Employee Engagement And Satisfaction-Luciano The Key Santini SSDE

Good morning and here we are on another beautiful Saturday morning. On Friday I had a short webinar which included a section on people engagement and why is it that so many people are not engaged at work. I was asked if I knew the percentage and my answer was yes and no. It all starts at the top of the food chain.

Engaging the audience with a smile

Honestly it begins with the who ever is operating the organization or company. The percentage is about 70% of the people who work do not like their job or their bosses and so they do as little as possible or just enough to get by and keep their job which then makes the top people think they are trying to do their job. How sad is that? Pretty sad if you ask me so I will share a few techniques to get that going .

First you need to know and understand or have some understanding of your employees who they are and what they like. Motivation will play a huge part in this. As an organization and as their manager or supervisor you must understand what makes your team shine. Managers must know or simply ask the employees; what is it that motivates them? 

I have your attention now!!

  One technique is that there must be participation from everyone even if it is just a little bit they must participate.As a manager you must come up with a goal to achieve and then draw out a plan with participation from the employees with baby steps to achieve the goal.

You need to develop some kind of a routine whatever it is you decide to have all employees be part so the change of engagement starts. So many time as managers and supervisors only tel people what to do and never ask for suggestions or involve employees on decisions. This will start some type of motivation.You also need to make the change fun so that everyone is part of the change and everyone will want to participate in the new activities. Here is a short article that I found that really makes a point please enjoy;

Please understand that the following would seem to be important as well; I have found that in order to really have both engaged and satisfied employees organizations must a find a way to give and insure more of the following;

• Job-specific training


• Organization's commitment to professional development


• Career development opportunities


• Career advancement opportunities

Keys for Improving Employee Satisfaction and Engagement

By Susan M. Heathfield

Contributors to Employee Job Satisfaction

Employees identified these factors as their top 10 most important contributors to their job satisfaction.

• Job security: 63%, for the fourth consecutive year, as the top most important determinant of job satisfaction. (67% of employees are very satisfied or satisfied with their job security.)


• Opportunities to Use Skills and Abilities: 62%. (74% are satisfied or very satisfied in their workplace.)


• Organization’s Financial Stability: 55%. (63% are satisfied or very satisfied.)


• Relationship with Immediate Supervisor: 55%. (73% are satisfied or very satisfied.)


• Compensation: 54%. (61% are satisfied or very satisfied.)

 

Satisfied Employees means better bottom line