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Columnist: Lisa Ryan, Author and Speaker

Lisa RyanLisa Ryan is a best-selling author and award-winning speaker who brings real world insight, a high content message, and immediately actionable ideas to her fun, inspirational and engaging programs. Focusing on workplace culture, employee engagement, and gratitude strategies (“Grategies”) for personal and professional transformation, Lisa’s down-to-earth approach and willingness to share best practices have proven to be a winning formula. Her high energy, enthusiasm, sense of humor, and passion for what she does makes her the ideal speaker for your upcoming conference, leadership retreat, or professional development workshop.

As Chief Appreciation Strategist at Grategy, Lisa Ryan brings more than twenty years of experience to her clients and audiences. She helps organizations keep their top talent and best customers from becoming someone else’s by instilling principles which build stronger emotional connections between the organization and its employees and clients. An added benefit is that her approach is transferrable to personal relationships and situations as well.

Ryan is a best-selling author of eight books and costars in two films. She holds an MBA from Cleveland State University and is the President of the National Speakers Association, Ohio Chapter. She has been blissfully married to Scott since 1996 and they are the proud parents of three very spoiled cats.

Learn more about Lisa in our February 2017 issue.

Your Employees ARE Your Customers

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When businesses look at customers and employees as two different groups, they are missing out on a huge opportunity to engage. In this episode, Lisa reveals three tips to treat your employees as well as you do your clients. Watch more episodes from Lisa’s series, Elevate Your Engagement Levels: What You Need to Know.

Senior Managers Need Love Too

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Employee engagement is a concept that every manager has on their to-do list. And yes, having an engaged workforce makes for a more productive, profitable company and a better place to work. However, if organizations only focus on top-down measures to engage, the people at the top may feel left out of the equation. Being […]

How to Keep Retention High When Unemployment is Low

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In this economic period of extremely low unemployment, it’s hard to find employees and can be even harder to keep them. In this episode, Lisa reveals three ways that companies can create the type of culture where employees want to stay for the long term. Watch more episodes from Lisa’s series, Elevate Your Engagement Levels: […]

The Art and Science of Happiness when Engaging Employees

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When you have engaged employees, you also have employees who are more committed and loyal to your organization. How do you get to engagement? You start with employee happiness. You may be scratching your head right now wondering, why am I responsible for my employees’ level of happiness? The answer is simply because your workplace […]

Using the “Stay Interview” to increase Employee Engagement

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Unfortunately, employers are more familiar with exit interviews than they are “stay” interviews. In this episode, Lisa Ryan shares ten questions you can ask your employees to see why they work for you and what would cause them to leave. Watch more episodes from Lisa’s series, Elevate Your Engagement Levels: What You Need to Know.

Putting Out the Welcome Mat: Onboard Tips to Make New Hires Feel at Home

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The onboarding experience you create for your new employees can make the difference in whether they stay for the long term or jump ship at the first job offer that comes their way. Many companies are more focused on getting their new team members ramped up and contributing quickly rather than allowing them to adjust […]

Trusted Leadership Creates an Engaged Workforce

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People don’t leave their jobs, they leave their boss. Trust in the company and the leadership team is essential for engagement to occur. In this episode, Lisa Ryan shares three tips to create a foundation of trust in your workplace. Watch more episodes from Lisa’s series, Elevate Your Engagement Levels: What You Need to Know.

Five Ways to Elevate Your Employee Engagement Levels

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What if your employees were as committed to their jobs as they were to their life outside of the plant? What difference would that make to your company? You may have heard the numbers: manufacturing employees who are engaged are 70% more productive. They have a higher safety record, lower turnover, greater customer satisfaction, and […]

The Value of Video for Recruiting and Retaining Talent

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Using video in your recruiting and retention strategy is a terrific way to attract today’s top talent. Here are seven ideas for using video in your organization: Recruiting. You’re using online resources to search for candidates anyway, so why not embed video into your job ads? The nice thing about this strategy is that the […]

Innovative Ways You Can Increase Employee Engagement

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Disengagement costs US employers about $550 billion per year. With a little effort, those dollars don’t have to come out of your company coffers. In this episode, Lisa Ryan shares three tips to connect and engage with your team members. Watch more episodes from Lisa’s series, Elevate Your Engagement Levels: What You Need to Know.
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