{"id":4468,"date":"2025-04-02T09:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=4468"},"modified":"2025-05-08T02:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T02:44:05","slug":"keeping-employees-engaged-isnt-about-gimmicks-its-about-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=4468","title":{"rendered":"Keeping employees engaged \u2018isn\u2019t about gimmicks, it\u2019s about listening\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":" \r\n<br><br>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In today\u2019s CEO Daily:<\/strong> Diane Brady on how to keep employees engaged.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The big story:<\/strong> Trump\u2019s &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221; tariff announcement begins at 4 p.m. ET.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The markets:<\/strong>&nbsp;Nervous anticipation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Analyst notes<\/strong>&nbsp;from Goldman Sachs on hiring, Ark Invest on the xAI and X merger, and Apollo on the U.S. consumer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Plus: <\/strong>All the news and watercooler chat from <em>Fortune<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Good morning. <\/strong>A perennial challenge for leaders is how to keep employees engaged. After all, what makes a company a great place to work is personal. What\u2019s consistent among the leaders of <em>Fortune<\/em>\u2019s 2025 ranking of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, based on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatplacetowork.com\/\"> Great Place to Work\u2019s<\/a> survey of 1.3 million U.S. workers, is their attention to building a culture of trust and respect at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As my colleague Orianna Rosa Royle writes in her opening essay, employees are clear: engagement \u201cisn\u2019t about gimmicks, it\u2019s about listening.\u201d Orianna also wrote about worker wellness and work-life balance as part of our editorial package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to also check out Sara Braun\u2019s article on Atlassian\u2019s \u201cTeam Anywhere\u201d remote work policy and a story by Beth Greenfield on the employee volunteer program at Cisco, as well as Brit Morse\u2019s look at the parental leave policy at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the changing DEI landscape in corporate America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will be heading to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatplacetowork.com\/for-all-summit\">Great Place To Work For All Summit<\/a> in Las Vegas next week, where I will speak with Penny Pennington about her strategy in leading Edward Jones. I\u2019ll also speak with Jim Kavanaugh, co-founder and CEO of WWT, and Marriott International CEO Tony Capuano about what got their companies on the list, and how they\u2019re leading in this environment. We\u2019ll be joined by members of the Fortune CEO Initiative and other leaders of companies on this year\u2019s list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can\u2019t make that, I invite you to join us on April 30 at 12 p.m. EST for a live webinar with Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian and Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work. We\u2019ll talk about redefining leadership and mastering change in a complex world.&nbsp; Here\u2019s a link to register for that event.<br><br>More news below.<br><br><em>Contact CEO Daily via Diane Brady at diane.brady@fortune.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally featured on Fortune.com<\/p>\r\n<br>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning. A perennial challenge for leaders is how to keep employees engaged. 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