All over the world, organizations have to deal with low employee engagement. A global Gallup study
\nshowed that only 15 percent of full-time employees are completely engaged in work. This means that
\nonly a handful of adults are enthusiastic and energetic about their work and workplace.
\nSo, why is poor employee engagement a problem? Poor engagement levels affect productivity and
\nprofitability – everything can be affected on the margin including sales, marketing, operations – when
\nmotivation \u201cpeters\u201d out before the day is over. The Gallup study mentioned above also discovered that
\nbusinesses with higher employee engagement were 21 percent more profitable than those with lower
\nlevels of engagement.
\nHere are some HR strategies professionals can use to improve employee engagement in the workplace:<\/p>\n
One thing that most bigger organizations compromise on is communication. Working in isolation is huge
\ncontributor to low levels of satisfaction this includes the home office but also can be just as important in
\nan office environment. Communications from management can go a long way to helping to rectify the
\nfeeling of not being connected.
\nWeekly department updates, monthly company updates, recognition are all items that should go into a
\nconcerted communication program.<\/p>\n
You can have an environment with top-notch communication and engagement, but if well-being is low
\nand your employees are not healthy, it will start to affect their work ethics and progress. Soon,
\nemployees will start to feel burnt out.
\nA healthy workplace can be created by focusing on and advocating for mental health. Workers should be
\nallowed a self-care day when they feel mentally tired. Moreover, the workplace should promote healthy
\neating, along with regular exercise. To do this, make sure that the workplace canteen stocks healthy food
\nitems and that there is a gym that workers can hit after work.
\nCreating a healthy work environment also means that employees should ideally have a balanced
\nworkload. For larger companies creating this \u201chealth environment\u201d can be challenging without a
\nsystematic approach that can unify the organization. Solutions like OrgVision\u2019s HealthView would be a
\ngood example of organizational approach to employee health.<\/p>\n
It is normal for superiors to micromanage in times of a workplace emergency. However, it should not
\nbecome a norm as workers start to feel threatened and may become indifferent to pressing deadlines.
\nNegative feedback and correction will eventually lead to their creativity being thumped. Soon,
\nrecruitment will be affected as your workplace becomes known as suffocating.
\nInstead, try to empower your employees and gain their trust so that they can turn to you for guidance
\nversus the other way around. HR managers can help provide educational information on micro
\nmanagement and potential pitfalls to not letting employees deliver based on objectives.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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