11 ideas to jump start employee engagement
TRANSCRIPT
Employee
Engagement
requires lot of
work to start
but it’s worth
it as the
benefits to an
organisation
can be
considerable
Intelligent people are not
necessarily always those
that have great CV’s.
If your new recruit is enthusiastic and intelligent they
should buy into the company’s ethos quickly and
be able to learn new skills to do almost any job
(within reason) you want them to.
One of the ways to make new recruits
more comfortable is to give them a
buddy or mentor from day one.
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Increasing salaries or employee benefits
may attract the right staff,
reduce churn and associated costs, improve
customer satisfaction and ultimately turnover
People need to be reminded of
why they are doing what
they're doing.
It’s important that you
emphasize, once in a while, what your company
stands for.
Early on in your company’s journey
you should have decided its
mission and values
Make sure you keep plugging
this message.
Some of the best ideas
come from staff.
Encourage
them to
give you
ideas
at meetings
Set up
an
anonymous
ideas
box
Recognise
and reward
staff for
going that
extra mile
If you
become personal with your staff it will reinforce their sense of value
to the organisation and their well being
The showing of respect to
staff, clients and suppliers
should be one of the fundamental blocks
your organisation is built on.
Let your staff
start to make
decisions
Give them
responsibility
and let them take
charge of aspects of
their working lives and
their information.
Know them well
enough so
that you can
challenge and
support them
if they want to
learning and
developing their
existing or
new skills.
Make sure all your employees have
clear, well defined:
When instructing staff make sure they fully understand the
work or tasks you are asking them to complete and
document the instructions and their confirmation.
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Conclusion
...this is all very well in practice but
as a SME manager I haven't got the time to put all of this in place!
Well, I hear you say...
This means
the discussions can be
limited to important
information not just
chatting about stuff like
schedules, booking
holidays and timesheets!
...use a staff management system that allows you
to free up some time, removes some
of the boring, repetitive and mundane tasks.
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Thanks for reading
@ParimSoftware
BY: DAVID DUNCAN