Improving employee engagement in the workplace can be a difficult task. Many businesses fail because they are too focused on their commercial goals when embarking on this journey. Ultimately, better engagement from your workforce can help to support your success as an enterprise, but to truly get people on board, you need to genuinely care about people and the roles they perform in your organisation.
If you have a strong team behind you who are happy and motivated, you can overcome any challenge that might face you. So, start with developing real relationships with your employees and finding out what motivates them. If you start from this position, you’ll find that improving engagement is much easier.
Allow flexibility
Being too rigid is a fatal management approach. It is obvious today, after numerous tests and surveys, that increased flexibility for employees results in greater motivation and commitment to work. If you give people the freedom to adjust their work schedules, they will be happier and much more likely to dedicate themselves to their work projects.
As long as the work gets done to a high standard, allow your team to spend their time as they wish, whether this means taking a short break to get a coffee, going for a stroll to clear their heads or visiting the gym. The end result is they will be more productive and engaged when it comes to actually working.
Offer team building opportunities We’re not saying you should force charitable activities on your team or create lame ‘team building sessions’ that only make people more awkward and uncomfortable in the work setting, instead, you should let your team develop relationships naturally. Simply arranging a Friday night post-work drink or maybe an open invite team lunch can get people mingling with each other – improving their sense of community and ultimately their overall engagement levels.
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