{"id":3076,"date":"2020-04-20T11:37:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T11:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inpulse.com\/?p=3076"},"modified":"2020-04-20T11:37:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T11:37:57","slug":"powerful-ways-to-improve-employee-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thirteencreative.co.uk\/inpulse21\/powerful-ways-to-improve-employee-engagement","title":{"rendered":"Powerful Ways to Improve Employee Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, organisations have become more people-centric; they\u2019re more concerned about things like workplace experience, job satisfaction and the way their employees feel about their jobs than they were before. That\u2019s because these factors play a vital role in attracting and retaining talent, improving productivity and boosting profit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But an organisation cannot establish an inspiring workplace experience and improve job satisfaction without employee engagement; it is the key ingredient to unlocking potential within an organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is employee engagement important?<\/b><\/h3>\n

Employee engagement ensures that both management and the workforce are aligned with one another. Instead of two separate entities working separately for the achievement of a shared goal, employee engagement ensures the organisation operates as one body. Every person\u2019s feedback is important and is taken into consideration when decisions are made, which helps to create a culture of open communication and transparency; teamwork and cohesion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the past, management would, for example, analyse individual employee performance and would provide criticism and feedback based on their findings. In the \u2018age\u2019 of employee centricity and engagement, data is fed upwards from the workforce to management. Data is gathered by conducting employee engagement surveys, or pulse surveys, and is used in critical, high-level decision-making. Essentially, employee engagement is a practice whereby the workforce drives key workplace decisions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s most important about employee engagement is, of course, its benefits to the organisation. According to a <\/span>2012 study<\/span><\/a>, employees who feel valued, heard, acknowledged and who feel part of a team (or \u2018family\u2019) working towards a common goal, are more motivated to perform, are more productive, and more loyal to the organisation. These three factors are undoubtedly drivers for success and guarantee a rise in profit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How to boost employee engagement<\/b><\/h2>\n

Employee engagement surveys<\/b><\/h3>\n

Employee engagement surveys are crucial to boosting employee engagement within your organisation and crucial in the decision-making process. These surveys, which provide a broad overview of the needs, concerns and experiences of the workforce, will help you to penetrate the core of your business, and find the answers to labour-related questions that would otherwise go unanswered. They will help you to <\/span>find out how employees feel<\/span><\/a>, including what motivates\/drives them, how they feel about their role, how they aim to improve or refine their skills, their career trajectory within the organisation and more. Without this data, management would make decisions based on their own discretions, rather than on the needs of their most important resource – their people.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pulse surveys<\/b><\/h3>\n

Pulse surveys are different to employee engagement surveys. While they can help to extract the same sort of data, they are conducted much more regularly (sometimes once a week) – hence the reason they\u2019re called \u2018pulse\u2019 surveys. They\u2019re often much shorter than employee engagement surveys, consisting of fewer than 10 questions. And unlike employee engagement surveys, which provide a broad overview of workforce matters, <\/span>pulse surveys are focussed<\/span><\/a> on a specific area of concern (usually an area which management are working to perfect).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlock the potential of your workforce\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

Your people are one of your most important assets and if you know how to unlock their potential, you organisation will thrive. Boosting employee engagement is the responsibility of management and an ongoing practise that soon moulds your workplace culture. The way to unlock potential within your workforce and essentially boost employee engagement is by:<\/span><\/p>\n