Ideas for Employee Engagement

Ideas for Employee Engagement activities.

While every employee is unique, they do work in teams. And sometimes being part of a team can influence the way employees think and feel. Therefore, while analyzing individual employees is important, it is equally insightful to analyze them in teams.

Away day

Town-hall

Focus groups

Sessions on mindfulness

Employees of the Month (EOM)

The Employee of the Month (EOM) is a type of reward program given out by companies. It involves recognizing employees for achieving excellence in their field and being the best worker across all fields. Traditionally, the award is given out every month, but that is not necessarily the case.

Have your Say Sessions.

These sessions are an opportunity to deliver your opinion on something. If you're at a loud and hostile town council meeting, you might not get a chance to have your say unless you shout it.

Regular Nap Times with the scheduled daily

According to the National Sleep Foundation, the best nap lengths for adults are?20 or 90 minutes. Here's why: 10-20 minute naps are also referred to as power naps. These short naps allow you to wake up feeling refreshed, energized and alert.

Day out with mates once a month.

When was the last time you organized a team outing for your company? Was it one that encouraged everyone's participation and involvement? Did it do well to build your team and improve the company culture? Many employers worldwide are organizing team outings to create greater unity and solidarity among their team members.

“I have found out that there ain’t the no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.”?– Mark Twain

Dinner with management quarterly

Whether you’re a small business owner, a vice president for a large firm, or a mid-level manager dedicated to moving up the corporate ladder, hosting a business dinner party is an ideal way to gather colleagues engage them and listen to them from their perspective of life. Plan a memorable dinner filled with food, and conversation.

Breaking Bread With Your Employees

• Employees who share communal lunches and dinners?tend to have higher productivity and morale.
• Like firefighters who cook and share meals in the firehouse, co-workers benefit from eating together.
• Companies reap benefits from encouraging employees to eat together, and many provide free or subsidized meals and snacks

Achieving milestones ( Monthly storytelling)

The concept of Success Milestones is a relatively simple one to grasp, but the power and the value of this way of thinking are often overlooked or misunderstood.

Monthly catch-up on work-life balance.

your employees must be aware that they are personally appreciated as individuals it is important to also allow them to recognize that you realize they have a life outside of the workplace as well. Employees want to understand that you value their life beyond the walls of work and that you think it is important

The first-day welcome card/gift to new hires Enjoy sports day.

Years of research shows us that effective onboarding can make or break a new hire – meaning it can help a new hire get acclimated into an organization and break motivation in the initial 90 days.

Birthday Celebration with the team.

Appreciation of an employee with an office birthday celebration is always a great idea. And trust me. The birthday person is going to love you for it. It not only helps the employee to take some well-deserved time off on their special day, but it also allows their coworkers to express their gratitude.

Weekly focus group discussion.

A focus group could be defined as a group of interacting individuals having some common interest or characteristics, brought together by a moderator, who uses the group and its interaction as a way to gain information about a specific or focused issue.

A focus group is typically 7-10 people who are unfamiliar with each other. These participants are selected because they have certain characteristics in common that relate to the topic of the focus group. The moderator or interviewer creates a permissive and nurturing environment that encourages different perceptions and points of view, without pressuring participants to vote, plan or reach a consensus

The group discussion is conducted several times with similar types of participants to identify trends and patterns in perceptions. Careful and systematic analysis of the discussions provides clues and insights as to how a product, service, or opportunity is perceived by the group.

WHAT FOCUS GROUPS CAN TELL YOU:

Give information on how groups of people think or feel about a particular topic

Give greater insight into why certain opinions are held

Help improve the planning and design of new programs

Provide a means of evaluating existing programs

Produce insights for developing strategies for outreach

WHAT FOCUS GROUPS CAN NOT TELL YOU:

Valid information about individuals

Valid "before-and-after" information (how things have changed over time)

Information that you can apply generally to other groups of people

Because the idea of focus groups is to take advantage of group interactions, it is important to use the information at the group level, not the individual level. Focus groups are not a valid way to find out how much progress an individual client or participant has made toward his or her own goals. Also, because focus groups are usually made up of a very small number of people who voluntarily participate, you cannot assume that their views and perceptions represent those of other groups that might have slightly different characteristics. They are not "random samples".

Celebrate personal milestones

Schedule a fun event with your team members, such as going to lunch or throwing a small party. Did he/she just pass an important test or get a good grade on a tough project? Give them a treat! Schedule a massage, plan a celebration with all colleagues to make him/her that they are also very important to the rest of the employees working in the organization,

Wearing Cultural dress

Wearing traditional clothes represents national identity and love for them. Many people wearing the same traditional clothes together gives a feel of patriotism as well as connectivity in culture and with each other as well as a sense of belongingness with the country.

Potlucks create a positive vibe

Leadership can create an atmosphere of positive and creative energy, even during the worst of times. The key is to guide people to focus on something other than their woes and worries, something that makes them feel useful and productive. When people are contributing and can take pride in their accomplishments, they feel self-satisfied, energized, and relieved to have a respite from their concerns.

Employees take their cue from their leadership. If members of management—from senior executives to floor supervisors—telegraph the confidence and ability to guide the company through unstable times, the workforce will trust them to do just that.

Meditation time to manage work-life stress

Meditation on Friendliness?helps us drive away our negative thoughts and feelings and replace them with positive ones, this is so true, primarily about ourselves and then, consequently, about all living beings. Focusing on ourselves, without guilt or our ego getting in the way, is a necessary and sufficient condition for a happy life. It improves our relationships, as well as our relationship with the environment we live in.

Photography

Short Video

The video was introduced for entertainment purposes and since then, it has killed radio. They say “why read the book when you can watch the movie?”

Videos offer better engagement. Research by Forrester shows that employees and the HR system will feel better watching a video 75% more than reading emails or web articles.

Unfortunately, most companies use training and development solely for hiring the right talent but the two programs can do more than that. Once a company has hired the right people, training and developing them can retain them as well. And that improves your business continuity.

A study has shown that 80% of learning and development professionals admit that developing new and existing hires should be a priority for the executive team. But due to limited budgets and small teams, it becomes a challenge for most learning and development professionals. In this article, you will learn the benefits of using video in training and development.

Naat Competition

Father's day

Ramadan

Eid Festivals

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You now know what you can do to improve employee engagement, but what ideas and activities should you prioritize? What ideas and activities you are already implementing other than these mentioned please share in the comment.

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