5 Essential Elements for Employee Engagement

Employee engagement is essential to a company’s success. When a company receives an employee satisfaction survey report, there are often several things that become important for success with employee engagement. These essential elements become the backbone of an engagement program in many successful companies like Google, Microsoft and others: Communication between staff and management is key.

Did you know that at least 37% of employees never have discussions with management on anything? This is a problem that can easily be solved. Companies that have advancement options have better engagement. Listing what is needed for advancement helps to brew motivation. Career development plans tend to help engage their employees. Plus, employees who are engaged are likely to be 2.5 times more productive than those who are not. Recognition from management plays a major part of engagement. Just a few simple, kind words can boost engagement by 60%. It also motivates employees to do their best. This in turn increases productivity for employees. Employees need to get along with both their managers and each other. Most employees greatly value teamwork, knowledge and positive attitudes.

If they get all of the above from everyone around them, they will most likely be engaged. Set goals for everyone to collaborate on. This plays big into teamwork and recognition. Set reachable goals for the employees in your organization, and then recognize when the goals are met or exceeded.

For more tips and information on how to keep employees engaged, contact us at Insightlink Communications.