Increasing Employee Retention Through Employee Engagement
Increasing Employee Retention Through Employee Engagement
Listening to employee ideas, acting on employee contributions and actively involving employees in decision making are essential to employee engagement.
Taking Action to Improve Employee Engagement
Nothing is more discouraging to employees than to be asked for their feedback and see no movement toward resolution of their issues. Even the smallest actions taken to address concerns will let your staff know that their input is valued. Feeling valued will boost morale, motivate and encourage future input.
Taking action starts with listening to employee feedback. Then the data needs to be analyzed. Next, a definitive action plan will need to be put in place and finally, change will be implemented. It is important that employee engagement is not viewed as a one time action. Employee engagement should be a continuous process of measuring, analyzing, defining and implementing.
What is the Alternative to Employee Engagement?
Conditions that prevent employee engagement seldom alleviate themselves. They should be assessed and addressed as soon as possible. Left to multiply, negative employee satisfaction issues can result in:
Higher employee turnover - Employees leave, taking their reservoir of knowledge and experience to another workplace
Diminished performance - Competency of the workforce is reduced, at least short term, until new employees are trained
Lost training dollars - Time and money invested in training and development programs for departing workers is wasted
Lower morale - Remaining employees can be overburdened with new duties, in addition the unresolved issues that already prevent their full engagement
How Can You Attain Employee Engagement?
Listen to your employees and remember that this is a continuous process. The information your employees supply will provide direction. Insist upon increased engagement at the managerial level, and create and deploy a customized employee satisfaction survey from AlphaMeasure to assess your current level of employee engagement. Identify problem areas, make a plan and take action towards improvement.
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Josh Greenberg is President of AlphaMeasure, Inc. located in Boulder, Colorado.
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