As a leader, one of your most important tasks is to ensure that your people are engaged in what they do. After all, you don’t want them to slack and not deliver results. Here are five ways to ensure they stay engaged.
1. Develop a personal relationship with your employees
Employee engagement is a hot topic in the business world. Some say that you should hire for attitude and train for skill, others say it’s the other way round.
One thing’s for sure, if you want your employees to be engaged and enthusiastic, then they need to have a positive relationship with their employer.…
While remote working used to be offered as a more flexible way for employees to work, it is now becoming the norm. Since the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the COVID-19 global pandemic, many organizations have been forced to revolutionize their workplaces.
With remote work being more commonplace, managers must make it a priority to keep their employees engaged. Workers should be treated the same as they do in an office, however, this poses various issues, especially when you cannot physically see or speak to employees in person.…
According to recent studies mentioned by HR Technologist, a mere 15% of employees across the world are effectively engaged. In other words, a huge 85% of employees are inclined to do just the bare minimum with their work, even if they might be generally satisfied with it.
It’s a worrying statistic for businesses – not least because, if they turned the tide on employee engagement, they could slash employee turnover by 65%. As losing good staff can lead the costs of recruiting and training replacements to add up, you have a strong incentive to follow these tips.…
Rewarding employees for doing a good job is pretty much standard procedure for almost any company. Whether it’s for incentivizing consistency in performance or being able to go above and beyond, providing the right incentives can go a long way in keeping employees happy and loyal to the company. Organizations can choose to offer cash incentives or non-cash incentives, but which option would work best for you and your staff?
Contrary to popular belief, throwing cash at something (or in this case, at someone) doesn’t always work.…
