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If the book ‘Manage to Engage’ was a Poem

Pamela Hackett
3 min readMar 3, 2021

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My book summary inspired by poets

Pamela Hackett Author of the new book Manage to Engage

Manage to Engage — A Poem

(Listen to the Poem Manage To Engage)

When night comes we must ask ourselves

‘did we really engage our people

wisely, in this almost post pandemic world?’

The responsibility we carry.

A world we must create

where we prioritize people

and leverage our technology.

Because, we know that people power everything

and to manage to engage

creates relationships

that builds leadership.

And, as our management models age now

as quickly as

our operating models

and business models,

so we must level them up.

Step up to our accountabilities

creating fair-trade,

being fair-dinkum

and giving people a fair go

no matter a person’s position,

their gender, their race.

We do an exchange

our equivalent to meet a fair days work.

We must create a scorecard,

one that builds social capital,

management capital, a leadership license to operate.

Turning vision into verbs

and purpose into plans.

Turning aspirations in to actions,

strategies into schedules.

Before this bleak period of crisis of health and wealth,

of wellbeing,

there was already a crisis.

A pandemic of under engagement,

of people feeling less than all-in.

It cannot remain.

It can not be common place.

Because common sense says we won’t bounce back.

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Pamela Hackett
Pamela Hackett

Written by Pamela Hackett

Author. Speaker. Implementer. Pam is author of Manage To Engage, a former CEO, speaks on leadership & is busy writing a trash fun read just to see if she can!

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