It’s almost the end of November and I just can’t wait to hit the holiday season. But, before that, there are issues to work on, chapters to close and of course, Read Up!

So, here are a few things that I found to be very interesting:

• Want to increase your effectiveness at work? Check out the 3 mindsets that are going to support you in getting there.
• I stumbled on the “Who Needs Employees Anyway?” blog, which has some great data on engagement. Always a good read.
• If you are not doing it already, I recommend following Gurprriet Siingh’s blog. He always comes up with thought-provoking, insightful posts. Some of his recent ones are on Choices, Do Nothing and Engaging Today’s Employees.
• Are there any bright sides of the underutilized (but over-capable) employee you have in your team? Find out here.

Finally, I once again had a conversation on employee satisfaction vs. employee engagement. I could go on and on about it. But, out of impulse, I ran a Google Trends on these two terms. the graph below shows the search volume index for these two terms. At the bottom, you also see a mini chart on the “news reference” for these two terms.

What’s happening here?