The Practice of Leadership - Employee Engagement (MMP #17)
By David Zinger on Jun 10, 2007 in Drivers of Engagement, Employee Engagement, Engagement Statistics, Leadership, Monday Morning Percolator, Workplace Engagement
Employee Engagement: Monday Morning Percolator #17
Today, I have the honor of featuring George Ambler and his leadership blog. George Ambler writes an insightful leadership blog - The Practice of Leadership: It’s only in the practice of leadership that we influence our world…
He has written a number of excellent short articles on employee engagement.
George summarized a study from PeopleMetrics:
…creating emotional connections to employees is what truly matters because this is where organizations can dramatically boost employee productivity and business outcomes….. Building an emotional bond with employees, … requires organizations to create a ’sense of meaning and purpose’ among employees by connecting them to the ‘higher vision and purpose’ of the organization…. Equally, organizations need to build trust and confidence through regular dialogue with managers and senior leadership as well as celebrating successes, having fun and showing individual appreciation.
In addition, the study of 5,095 workers, across the United States found
- that Fortune 500 companies in the lowest quartile in profitability had 50% fewer engaged employees compared to those in the top quartile.
- high performing employees were twice as engaged as their lower performing counterparts
Kate Feather, PeopleMetrics Executive Vice President gave love and passion for one’s organization wings:
the concept of feeling love or pasion for one’s company is gaining ground because a passionately engaged workforce is becoming an important differentiator in the marketplace.
Get Engaged:
- Click here to read 5 of George Ambler’s other employee engagement blog posts. If you read the Monday Morning Percolator on Monday you could read one of George’s post every other day during the week.
- Make the connection with your employees and offer a valuable vision and purpose for the organization that they can connect with. Ask them to tell you what the vision and purpose is to see how well they understand what your organization is doing and why it is doing it.
- Maintain constant and never ending dialogue with the people you work with. Celebrate success, have fun and voice individual appreciation.
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