Thursday, December 16, 2021

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT



Employee engagement is a now management hot topic and which has quickly absorbed into the HR agenda (Soldati, 2007). Level of employee engagement within a Company promote retention of talent, faster customer loyalty and improve Organization performance which help to increase the profit.

Economic growth and expansion have been emerging many investments opportunities and finding people for the Organization and maintaining the competitiveness from other Organizations is a key factor.

Source: Quantum work place, Best places to work Data 

These levels of engagement were unexpected as COVID-19 disrupted the lives of employees and the way many businesses operate. However, many organizational leaders adapted to this disruption in order to support employees’ needs.

Facts  Impacting for Negative Employee Engagement

1.       Leaders Lack Transparency and Communication About Organizational Changes
2.       Trust in Leadership Declines After the Height of the Pandemic
3.       Work-Life Balance Has Been Disrupted due to new normal
4.       Organizations Lack Employee Health and Wellbeing Support.
5.       Employee Recognition is Trending Downward
6.       Career Growth Opportunities Have Become Less Clear

HR Focus areas to improve the Employee engagement

  • Employer Brand
  • Learning and Development
  • flexibility and Mental Wellbeing
  • Employee Feedback

The lasting effects of the pandemic have created a changeable work environment, unparalleled to recent times. The unique chain of events that workplaces experienced over the past 18 months prompted an understanding behind the importance of employee engagement to sustain skilled employees as well as maintain the organizational performance. 

High level of employee engagement in an Organization will help to organization to maintain increase brand value, increase profit, revenue growth, and desired stakeholder satisfaction. 

References 

Work Institute. 2019. DEFINING VOICE OF THE EMPLOYEE & WHY IT’S IMPORTANT. [ONLINE] Available at: https://workinstitute.com/defining-of-voice-of-the-employee-why-it-is-important/. [Accessed 14 December 2021].

Quantum Work Place. 2021. EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT TRENDS. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.quantumworkplace.com/future-of-work/employee-engagement-trends. [Accessed 15 December 2021].

Effectory. 2021. The 2021 Global Employee Engagement. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.effectory.com/knowledge/the-2021-global-employee-engagement-index/. [Accessed 15 December 2021]

Emerchemie nb, 2008. Emerchmie nb. [Online] http://www.slcpi.org/members/245-emerchemie-nb-ceylon-ltd.html [Accessed 15 December 2021]

9 comments:

  1. A very informative article on employee angagement. As leaders it is important to promote higher level of engagement in the tasks to assure performance and my belief is that laissezfaire leaders facilitate the employee engagement the most. Thanks for sharing Manoj

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  2. Employee engagement allows you to assess and manage your employees' perspectives on crucial elements of your workplace culture. High levels of employee engagement are inextricably linked with high levels of customer engagement, good performance appraisals, and a safe working environment (Shaw, 2005).

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  3. Employee engagement helps employee feel valued and important in an organisation. This then helps increase the level of their satisfaction as well as motivation. Therefore, it is essential that an organisation works towards initiating programmes where employees get the opportunity to engage in decision making, in order to retain skilled and experienced staff within an organisation. A very insightful article.

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  4. Getting the employee engaged is the skill of the leadership in an organization. Engaged employee will work for it more tha expected and overall performance can be improvised.

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  5. Employee engagement helps employees learn about employee safety, health, happy employees, employee satisfaction and employee loyalty in an organization. Good article.

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  6. Employee engagement, helps to get to know the structure of the organization ,good article.

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  7. Employee involvement is one of the most essential factors in determining job happiness. Employee engagement is a key corporate goal now more than ever since engaged employees contribute to long-term employee retention, greater levels of productivity, and enhanced work quality.

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  8. Very good article. In my view if we have correct Employee engagement, productivity definitely will be very high.

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  9. According to (custominsight, 2021) If the performance index of any organization is high, a staff of new skills and high efficiency will appear.
    Employee engagement is highly appreciated in each an every organization to work accordingly as one team towards a common goal.

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