The Pursuit to Engage Motivated Employees at Work

Employee engagement is a hot topic these days and for good reason.  Small and Medium sized organizations must measure just how engaged their employees are.  What are they looking for from you, as an employer, to keep them "plugged-in" and involved in your company?

If employers choose not to jump in to the discussion on how to incorporate and engage employees into their workforce, the ramifications are quite costly, according to Dan Cook of Benefits Pro.  Cook cited a survey from Talentkeepers on the pursuit of companies trying to, but still struggling to engage employees in their work.

According to the study, 13 percent of all new hires leave their jobs in the first 90 days, with another 26 percent departing on or before their first anniversary.  With nearly four in 10 new hires gone after their first year, most companies are spending more time screening and orienting candidates rather than finding out what might make them stay longer.

If you want to recruit and retain engaged employees to the workplace, it's time to think outside the box.  Talentkeepers pointed four key factors that employers need to address when it comes to retaining employees and understanding how they approach work:

• Younger generations question everything
• Work/Life Balance
• Embracing social networks
• Working remotely from the office 

Advanced technology workers want to use their knowledge to do their job but do not want technology to be their job.  They want their work to have relevance.  They don't want to go through the motions.  They want to be engaged.

 

"...an engaged employee understands what to do to help his company succeed, he feels emotionally connected to the organization and its leaders and he is willing to put that knowledge and emotion into action to improve performance, his own and the organization's." - from Closing the Engagement Gap

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Source:  Janette Fiedler