How to Engage Employee in Today's Times - The 10 Critical Steps To Engage Your Employees Today
Updated: January 01, 2012
I will outline the 10 Engagement Steps, including:
STEP 1 - Link to High Performance
- Making the Business Case for Engagement
STEP 2 - Starts At The Top
- Leaders Have To Own It adn Walk The Talk
- A Case Study
STEP 3 - Engage First Line Leaders
- Train Your Leaders on Engagement
- Establish Consistent Leadership Expectations
Step 4 - Communication is the Cornerstone of Engagement
- Your Communication Promise - The Communication Protocol
- Create Communication Venues
- Leverage Communication Technology
- Communicate 13x
STEP 5 - Individualize Engagement
- By Generation
- By Culture
- By Diversity
- By Tenure
STEP 6 - Create a Motivational Culture
- Know Your Employees
- Assess and Educate Yourself
- Develop Others
- Innovate
- Create Line of Sight:
STEP 7 - Create Feedback Mechanisms
- Surveys
- 360s and Performance Appraisals
- Idea Venues
- Blogs
- Workshops
- Town Halls
STEP 8 - Reinforce and Reward the Right Behavior (and consequences for wrong behavior)
- Money Matters (sort of)
- Achievement and Measurement
- Recognition
- Accountability
STEP 9 - Track and Communicate Progress
- What To Measure - Your ROI
- How To Communicate Progress
- Highlight the Positives / Celebrate Success
STEP 10 - Hire and Promote the Right
Behaviors and Traits for Your Culture
- Hire the Right Behaviors and Traits for Your Busienss
- Connect to Strategic Planning Process