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Human Resources

Employee Engagement

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Keeping employee morale high is one of the best things you can do to instill loyalty and maintain a productive workplace. Morale affects how motivated your employees are to work for you, suggests how much they will do while at work, and will influence how long they will stay with you. Research suggests that, compared to employees who are motivated, disengaged workers are less efficient, miss more workdays and cost organizations thousands of dollars in lost productivity. As a manager, much of the mood within the organization is in your hands.

The individual who demonstrates full engagement will:

  • Emphasize the positive about the organization – what is going right
  • Look for occasions to say good things about the organization, manager, department or people
  • Volunteer for extra duties
  • Express approval about what the organization is doing and why it is doing it
  • Speak highly of the organization to coworkers, friends, relatives, and members of the community

How can you build and maintain employee morale and engagement? Here are some ideas: