Emotional Connect

Today Every Organisation faces the issue of keeping employees fully involved in, and being enthusiastic about their work.

Employee Engagement is dependent on the emotional attachment of a person to their jobs which could be positive or negative.Colleagues and Organization profoundly influences the employees' willingness to learn and perform at work.

There has been various studies done in the area and have seen that only 31% of employees are actively engaged in their jobs, they are passionate and feel profoundly connected with their Company.Engaged employees feel a strong emotional bond to the organization that employs them.This is associated with people demonstrating a willingness to recommend the organization to others and commit time and effort to help the organization succeed.

 It suggests that people are motivated by intrinsic factors like Personal Growth, Being involved, Working to a common purpose, Being recognized and being part of larger initiatives rather than simply focusing on extrinsic factors (e.g., pay/reward).

This makes me to think What are the Drivers?How to retain these 31% employees?

1) Employee being clear on job expectations.

2) Employees Attitude and Perceptions about the job.

3) Career Progression and Involvement opportunities.

4) Regular feedback is the key to giving employees a sense of where one is going, but we are remarkably bad at giving it.Pat on the back and being One minute manager makes a mark in shaping the bond

5) Quality of Work Relationships with Peers, Superiors, and Subordinates.

6) Inspirational leadership is the ultimate perk as values and ethos play an important role.

 7)Effective Internal Employee Communications. 

 Retaining and rewarding these 31% becomes imperitive for the success of any forward thinking successful organisations.The reward schemes have to be against the targets which are measurable and realistic. There have to be many such schemes to bring out the best in all employees.The learning opportunities in the organisation and possibility of venturing into new domains within the orgainsation too adds to increasing engagement and productivity. Engagement starts right from the day a New Employee joins any organisation.