EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: WHY EMPLOYEES CARE
An interesting article I recently saw on the Internet about employee engagement indicated that “300 is NOT a training film.”
If you haven’t seen the movie, it’s about 300 Spartans who follow their leader into a desperate situation. Why? According to the article it’s because they were trained from childhood to behave that way.
However, employees today haven’t been trained from childhood and therefore aren’t likely to follow just any old leader. That’s why employee engagement is important.
Employee engagement all comes down to building a line of sight so that employees can see the link between what they do and how it positively impacts the organization.
The idea behind employee engagement is to promote a culture that not only involves employees but provides workplace policies and practices that help attract and retain top talent with skills and abilities to advance the organization’s economic growth.
Consider your organization’s approach. Is it top-down, where ideas, policies, procedures, and strategies are developed by the few and imposed on the many or team-focused, where consideration is given to all who can contribute regardless of their position?
Obviously one method will work better at enhancing employee engagement. But creating a sense of ownership is not a new concept.
Not to beat a dead horse, but I refer back to my previous blog about company culture and the lessons from Jack Stack. He said, “The more people understand what’s really going on in their company, the more eager they are to help solve its problems.”
He wasn’t just speaking about the management or executive team when he said this, he meant everyone from the president on down to the janitor. You want people to care, engage them. You want them to be productive, engage them. You want your organization to be financially successful, employee engagement is vital.
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