Employee Engagement - Bringing Your "A" Game to Work

Employee Engagement: The Productivity and Profitability Solution

Employee engagement simply means employees consistently bring their "A game" to work. They care about the organization, feel connected to the mission, have pride in talking about the organization. Engaged employees stay loyal to the company. There's much less "talent flight risk" in an organization that fosters a culture of employee engagement.

Companies which cultivate engagement in their employees enjoy higher employee morale, less absenteeism, greater innovation, productivity and naturally, greater profitability.

How to do companies foster employee engagement?

Getting employees engaged at work happens deliberately. According to Profiles International - Imagine Great People Study, only 17% of the workforce is "Accomplished Contributors."

Important point here: employee engagement happens at the level of leadership. From immediate supervisor upwards, employees are looking to those who lead them for qualities they admire and respect.

Clearly, companies have room for staggering growth and increased profits when they provide their leaders with the right kind of training to engage their employees' hearts, minds, and energy.

For employees to be fully engaged then, most managers could use high quality training in leadership and interpersonal skills. In short, the better the manager's vision, ability to articulate that vision and get employees on board, the greater employee engagement and the company's profitability.

People in leadership positions need to have a high quality of people skills training to be able to bring the vision of the company to the people they manage, to communicate this vision clearly and confidently and to be able to involve each individual's unique talents in accomplishing the company's mission.

Three things companies can do immediately to improve employee engagement and start reaping the rewards that come with full engagement:

Take ownership at the line management level on up. This isn't a task to pass off to HR. Immediate managers are the greatest influence in employees' attitudes. Remember, "people don't quit jobs, they quit bosses." Train your managers from supervisors to C suite execs for credibility, consistency, and a clearly cohesive corporate culture.
Give managers the people skills training they likely lack so they can communicate effectively and help build collaborative teams even from diverse cultural backgrounds, generational differences, communication styles and personality differences.
Provide extra people skills coaching for your "high potentials" to encourage personal and professional development while fostering employee loyalty of top talent and ensuring smooth succession planning.

About this Author

Hi, I'm Crystal Jonas,

In traveling to over 120 cities in the country each year, I often find that just one little tweak in what someone says or does can make all the difference. "The People Skills Lady" provides companies the people skills training and communication coaching they need to fully engage employees for maximum profitability.Come visit my website at http://qualitycareertraining.com Sign up for my free newsletters while you're there.

Call me at 719- 291-0366 and ask about speaking or coaching for you or for your company.

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