How to enhance Employee Engagement
10 Data-Driven Ways to Improve Employee Engagement
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ten data-driven ways to improve employee
engagement
employee engagement is one of the most
popular yet misunderstood organizational
topics it's a key competitive
differentiator in the modern business
landscape and unsurprisingly highly
engaged teams perform much better than
their counterparts feel like you've
heard more about employee engagement
over the past few years you're not alone
it's a top priority for leadership teams
around the world and it's only
increasing in popularity so what is
employee engagement it's the emotional
commitment and employee has to their
work their team's goals and their
company's mission employee engagement
isn't going away anytime soon and for
good reason
employee engagement has been proven to
increase productivity reduce turnover
improve customer satisfaction drive
higher profits and boost employee
wellness and it's not just a trend by
engaging employees you're helping them
reach their full potential today's
companies can't ignore its impact and
modern workers expect to stay engaged
now that we have our definitions down
let's get to the real insights of this
video the ways you can improve your
employee engagement levels at your
company first up finding a baseline you
have to get a sense of your current
engagement levels trying to improve
engagement without benchmarking or
tracking is like taking a stab in the
dark you'll have no idea whether your
efforts are actually working it's
important to collect data around
employee engagement to understand where
your team is at identify areas for
improvement and plan for future efforts
if you don't already send out employee
engagement surveys you should and send
them out more frequently to also
consider stay interviews to get a real
pulse on your team's feelings
number two is coaching leadership people
naturally look up to leaders and role
models but leaders and role models may
not actually know how to best engage
with their teams that's where you come
in equip leaders with the right
education and professional development
they'll be your best advocate for an
engaged company culture think about it
this way
if your manager is engaged with your
company's mission and objectives you're
much more likely to be engaged to
yourself
number three takes us all the way back
to the beginning of an employee
lifecycle don't just throw them to the
Sharks
new employee onboarding is the key time
to connect new team members with your
company projects and organizational
mission with a fresh perspective new
employees could potentially be your
biggest culture advocates so be sure to
show them a good time as part of your
onboarding program remember to include
best practices like introducing mentors
early involving executive leadership
setting expectations prioritizing
relationship building and creating
smooth transitions from onboarding to a
regular working cadence number four
involves prioritizing wellness wellness
isn't just a subsidised gym membership
it should also involve mental wellness
often overlooked wellness is a powerful
factor in employee engagement our basic
needs rests nutrition stability
psychological safety needs to be met
before we can even think about higher
level needs like being engaged at work
think about your team members do they
seem healthy and balanced are they
stressed about things you have control
over like their commute time or
processes your next step might be to
address these factors 5 is alliterative
focus on feedback I cannot stress this
enough you cannot have engagement
without feedback it can be hard to
accept but respecting your employees
enough to listen to their constructive
criticism and acting on that feedback
will make a huge difference to your
company culture if you're thinking but X
isn't something I can change then it's
important to share why that is with your
employees because it shows that you're
listening to them even if you can't do
anything to address their specific
feedback on the flipside you should also
be giving feedback in one on
one meetings this is your chance to
reinforce behaviors that embody your
company values number six is a biggie
when was the last time you were
recognized at work not like oh hey there
that probably happens pretty often we're
talking about the open acknowledgement
and expressed appreciation for what you
contribute to the workplace the absolute
most powerful factor that influences
employee engagement is recognition for
someone's work highly engaged
organizations are far more likely to
recognize employees for a job well done
increase employee recognition and you're
likely to increase employee engagement
as well
lucky number seven is all about
innovation when you work to create a
culture that celebrates experimentation
accepts failure and is continuously
iterating you engage employees by
encouraging them to think bigger and
better if you're nervous to give your
employees opportunities to build their
skills in fear that they'll take those
new skills elsewhere don't be employees
are actually more likely to leave if
they feel stifled and stagnant as it
turns out when employees are focused on
positive growth opportunities at their
current role they're more likely to stay
engaged and less likely to look for new
jobs default of transparency is number
nine on our list and it's one that
workplaces often overlook if you're
keeping information hush-hush to spare
the drama your plan will probably
backfire you can't build trust with
secrets and poor communication a
transparent work environment fosters
Trust which leads to a sense of
belonging and stability
it also gives employees the necessary
context to understand how their own role
connects with the wider team and
stakeholders our last one really ties to
the core of employee engagement and it
involves their sense of purpose while
you can't give an employee a sense of
purpose you can help them discover it
for themselves show employees the
positive affects their work has on their
colleagues the company and the world
around them to help encourage a sense of
purpose improving employee engagement at
your company isn't all
is an easy task but the benefits are
more than worth it with this advice in
mind think about engagement at your own
organization when you challenge the
status quo you can improve employee
engagement for your team learn more
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