{"id":7443,"date":"2024-04-03T10:45:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T09:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inpulse.com\/?p=7443"},"modified":"2024-04-03T10:45:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T09:45:50","slug":"want-to-engage-your-people-better-focus-on-the-local-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thirteencreative.co.uk\/inpulse21\/want-to-engage-your-people-better-focus-on-the-local-environment","title":{"rendered":"Want to engage your people better? Focus on the local environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Historically, organisations have placed a strong emphasis on their company strategy, purpose, vision and values to better engage their people. This often went hand-in-hand with visionary leadership \u2013 painting a picture of the future that inspires and motivates people whilst providing a clear plan of how to get there.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, what has become more and more evident over recent years is that engagement is predominantly driven at a local level, largely formed by the relationship people have with their colleagues and line manager. Results from Inpulse surveys since the start of 2024 show that the dominant reasons behind why people feel positive about working at their organisation were related to their local working environment; enjoyment of their role\/work, good relationship with their colleagues, and feeling supported and valued by their line manager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I get it, we\u2019re all super busy and it is much easier to create a vision statement and\/or set of values than it is to truly embed them to become a reality across the business (our experience is this takes years). However, the cost of attracting and retaining employees is too high to ignore this \u2013 if you want to truly engage your people then it is essential that you focus your efforts on the local environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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