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
- 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
- Are We There Yet?
- The Three Stone Cutters
- I Love That Idea!
- Happy Anniversary!
Habit Formation
- How Your Comfort Zone May Be Hurting You
- What’s in the Box?
- Semper Gumby
- A Mile Wide
- Are We There Yet?
- Happy Anniversary!
- The Habits of Transformational Engagement Part 2
- The Habits of Transformational Engagement Part 1
- Listening Exercises Part 3
- Listening Exercises Part 2
- Listening Exercises Part 1
- How to Make a Habit of Love
- How to Make a Habit of Optimizing
- How to Make Habit of Trust
- How to Make a Habit of Evaluating
Listening
- 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
- Listening Exercises Part 3
- Listening Exercises Part 2
- Listening Exercises Part 1
- Listening With Your Hands and Feet
- Listening With Your Mouth
- Listening with Your Heart
- Listening With Your Gut
- H.E.A.R.
- Listening With Your Brain
Words
- What’s in the Box?
- Semper Gumby
- TBH
- Not Just Another Lady
- Where Credit Is Due
- I See You
- Are We There Yet?
- Happy Anniversary!
- The Habits of Transformational Engagement Part 1
- Listening with Your Heart
- Metacognition and Listening to our Listening
- Equipping Extra
- Word Nerd Alert – Enthusiasm
- Its Not Just Pizza Parties
- Expect – Engager Dynamic #1
About
Hi, I’m Jim Thomason. My wife and I have been married for 38 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 Your Comfort Zone May Be Hurting You
There is a story in the New Testament about one of Jesus’ disciples named Peter who walked on water. As the story goes, the disciples were in a boat crossing the Sea of Galilee one night in high winds and rough waters. Jesus, who had stayed behind to dismiss a crowd and spend some time …
What’s in the Box?
We have four people in our house who will order something on Amazon or through some other online source from time to time. So, you never know when a box or package may show up on the porch. When you see a box on the porch and you’re not the one who ordered something, the …
Semper Gumby
Several years ago I worked with a team that adopted the slogan “Semper Gumby.” Borrowing the Latin word “Semper” from the U.S. Marine’s motto meaning “Always,” we added “Gumby” to fill out the meaning “Always Flexible.” The idea first came up as a joke after a client had asked for yet another change in the …
Posts By Category
Engager Dynamics
- 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
- Are We There Yet?
- The Three Stone Cutters
- I Love That Idea!
- Happy Anniversary!
Habit Formation
- How Your Comfort Zone May Be Hurting You
- What’s in the Box?
- Semper Gumby
- A Mile Wide
- Are We There Yet?
- Happy Anniversary!
- The Habits of Transformational Engagement Part 2
- The Habits of Transformational Engagement Part 1
- Listening Exercises Part 3
- Listening Exercises Part 2
- Listening Exercises Part 1
- How to Make a Habit of Love
- How to Make a Habit of Optimizing
- How to Make Habit of Trust
- How to Make a Habit of Evaluating
Listening
- 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
- Listening Exercises Part 3
- Listening Exercises Part 2
- Listening Exercises Part 1
- Listening With Your Hands and Feet
- Listening With Your Mouth
- Listening with Your Heart
- Listening With Your Gut
- H.E.A.R.
- Listening With Your Brain
Words
- What’s in the Box?
- Semper Gumby
- TBH
- Not Just Another Lady
- Where Credit Is Due
- I See You
- Are We There Yet?
- Happy Anniversary!
- The Habits of Transformational Engagement Part 1
- Listening with Your Heart
- Metacognition and Listening to our Listening
- Equipping Extra
- Word Nerd Alert – Enthusiasm
- Its Not Just Pizza Parties
- Expect – Engager Dynamic #1