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Summary Of Engagement Research 2008/2009
Hi Anthony assume you are aware of the UK Government review of employee engagement? If not here's the link http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file52215.pdf
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Hi Anthony
assume you are aware of the UK Government review of employee engagement? If not here's the link
http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file52215.pdf
Kate
A pilot project: engaging employees in separate locations.
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- Who are you?
- I am a passionate person who cares deeply about people and believes there are answers to all lifes problems
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- I am HR Director for a government funded business support service in the North west
- Where are you located?
- Warrington UK
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- At 7:35am on November 22, 2009,
Jon Hoel said…
- Hi Kate-that's an interesting idea. I haven't heard of that done for intranets, but in my past life as a teacher, I did sometimes start the class by distributing students a worksheet. Above the subject focused material was a question was 'How are you feeling today?' with some kind of sliding scale or multiple choice response provided. The students seemed to appreciate it, as it help me to gauge their mood. For example, if a lot of students indicated they were feeling tired, I'd modify my approach, and we'd communicate better. So I'm intrigued by your idea!
Warrick is rolling out an intranet for La Trobe university-you may find it interesting to connect with him.
- At 9:59pm on November 11, 2009,
Jon Hoel said…
- Hi Kate,
Thanks for joining Engaging the distributed workplace.
I encourage you to share your perspectives and questions.
Jon
- At 11:17am on October 27, 2009,
David Zinger said…
- Kate:
Welcome to the employee engagement network. I trust you will find helpful and interesting people here and I encourage you to jump into the conversation. Let me know if I can be of assistance.
In many ways, the UK is leading the way on engagement and I look forward to learning more from you.
David
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Understand every member of your teams motivation, align their aspirations to a clearly communicated business direction, give them all the tools to do the job and then empower them to deliver.
Care for people around you and get to know who they are, what strengths they bring and what's important to them.
Every day do a quick maintenance check. Do people know Why?, How?, When? and What? they are doing and are they free to ask these questions of you?.
Check your own engagement regularly. You need support, recognition and inspiration as much as your employees, in order provide an environment that will engage your people fully.
Engagement is a relationship that requires regular maintenance.
Start from where they are at.
Reach out to their hearts and values. Look beyond the Employee ID number and make a genuine effort to see and hear the person.
Open yourself to influence by others and they will open themselves to your influence.
Don't just listen to your people but also act on what they're telling you.
Only hire people with passion for what they do; create a work environment that fosters and facilitates the expression of that passion and use a communication style that makes it safe to stretch, fail and grow.
Assist each employee to understand the deeper purpose of his or her work - who or what cause is it helping - and why.
Be congruent and transparent, say what you mean and do what you say.
Managers or Supervisors can engage employees by demonstrating little acts of kindness for absolutely no reason at all. eg. Can I help you carry that? Is there anything I can get for you? etc. etc.
Engagement should be treated as newborns! Everyone takes place in the growing process and they should never be left unattended.
For great managers, the path toward engaging employees and keeping them engaged begins with asking them what they want and what is important in order to be effective in their roles.
Involve employees in decisions that will affect them - they may have some great ideas that you haven't thought of and will be more supportive of the final outcome.
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