Engaging the Workforce

       
Employee engagement means people are committed to there work and to the organization (Armstrong , 2017)


What drives engagement 

From: The Simply Irresistible Organization (Bersin, Daichendt, & Kaplan, 2016,p.6)

Levels of engagement
Engaged employees – work with a passion, has an emotional attachment with there work and to company. Drive innovation in the organization and help to move the organization forward (Krueger & Killham, 2006).
Disengaged employees- Work but not engaged to their work. Put in time but do not work with passion or with energy (Krueger & Killham, 2006).
Actively disengaged– Unhappy at work and shows the disappointment, they can discourage colleagues and undermine the work (Krueger & Killham, 2006).   

Recent developments and findings in employee engagement.
Survey in USA reveal 34% of the work force are engaged while 16.5% is actively disengaged and remaining 53% is belonging to not engaged category (Harter, 2018). In first 6 months of 2018 actively, disengaged workers percentage has gone down to 13% and number is decreasing for past 10 years (Harter, 2018).

From: U.S Employee Engagement Trend, August 2018 (Harter, 2018)



From: Creativity on the job, September 2006 (Krueger & Killham, 2006)

Higher levels of employee engagement increase the likelihood of individual employee generate new ideas as well as in a team situation idea generation can be improved (Krueger & Killham, 2006). Also, shown a positive correlation with customer engagement and employee engagement (Krueger & Killham, 2006).

From: Sharing ideas with Customers, September 2006 (Krueger & Killham, 2006)

Leadership- plays a significant role in employee engagement (Mizne, 2019). There is a common saying “People do not quit their jobs, they quit their bosses”. Inspirational leaders create more stronger and engaged teams.
Feedback– necessity in modern workplace, workers who do not receive any feedback or little feedback were actively disengaged (Mizne, 2019).
Work life balance- More evident in best performing companies they embrace flexibility (Mizne, 2019).
Technology- New software and applications helps managers to collect more data and use them to identify the challenges they face and identify the opportunities (Mizne, 2019).

References

Armstrong , M. (2017). Amstrong's handbook of human resource managment practice . London: Kogan page .
Bersin, J., Daichendt, A., & Kaplan, M. (2016). Engaging the workforce. Retrieved from Deloitte: https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/Documents/human-capital/us-cons-engaging-the-workforce.pdf
Harter, J. (2018, August 26). Employee Engagement on the Rise in the U.S. Retrieved from Gallup: https://news.gallup.com/poll/241649/employee-engagement-rise.aspx
Krueger , J., & Killham, E. (2006, September 14). Who's Driving Innovation at Your Company? Retrieved from Gallup: https://news.gallup.com/businessjournal/24472/whos-driving-innovation-your-company.aspx
Mizne, D. (2019). 7 Intriguing Employee Engagement Trends For 2019. Retrieved from 15 Live: https://www.15five.com/blog/7-employee-engagement-trends-2019/



Comments

  1. Malaka GunawardanaJune 11, 2019 at 9:30 AM

    Employee engagement can present itself in a variety of policies and practices within an organization and it reflecting the company culture..too

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  2. ajaykrJanuary 12, 2022 at 1:35 AM

    Wonderful blog! Employee engagement activities at the workplace can lead employees to be stress-free and energetic. The simple approach to engaging employees in fun activities and games. An employee engagement company in India, help various corporate and organizations to organize team-building, employee engagement and reward & recognition events.

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