EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT & WAYS TO IMPROVE THEM

 EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT & WAYS TO IMPROVE THEM

What is Employee Engagement?

Employee engagement refers to how committed they are to their company, how passionate they feel about their work, and how much effort they put into it. Engaging employees goes beyond games and events. Engaged employees look at the whole company and understand their role within it.  (custominsight.com, n.d.)

How is employee Engagement Measured?

A short survey with just a few questions can be used to measure employee engagement, but such short surveys can only give an indication of whether employees are engaged. Lack of details, they have a hard time explaining why employees are engaged or disengaged. Without sufficient information, Company cannot develop meaningful activities, training programs, strategies, and initiatives to increase engagement.

                                                                       (hifives.in, April 25, 2021)

Components of Employee Engagement

Engagement with the company measures how employees are the entire company and how they feel about management. This factor has to do with trust, fairness, values, ​​and respect, as well as trust in the company's management.

Engagement with the Manager refers to how employees relate to their direct supervisors. It includes feeling valued, treated fairly, receiving feedback & direction & have a strong relationship between employee & manager based on mutual respect.

Ways to Improve the Employee Engagement

• ·         Promote better company transparency through communication.

We need to communicate with employees in a transparent manner without hiding anything by this we can make the employees clear about what they are doing & why they are doing it.

• ·         Encourage open line communication between employees.

We should allow & encourage employees to have a good connection with other employees. If they know each other they will work together to achieve a common goal.

• ·         Give individual attention to employees.

Giving individual attention to employees will help them to feel like they are being respected so, they will be more engaged towards their work & company.

• ·         Provide regular training & Development.

To make an employee engaged we should give proper training in results they will develop their self & give more attention to their work.

• ·         Recognize the employee talents & reward them fairly.

We always should have an eye on an employee's talents & we should encourage them. Moreover, we should reward them for the works they have done.

• ·         Communicate deliberately and regularly.

Communication is the best way to make the employees engage in their work. So, we should communicate with them deliberately & regularly.

References

custominsight.com, n.d. custominsight. [Online]
Available at: https://www.custominsight.com/employee-engagement-survey/what-is-employee-engagement.asp
[Accessed 18 December 2021].

hifives.in, April 25, 2021. Employee Rewards, Recognition & Engagement Platform. [Online]
Available at: https://www.hifives.in/how-to-measure-employee-engagement-in-the-right-way/
[Accessed 18 December 2021].