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How to engage your employees
Over the years a great deal has been written about how to engage employees, and for good reason; it’s not easy! And there’s no quick way of doing it, nor in fact, any single way either. It depends on the culture of the organisation, it depends on how effective the leadership is, it depends on what team spirit there is, it depends....
There are however, a number of key activities that should be in place in order to create a positive platform of effective employee engagement.
- Be clear on the direction of the business and how each person plays a role in delivering the successes. Every individual needs to understand their worth in order to feel they have value and want to contribute.
- Listen to people’s opinions, thoughts, views and invite discussion and debate. If you don’t do this then you won’t get proper buy-in.
- Accept and be open about the fact that mistakes happen and you don’t know all the answers. People warm to others who are open and honest, and respond accordingly.
- Develop people by giving them support to grow, opportunities to learn and increased responsibility.
- Be genuinely concerned for peoples well being. Ensure staff are happy, healthy and well cared for. By doing so you’ll gain commitment from others and the relationship will be of mutual benefit.
Above all, leaders need to be visible and authentic. The world of work is all about relationships, and there’s no more important relationship in your business than the one you have with your team.
Anita Weyland