Listening
- Listen With Your Mouth
- What’s Your Story?
- Listen Linda!
- Grapevine Communication
- The 5 Purposes of Organizational Communication
- The 5 T’s
- The 4 Directions of Organizational Communication
Habit Formation
- What Difference Does Discipline Make?
- The Art of Pausing
- Celebrating 100!
- The Power of Reflection
- A Faith Based Approach to Habit Formation
- I Blew It!
- The Attitude of Gratitude Video
- The Attitude of Gratitude
- LIVE2LEAD
- A Rudder and Sail
- A Lesson About Growth From a Rubber Band
- How Your Comfort Zone May Be Hurting You
- What’s in the Box?
- Semper Gumby
- A Mile Wide
Growth
- How to Cultivate Growth
- What Difference Does Discipline Make?
- The Art of Pausing
- See Value IN Yourself to Add Value TO Yourself
- Know Yourself to Grow Yourself
- Growth Doesn’t Just Happen
- Using the Speed Gap Trap to Your Advantage
- 7 Barriers to Good Listening
- Listen With Your Mouth
- What’s Your Story?
- Listen Linda!
- Grapevine Communication
- The 5 Purposes of Organizational Communication
- The 5 T’s
- The 4 Directions of Organizational Communication
Listening
- Using the Speed Gap Trap to Your Advantage
- 7 Barriers to Good Listening
- Listen With Your Mouth
- What’s Your Story?
- Listen Linda!
- Make Lemonade
- Listen to Christmas
- How to Successfully Navigate the Chaos of Change
- Well Known?
- A Mile Wide
- I Love That Idea!
- Happy Anniversary!
- Serving as a Leader
- What the Best Bosses Do
- The Habits of Transformational Engagement Part 2
Words
- The Art of Pausing
- The Power of Connection – Part 1
- Celebrating 100!
- God’s Indescribable Gift
- The Attitude of Gratitude Video
- The Attitude of Gratitude
- Trust But/And/Or Verify?
- When Winning Can Be Losing
- How Your Selfie Could Ruin Your Team
- What’s the Value?
- What’s in the Box?
- Semper Gumby
- TBH
- Not Just Another Lady
- Where Credit Is Due