A productive workforce is an engaged workforce. Here are 3 tips for your organization to create more powerful employee engagement:
  1. Clarify what is expected of your employees. Your team members need to know what is expected of them by the company. Usually they get a job description when they start, but that's not enough for them to clearly understand what they need to do. Clear expectations set standards meaning there will be no misunderstandings and that everyone is striving towards the same goal. If only verbal instructions are provided, then putting things in writing will be a valuable step towards avoid confusion.
  2. Provide internal career opportunities. Nobody wants to feel trapped in a dead end job. If you consider current team members before ever leaving the organization for promotion, your team will be more willing to stay because if they do, they can see room for improvement and promotion. Provide the opportunity for people to learn and grow in their own positions. Make your desire obvious, as much as possible, to promote internally. This also reduces the number of people seeking new jobs elsewhere without your knowledge.
  3. Provide your employees with frequent reviews. Frequent feedback on your employee's performance is crucial. Whether they're great at work or new to the company, people need to know where they stand. Are they doing their job in its entirety? Are they doing more than they need to? If they're arriving late and leaving early, you need to address this. If you find that they're doing other's work because some of your employees are lazy, you'll also need to address this issue.
Employees need to know how they're doing, and if their performance is reviewed regularly, they will be more involved. This makes them work harder to make sure they reach what's expected of them.
 
You've just read through 3 techniques that drive employee engagement. Maybe you're already implementing the 3 techniques, but you will see an improvement in your employee commitment and be closer to developing a high performance work environment if you use just one new technique or if you focus on renewing one you're not fully utilizing.