Goals that are consistent with the company mission and build from one success to another are absolutely imperative for maintaining high
levels of employee engagement.
This is worrying for a number of reasons, not least because the relationship between a manager and employee is so critical in
terms of employee engagement, motivation, and morale.
A core
tenet of employee engagement is that there are few things more motivating to most workers than being heard; it's hard to imagine even the most jaded desk jockey wouldn't feel a little bit chuffed when the person at the top of the org chart looks her in the eyes and asks her what she thinks.
Ursula Adams,
director of employee engagement at United Way for Southeastern Michigan, says using the daily - engagement app Niko Niko — which tracks employees» mood data with its mobile «happiness meter» — has helped her avoid sinking money into fixing the wrong cultural problems.
In the previous article - Using The Employee Engagement Funnel and Gamification For Business Transformation - we introduced the
concept of the employee engagement funnel as symbol of employee awareness, learning and alignment with corporate goals.
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Tony Hsieh was the mastermind behind an incredible shaping of culture, turning what could have been one of the dullest and most robotic of companies into a shining
example of employee engagement and customer service.
So if professional growth is the goal (and
plenty of employee engagement studies suggest it should be), it's better to honestly challenge people than to blindly shower them with praise and perks.
«One is that we're now seeing a number of companies making employee engagement one of the most important strategic priorities the companies have, putting employees and the importance
of employee engagement front and center,» she says.
WeSpire publishes an annual research report on the
evolution of employee engagement, and this year's results highlight three keys to successful employee engagement:
With research showing a large chunk of the workforce does not feel engaged at work (see the featured image at the top of this post), the
availability of employee engagement tools and services has skyrocketed.
Recent research from Gallup focused on «active disengagement,» or the
notion of employee engagement at work (or the lack thereof) as a factor in driving business operations.
Lessons from high - performing advanced economies elsewhere in the world show a clearer
pattern of employee engagement, including collective bargaining, alongside higher productivity and a fairer distribution of prosperity.
According to a Gallup survey teams with high levels
of employee engagement experience up to a rise of 22 % in profitability and 21 % higher productivity compared with workgroups having low levels of engagement.
Alright, as much as I would like to think that NWEI ushered in the
influx of employee engagement conversations, I know that the idea has been around for a while.
Nonetheless, I can say that ever since we launched Sustainable Systems at Work, I have been seeing articles everywhere singing the
praises of employee engagement.
Lack of transparency and engagement: We know that you, as Human Resource Professionals, promote the
principles of employee engagement and consultation daily in your workplace and expect the same from the association which represents you.
Communications strategist Williams suggests that employers take a comprehensive
view of employee engagement by examining compensation, employees» ability to self - determine aspects of their job and the alignment of corporate values with leadership behaviors, then «pick the right metrics that drive outcomes.»