Growing Engagement

Ultimately, our ability as managers is measured by what our team members do, not by what we do ourselves. We need our team more than they need us. So, your primary role is to create and maintain a highly engaged team, if you do that the results will follow.

What is team member engagement and why does it matter?

Team member engagement is the measure of a team member’s positive or negative emotional attachment to their job, colleagues and organisation that profoundly influences their willingness to learn and perform at work.

Engagement is vital to our success because it drives retention, performance, customer service, discretionary effort and ultimately determines whether we will achieve our mission. Research shows that as manager you have the greatest influence on your team’s engagement levels. The people you hire, the climate and standards you set, the behavior you encourage or discourage, the feedback you give, the development opportunities you create all contribute to engagement and hence to the performance of your team.

“Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person – not just an employee – are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability.” Anne Mulcahy

Videos

Videos that explain engagement

These video clips explain the concept of engagement – why it matters to you as a manager, what drives engagement and how you can grow engagement in your team.

What is employee engagement
HR Get your employees engaged Campbells Soups Story
Millenials in the Workplace -Simon Sinek
Why Leaders Eat Last – Simon Sinek
Employee engagement strategy for managers
Why engagement matters

Your Responsibilities

Your responsibility

Understand the concept
Understand the drivers of engagement
Work with your team to grow individual and collective engagement

“To win in the market place you must first win in the work place.” Doug Conant

Growing Engagement

What you can do to grow engagement from today

Because you, as manager, directly influence so many of the factors that drive your teams engagement it is important you know what you can do that will grow engagement among your team. Listed below are everyday people management activities which will positively impact your teams engagement:

Recruiting the right people into your team – people who share our values and vision.
Onboarding quickly and effectively – helps get them established and equipped for success.
Setting high standards and expectations – so people are clear what success looks like.
Manage H&S so people get that you care about them.
Solve performance/behaviour issues – so people see you resolve situations where people aren’t showing commitment or letting the team down.
Use our PD process – regularly talking and listening to people about their performance, development and progress.
Give feedback & coaching – recognition, praise, correction and coaching are essential for growing/maintaining engagement.
Actively develop people and teams -to give people growth opportunities.
Delegate – to give your team opportunity for growth.
Help people handle their personal problems – to show we care.
Give praise, recognition and reward – to reinforce and encourage performance.
Instill our values – to help people buy in and align.

“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers”. Stephen Covey