Quick tips for engaging your workforce
Engaging your workforce isn’t easy. Every generation is engaged differently. So, one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to increasing engaging with your workforce doesn’t work. You need to think outside the box and ensure your approach is tailored.
Statistics show (and it make sense), if you have an engaged workforce they are more productive, more gets done and the financial results of the organisation are improved. So all in all it’s a great result. Every company should want this outcome but how do they get it and what do companies do wrong?
Most companies do their annual employee engagement survey and measure what they need to improve. They then come up with a number of initiatives to drive improvement – they focus on them for about 2-3 months and then they fall off.
These activities are normally determined by management on what they think will fix the engagement. Without engagement from the right level of people these activities don’t do the trick.
What I have seen work really well is to have a People Committee – this committee is made up of representatives from each team and they are responsible for regular / informal pulse checks and work on key initiatives that can put in place to increase engagement. This works really well and I have done this in 4 separate companies.
The team determine what they want to do and all you need to do as leader is give them the support to put the initiatives in place. They will come up with initiatives you will never have thought of, they will drive them and execute them and feel part of the improvement that is being put in place/made.
This will drive engagement.
Have fire side chats with the team to talk through what drives them, what needs to change and where they need support. When you start a new role or on an annual basis make sure you speak to every single person in your team and really understand how people feel and how you can make a difference.
Engagement is more important than ever. What are you tips to engage with your employees? Please feel free to share in the comments or join the conversation on LinkedIn.
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Article by Jo Hands, Co-Founder Whiteark
