MN7181-The best strategies for employee engagement-Blog 07

Leaders often say that the greatest asset in their organization is the people, but in reality they are the only employees who do their job well (Glocal thinking,2019).

(Figure 1: Employee engagement)

Strategies we need to improve employee engagement.

• Think “Bottom Up”, not “Top Down”

You're not building a home that starts and works on the roof, is it? The same is true for businesses.

Have a group meeting - not necessarily formal, maybe including lunch. Be aware of common problems and ask your team to improve the problem.

The more you ask the group for its comments, the stronger, more confident and respectful they will be, the more they will worry.

•         Show them you listen

If a clear problem has been identified, then action must be taken. More importantly, it needs to be addressed in a spectacular way, especially if you have discussed it with them. In addition to being listed in one's opinion, helping to change is another way to increase engagement. Use your internal note boards to show what you have done in response to what your employees have said.

•          Share good practice and ideas between teams

There is nothing better than seeing your ideas and praising the process, so make sure your staff has the right staff to share and showcase their best work. Learning with friends, during meetings, or through your talent development platform is a great way to improve and build or future employee relationships.

•          Have an employee voice

The one-year satisfaction survey is not enough to just estimate how well your company is doing. You need to optimize channels for each employee to get in trouble and provide feedback. So think about using your forum where your team can face problems and get feedback from their members and managers.

•          Understand individual learning styles and preferences

If you understand how your employees are learning, for example, you will find a lot about whether they prefer to work in a team or not, for example, how they work and work on projects.

•          Employ effective group learning strategies

Traditional workplace training is part of the work life and is a great way to help everyone engage in new ideas and techniques. However, there is the risk that they can become somewhat stale, manager-lead exercises. Here’s where the instructor should put aside their managerial hat, and act instead as a facilitator for action, rather than directing it. Let the whole team be involved. Challenge employees to step out of their comfort zone, for example, with a quiet employee who acts as a subgroup leader.

Working with employers in a variety of activities, over an extended period, in a manner that builds trust through participation in projects of mutual interests and leads to mutually successful outcomes (Wilson, 2019)

(Video 1: Employee Engagement - Who's Sinking Your Boat?)

Reference

• Glocalthinking. 2019. Career planning. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.glocalthinking.com/en/engagement-management. [Accessed 25 September 2019].

• Wilson, R., 2019. Jobs for the future. 5 Levels Of Employer Engagement, 1, 01.

• Figure 1: infodiagram, (2018) Presenting HR and Employee Engagement topics, [Online] Available at : https://blog.infodiagram.com/2018/10/employee-engagement-factors.html [Accessed 25 September 2019]. 
• Video 1: Employee Engagement - Who's Sinking Your Boat?. [Online] Available at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4nwoZ02AJM [Accessed 25 September 2019].