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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.

Employee Engagement Prevents People Poaching

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As a leader, your worst nightmare comes true the day your “rock star” employee gives their notice. Not only do you lose the person, but their experience, business acumen and the relationships they’ve built with internal and external customer are also at stake. It can take months, or even years, to recoup the loss of […]

Clobber Complacency and Increase Engagement

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Employees who are doing just enough to get by and nothing more may be doing more damage than you think they are. In this episode, Lisa Ryan shares strategies to decrease disengagement and increase employee enthusiasm. Watch more episodes from Lisa’s series, Elevate Your Engagement Levels: What You Need to Know.

Clobber Complacency and Increase Engagement in the Workplace

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The Gallup Organization has found that only 30% of employees are actively engaged. Twenty-percent of employees are actively disengaged. What do you do with the other fifty-percent? You know, those employees who are only focused on not getting fired; they are usually the people who are doing the absolute bare minimum to get by. For […]

The Critical Need for Engagement in Manufacturing

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For every four positions that are open in manufacturing due to retirement, industry is only able to find one, interested, qualified worker. In this episode, Lisa Ryan will share the four essential needs of the hourly workforce. Watch more episodes from Lisa’s series, Elevate Your Engagement Levels: What You Need to Know.

Improving the Customer Experience Through Employee Engagement

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Happy, loyal customers are the key to any successful business. To make sure you have happy customers, you need engaged employees. In this episode, Lisa Ryan share three tips to increase the customer experience. Watch more episodes from Lisa’s series, Elevate Your Engagement Levels: What You Need to Know.

Engage! Three Strategies to Keep Your Top Talent from Becoming Someone Else’s

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If you have had more than two jobs in your career, you have probably had several bosses to go along with those positions.  Most manager personalities can be broken down into three categories. I like to call them my “A-Team” because they all begin with a letter A. The first type of boss is the […]

Employee Engagement Equals Talent Retention

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Recruiting is attracting employees is important, but how do you get them to stay once they’re on board? In this episode, Lisa Ryan reveals strategies to keep your top talent from becoming someone else’s. Watch more episodes from Lisa’s series, Elevate Your Engagement Levels: What You Need to Know.

Five Strategies to Attract and Retain Millennial and Generation Z Workers

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“The youth of today love luxury. They have bad manners, they disrespect their elders and they prefer chatter in place of exercise.” Who do you think said this? Would you be surprised if it was Socrates in approximately 432 BC? Yes, we have been complaining about the younger generations almost since the beginning of time. […]

Engaging Millennials and Beyond

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With five generations in the workplace, it’s important to know some of the unique characteristics that set Millennials and Gen Z apart. In this episode, Lisa Ryan share three ways your company can better attract and retain workers from these newest generations. Watch more episodes from Lisa’s series, Elevate Your Engagement Levels: What You Need […]

Promote from Within to Increase Employee Engagement and Retention

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If you want to build a robust and committed team, make sure you are taking advantage of the knowledge, skills, and experience that you already have on board. By promoting from within, you inspire your team members to do their jobs effectively, to grow with your company and to stay put. Of course, you’ll also […]
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