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## Vicki Kelsey

Vicki Kelsey is a member of the consulting team at Overland Resource Group and President/CEO of VKAL, Inc. She can be reached at v.kelsey@orginc.com.

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## [5 Proven Keys to Employee Engagement and Collaboration](https://www.orginc.com/blog/cultivate-collaboration-with-these-5-keys-to-employee-engagement)

by [Vicki Kelsey](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/vicki-kelsey), on April 4, 2017

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### Employee engagement. Seems that every time I look at Twitter, LinkedIn, or any leadership site someone is talking about it.

Yet with all this chatter, up to 88% of employees and 80% of leaders reportedly still do not have passion for their work.

Below are 5 keys to employee engagement that, if implemented consistently, have proven results in building a culture of collaboration and engagement.

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## [Voices, Votes, and External Influence: Labor Management History Repeats Itself](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2014/10/24/voices-votes-external-influence-labor-management-history-repeats)

by [Vicki Kelsey](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/vicki-kelsey), on October 24, 2014

November 22, 2014 will be the 21st anniversary of the end of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) strike at American Airlines. This is significant to me for several reasons– one is because I was there, in the middle, and I remember it like it was yesterday. The second is because recent history reminds me of the power of external influences on the labor- management process in the United States.

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## [The Interest-Based Leadership Checklist: A Crucial Tool for Effectively Guiding Difficult Conversations](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2014/02/17/interest-based-leadership-checklist-crucial-tool-effectively-guiding-difficult-conversations)

by [Vicki Kelsey](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/vicki-kelsey), on February 17, 2014

*Part 3 of 3 in an Interest-Based Leadership series*

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## [Equal and Different-Leaders Can Value Both Using Interest-Based Leadership](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2013/11/11/equal-and-different-interest-based-leadership)

by [Vicki Kelsey](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/vicki-kelsey), on November 11, 2013

[![Equal and Different-Leaders Can Value Both Using Interest-Based Leadership](https://www.orginc.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/scales.jpg)](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2013/11/11/equal-and-different-interest-based-leadership)

*Part 2 of 3 in an Interest-Based Leadership series*

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## [A Tale of Two Leaders: How Interest-Based Leadership Affects Employee Engagement](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2013/10/21/a-tale-of-two-leaders-interest-based-leadershi)

by [Vicki Kelsey](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/vicki-kelsey), on October 21, 2013

*Part 1 of 3 in an Interest-Based Leadership series*

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