How loyal, passionate, excited are the people who work for your organisation?
Are people coming to work and at best doing the bare minimum, content to be cruise at their own pace and within their comfort zone, at worst missing targets, taking sick days, refusing to embrace change? Do you have poor staff retention?
Employee engagement is about creating the right conditions for people to give their best each day and to thrive. In an organisation that gets this right you will see people committed to their organisation’s goals and values, motivated to contribute to organisational success. There will be an enhanced sense of pride in peoples work, and those who feel valued and rewarded for their effort will give their all. High engagement is associated with low turnover, low absence rates and high customer satisfaction.
It is not hard to see why good employee engagement is important. You reduce staff turnover and costs of absenteeism, increase customer satisfaction, and vastly improve your company’s overall chance of success. And creating great places to work must be a good thing for everyone!
So how do you do it?
We will be honest with you here…. there is no simple, quick, out of the box solution. You can’t force it and it is not something you do to employees to ‘fix’ them.
Back in 1990, Professor William Kahn found that for an employee to feel engaged, they had to:
- Feel that their work was meaningful and made a difference
- Feel valued, trusted and respected
- Feel secure and self-confident
The great news is though that any organisation can improve engagement.
At River Training and HR we have years of experience in helping organisation engage their people more effectively. We can tailor programmes according to your business needs and environment, working with your valuable employees as well as your leaders to create great workplaces that succeed.
To find out more about how we can help you and your people thrive:
