Employee engagement has a significant impact on the success of your business. An engaged employee has more heart for the business and therefore puts more effort into it. It inspires them to work harder and contribute more to the success of the company. Moreover, employee engagement gives a huge boost to a team's creativity. They think with you and are more enthusiastic about new ideas. Yet in practice, many employers fail to get the most out of their staff. Increasing engagement is therefore necessary.
Below we'll tell you more about how to increase employee engagement. For example, we'll show you the pluses of more engaged employees and why employees can't feel engaged with a company. After that, we'll give you some helpful tips on how to increase employee engagement.
Increasing the benefits of engagement
The higher employee engagement is, the more your company will benefit. Engaged employees are more productive and add value. Someone who does not feel good about themselves is more likely to experience absenteeism or burnout. Engaged employees are less likely to be sick. They are in their place at your company and therefore do not want to leave. They also do their best and see the company's mission as their own. They contribute to this in many ways.
Why does an employee not feel engaged?
Unfortunately, employee engagement within some companies is low. This can have several explanations, both at the individual and organizational levels. First, someone may not fit in with the company. This employee expected something different from the position, or does not fit this workplace. Or there are few opportunities for advancement. Overworked employees also don't feel engaged. Finally, there may be no click between supervisor and employee. This may be because certain promises were not kept.
One solution as a manager: have a conversation with your employees and take responsibility for their feelings within your company. After all, if you communicate clearly with your employees about how they feel, whether there are opportunities for advancement and how satisfied you are with the work they are doing, you will surely find that engagement increases.
In what ways do you increase employee engagement?
There are several steps you can take to increase staff engagement. For example, a cohesive and strong team is important. You can achieve this by encouraging teamwork. The team can also help show the individual what he or she contributes. New employees should be well included in this. This creates a more energetic environment full of fun. And that is stimulating!
We would also strongly advise you to keep your promises as an employer, especially when it comes to the framework conditions and expectations of the company that you have created. Always be there for your employees, in good times and bad. Try to maintain the balance between work & fun and work & home. But be sure that your employees can celebrate their successes or have space to talk to each other.
Finally, make an employee feel more committed to your company's mission. This may seem complicated, but it really isn't! Trust me. We regularly talk to employees and ask them why they chose to join the company. Once you know this, you will also be able to engage them in the mission of your company. Just goes to show: two-way communication is very important. Treams' performance management tool can help you with this. Feel free to look around our site and discover what we can do for you.