PURPLE YOUR PEOLE - 6. The Big E: The Whys And How’s Of Employee Engagement And Why It Starts Here

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Purple Your People

Jane Sunley

 

6. The Big E: The Whys And How’s Of Employee Engagement And Why It Starts Here

            ‘Employee Engagement’ is often called as ‘The Big E’.  The Big E has a very big effect on your business performance.  Wikipedia defined:

An engaged employee is one who is fully involved in and enthusiastic about his or her work and thus will act in a way that will further the organization’s interest.

The Big E :

-          Goes beyond motivation and job satisfaction

-          Cannot be requested or demanded

-          Is a state of the mind where by

-          Employee and employee understand and honor their commitments to one another

-          Is brought about by the employee’s desire to act in the best interest of work and colleagues

-          Is brought about by delivery of the people offer

            Having willing, enthusiastic and committed people simply makes good business sense.  These good employees always do the eight things to engage their people.  Understanding your team (s) helps you to be there for  them when it matters; creating random small acts of kindness and support; and doing the things that will create, add to or top up their ‘E factor’.

The three (3) things to do:

1.         Measure engagement levels

2.         Make clocking up engagement points a fixation

3.         Deliver on your people promise

Statistic

1.         According to a 2011 confederation of British Industry (CBI) trends survey:

            Seven (7) out 10 employers consider improving employee engagement as the priority.

2.         Sources:  Blessing white, corporate leadership Council, Gallup, Learnpurple:

Typically only about 20% of a workforce will be fully engaged, about 20% will be disengaged and the rest could go either way.