Employee engagement

1.    Employee engagement

Employee engagement is a workplace approach resulting in the right conditions for optimizing of all members productivity of an organization, Motivate the people to contribute organizational success, goals and values with an enhanced sense of their own well-being.

Employee engagement is about having a clear understanding of how an organization is fulfilling its purpose and objectives, changing to fulfil those objectives better.

Employee engagement is about being fully member of the team and close to members, it will support to get their focus on clear goals, always will have to have mutual trust between and empowerment also utmost important, then receiving regular and constructive feedback on positive/negative/opportunity/new ideas. helps to developing new skills and job appreciation and stay with them when mistake or non-preforming.

Engaged organizations have strong and conclusive values, Mutual trust, respect, accountability, team work, commitment,

Employee engagement cannot be achieved by a mechanistic approach which tries to extract discretionary effort by manipulating employees’ commitment and emotions. Employees see through such attempts very quickly and can become cynical and disillusioned. This should be with the understanding and the respect to the members. This is really connected with the HR and employee relations of the organization as well.

2.     The affects Employee Engagement

A review of the research  by Ruyle, Eichinger & De Meuse (2009) identified the following main factors affecting Employee Engagement.

·         Strategic Alignment – employees work is in line with where the business is going and how it is going to get there, they should have a clear vision on organization.

·         Trust in Senior Leadership – Employees believe in, trust and follow senior leaders

·         Peer Culture – effective peer relationships leads to highly engaged, productive employees and drives organization performance

·         Immediate Manager Working Relationship – the quality of the management team directly impacts the performance and retention of employees

·         Personal Influence – employees feel that they can strive to seek better ways of doing things, to innovate new ideas and that their efforts (be they successful or not) will be recognized

·         Nature of the Job – providing employees with jobs that are designed to challenge them; that are a good fit with employee’s skills, qualifications, experience

·         Development Opportunities – providing employees not only with formal learning programmes but also with the opportunity to practice their newly acquired skills and knowledge on the job under the watchful eye and also the opportunity to learn from others outside formal learning programmes.

3.     Benefits of the employee engagement

1.      Better engagement means better productivity

When employees are engaged at work, they feel a connection with the company. They believe that the work they’re doing is important to company and they work harder to meet organization objectives.

2.      Retain best talent and people

Engaged employees are involved and invested in their roles to the organization. They are very close and loves to the organization. therefore, less likely to leave the job. Sometimes best people aren’t engaged and they may leave the job as they have no such a bond . Engage is absolutely essential to keeping best people them at the organization doing their best work.

3.      Engaged employees are positive

Workers who feel disconnected and disengaged are more likely to have negative things to say about your company. If a disengaged employee leaves or is fired, they are able to vent their frustrations on any number of social forums and sites.

4.      Engaged employees are more philanthropically minded

Employees who are engaged at work want to know that the company they work for cares about the community. If the company encourages volunteerism or provides matching gift or volunteer grant programs, engaged employees are more likely to take advantage of these opportunities to donate their time and money toward worthy causes

5.      Engaged employees are better communicators

Employees who care about their jobs are more effective communicators with their coworkers, leaders, and customers alike. Disengaged workers may mindlessly go through their day without remembering any of the conversations that they had 

6.      Employee engagement increases customer satisfaction

People who are passionate about their work are often the best people to interact with your customers. Why? Because that passion is infectious and customers will take notice.

7.      Engagement is a symptom of success

Engaged employees are engaged not because they’re productive or easy to work with, but because they feel their work matters. They feel valued. And when their successes are recognized, people will feel like they’ve succeeded in making a meaningful impact at work.

4.     simple employee engagement TIPS

Be transparent

Provide role clarity

Recognize and reward

Encourage autonomy

Build the right space

Be timely

Empower and educate managers

Use a communication tool

Celebrate

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