We had the pleasure to sit down and talk to Dasa Suissa. Dasa is a Leadership Development Facilitator, Culture Transformation Facilitator, Employee Engagement Consultant

HR Capability Development Facilitator. She is also a Lecturer at the Charles university in Prague where she teaches several HR and adult development related subjects.

For more information about Dasa Suissa please visit her website: http://dagmarsuissa.com

In this episode we talk about some differences between employee engagement and employee satisfaction. We also talk about expressing emotions at work and the effect these can have on our work performance.

“The role of leaders and organizations is to create conditions so that the employees can really thrive and build on their initial level of engagement”. - Dasa Suissa

How can companies start to engage employees?

How do you treat your employees? Like an adult, a commodity or as human beings?

Listen to the podcast to find out the answers to the above questions and more.

Sources mentioned in the podcast:

Harvard Business Review: The Impact of Employee Engagement on Performance

http://bit.ly/2U7RNuk

Is there an answer to Millennial burnout?

https://bbc.in/2T5OOpi

Engagement is really just connection

http://bit.ly/2GByMNW

25 Fascinating Statistics About Employee Engagement

http://bit.ly/2GSn14W

What are some of the current and emerging trends in HR?

How to manage the stress levels and avoid burning of employees out, while also keeping up high level of productivity?

Who bares the responsibility for employee's wellbeing: senior management, HR, employees themselves or a combination?

What are some practical things that both senior management and HR practitioners can do right now to close the communication gap?

We had the pleasure to talk to Lisa Dempsey, CEO and founder of Leadership Labs International (https://www.leadershiplabs.eu) to find some answers to these powerful questions. Amongst others, Lisa and Constantin talk about how burnout and stress can negatively impact both employer and employee and the importance of effective communication to make the workplace a safe environment for creativity, innovation and growth.

“We spend all this time and money hiring smart people, let’s let them be smart!” - Lisa Dempsey