I heard a story. The story goes like this: one very important man said to another important man, “If you ever feel awkward and out-of-place at a cocktail party, find a person in the room and say, ’Tell me about yourself.’ It will cure the awkward and enliven your perspective.”
It’s a magic request, this “Tell me about yourself.” You’re inviting connection. You’re inviting engagement.
Could this magic request change your relationship with your employees? Affect your organization’s employee engagement? Could this one phrase trigger an employee engagement conversation?
Consider other magic requests: tell me about your job, tell me about what’s working with the team, tell me about this project that you’re working on, and tell me how I can help you.
Asking for open communication and greater understanding generates increased employee engagement. What works at a cocktail party has greater application with employee engagement.
So, tell me about yourself.
