{"id":3897,"date":"2020-12-07T06:11:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T06:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inpulse.com\/?p=3897"},"modified":"2020-12-07T06:11:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T06:11:26","slug":"5-employee-engagement-lessons-we-learned-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thirteencreative.co.uk\/inpulse21\/5-employee-engagement-lessons-we-learned-this-year","title":{"rendered":"5 Employee Engagement Lessons we Learned this Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though we\u2019ve helped companies measure and drive employee engagement for more than 20 years, with a year as crazy as this one we were bound to learn even more than we ever thought.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We learned a lot during the global recession in 2008 &#8211; all around the world, across industries, employee engagement plummeted after the crisis even though it seemed relatively stable <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">during<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the crisis. We saw a significant spike in employee turnover too, and of course, workplace culture took a knock.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covid-19 has obviously been very different. With teams being physically separated, managers having to lead from afar, technology being totally relied upon for communication between teams and management and and and! All these structural changes and ways of working was\/is unlike anything we\u2019ve seen before, so it\u2019s certainly been interesting to see how employee engagement has been managed and affected. We are slowly moving towards the recovery phase, and we\u2019re now in a better position to tell if these effects are long-lasting or not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managers slightly adjusted their approach to employee engagement this year; it was less about the fun stuff like workplace culture, motivational incentives, training and development, and much more attuned to the emotional needs of employees &#8211; nurturing wellbeing, supporting employee mental health, providing job security, communicating, and establishing new ways of motivating teams without placing added pressure. This year certainly validated the strong relationship between employee engagement and employee emotion. Engagement is an emotional state, and feelings <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can and do<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> affect an employees\u2019 level of engagement.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h2><b>Communication is the key to employee engagement<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether during a crisis or not, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insights.com\/resources\/the-role-of-communication-in-creating-engagement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">communication is absolutely the key to driving employee engagement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This year has certainly confirmed it. With teams dispersed across different locations, managers inherently knew that without proper communication they\u2019d have huge problems engaging their people, and team performance would drop. They didn\u2019t think about all the \u2018fluff\u2019, albeit important too, it was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">communication<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they were most concerned about. It shouldn\u2019t be any different in-office. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To improve employee engagement, communication channels need to be established between leaders, employees, HR and senior management. You may be thinking, well I hold many team meetings, I\u2019m always available to chat; I\u2019ve established communication channels but employee engagement still seems to be a problem (absenteeism is high, productivity is low, staff turnover is an issue etc). The secret is providing employees with a variety of communicative channels. Some employees won\u2019t speak up if it means confidentiality could be threatened. Some employees are facing problems they\u2019d prefer to disclose anonymously &#8211; especially if it\u2019s with their leader or senior management. During a time as sensitive as this, when job security is a low and layoffs are high, they\u2019ll be less inclined to communicate openly. An anonymous, highly confidential communication channel is vitally important.<\/span><br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>2. It <\/b><b><i>is<\/i><\/b><b> possible to improve employee engagement remotely<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve learned that many business functions can be successfully carried out remotely. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve been pleasantly surprised at what you can do from afar! <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thirteencreative.co.uk\/inpulse21\/remote-team-employee-engagement-ideas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employee engagement is possible to improve from afar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, too. So long as you can communicate, find out how your people are feeling and coping, and are open to learning and adjusting in order to meet their needs, engagement can be strengthened (even during a crisis).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once again, it comes down to communication. If you have the technology to be able to communicate similarly to how you would in-office, and you have a way of providing your people with an anonymous, confidential way of expressing their feelings, then you can gather the data needed to make rewarding people decisions. Your employee engagement strategy should always be driven by your people &#8211; if you can put your people in the driving seat (from afar) then you absolutely can improve engagement.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>3. Leadership style can affect employee engagement\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve done quite a bit of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thirteencreative.co.uk\/inpulse21\/lockdown-in-winter-expert-warns-working-from-home-creates-new-challenges-for-employers-and-employees\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> throughout this year to really understand employee emotions during change and crisis. (We\u2019d highly recommend you read up on some of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thirteencreative.co.uk\/inpulse21\/inpulse-surveyed-over-11000-employees-in-may-2020-here-are-the-results\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our research findings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We\u2019re also conducting a survey now about remote working and employee benefits &#8211; you can have your say <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thirteencreative.co.uk\/inpulse21\/futureofwork2020\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.) After conducting research and speaking to our clients and even other players in the industry, we found that there are types of leadership styles that are more beneficial than others in times of crisis\/change. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We found that employees long for transparency and empathy from their leaders during these times. It\u2019s especially longed for when they\u2019re experiencing work-related anxieties (e.g fears of job-security and various others) on top of personal stresses (e.g a change in lifestyle and worry for family and friends\u2019 health). Leaders who are transparent about what\u2019s happening in the business and the team, and transparent about struggles and plans (personal and in the workplace), and whom are empathetic about how their people feel and committed to supporting their people in the best way they can, see through change and crisis much more successfully. Leaders who demonstrate these qualities see less damage done to employee engagement and wellbeing and in some cases avoid turnover of staff.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>4. Change doesn\u2019t have to destroy employee engagement\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change is often met with resistance amongst employees because of fear of the unknown. This year was filled with uncertainty and the changes that were occuring in most organisations was not entirely positive (think mass-layoffs and shutdowns). We\u2019ve seen some organisations completely transform in order to remain competitive &#8211; many changes were made to do this &#8211; from restructuring to cutting staff costs and in some cases even moving an entire \u2018offline\u2019 business to online, but interestingly they weren\u2019t always the ones experiencing a change in employee engagement. It tells us that if an organisation approaches change in the right way, then no matter how dramatic the changes are, employee engagement can remain steady. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe communication is so critical during change &#8211; speaking to your people, and having them speak to you. Being open to listening to how they feel and what they need at each stage of the change process is what keeps an organisation unified and strong. Employee engagement is damaged when employees feel their needs aren\u2019t being met and feel trapped in their reality because there\u2019s no way of expressing themselves or flagging concerns. If you\u2019re <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2017\/06\/how-to-communicate-clearly-during-organizational-change\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">communicating with your people throughout the changes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, listening and learning and doing what you can to meet their needs, it\u2019s unlikely you\u2019ll see a drop in employee engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>5. Employee engagement doesn\u2019t plummet due to crisis, but due to poor management during crisis<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employee engagement isn\u2019t \u2018doomed\u2019 because a crisis has arrived. Employees are generally resilient during crisis when they\u2019re confident in their leaders and feel supported and cared for. So crisis is not the issue, the issue of poor engagement during crisis\/change, is poor management. When management don\u2019t communicate with their people, aren\u2019t transparent, empathetic or interested in nurturing their people\u2019s wellbeing engagement is at risk. It\u2019s also when management have little to no recovery plans. This makes employees feel scared and anxious about how the business is going to survive. There should never be a divide between management and people; the organisation should approach and respond to crisis in a united fashion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Have you downloaded our free guide on leading through change?<\/b><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thirteencreative.co.uk\/inpulse21\/free-change-management-guide\/\"><b>Download now<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though we\u2019ve helped companies measure and drive employee engagement for more than 20 years, with a year as crazy as this one we 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