Increasing Employee Engagement
Last month, I delivered a conference keynote. My talk was on engagement. For the 400+ attendees, I started by sharing what engagement means and finished with the eight areas of engagement and shared specific, actionable ideas to increase engagement.
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Employee engagement results in a few major things… employees who advocate and promote your organization, who do more than the job requires, and who stay.
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When you see the “Best” or “Great” places to work lists in magazines or newspapers, they are based on engagement. Engagement surveys are measured by:
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For an engaging job, this is what employees look for:
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For a manager that drives high engagement, they don’t focus on weakness:
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Engagement results in more productivity, profit, safety and less absenteeism:
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Engagement is not gimmicks or expensive:
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