Are Your Employees Engaged?
Welcome to the eighth edition of the MangoScoop LinkedIn Newsletter!
MangoScoop?is the fastest-growing newsletter focused on improving employee experience in the digital workplace.
In this newsletter, we're going to discuss the importance of building an engaged and productive workforce.
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This week's agenda:
How To Improve Employee Retention
Taking the steps to improve employee retention is well worth the effort. Not only is low employee retention a pain to manage from an HR perspective, it also is extremely costly.
In fact,?replacing a single employee?can cost an organization about 50 - 60% of that worker’s salary.
Working to improve your employee retention rate can provide countless benefits to your company, including increased productivity, higher employee engagement, and a positive workplace culture.
Below, we provide 7 cost-effective ways to improve employee retention:
#1:?Start strong?during onboarding
Onboarding is one of the most important interactions a company has with each employee, as it sets the tone for the long-term professional relationship. New hires should come in feeling welcome, engaged, and unified, like they’re joining a community where they will forge friendships, learn, and contribute a great deal.
You can provide a solid foundation for employee retention by making new hires feel welcomed during the onboarding process. It doesn’t hurt to provide a personal touch as well by introducing them to the rest of their colleagues. Try creating a personalized ‘welcome’ section for new employees and displaying it on your company’s internal dashboard.
In addition, a smooth onboarding process is critical to the long-term level of engagement of an employee. Supplying new hires with the resources, information, and training they need to get started immediately can make a huge difference in morale, satisfaction, and their long-term outlook.
#2:?Consistently provide positive feedback
Another way to improve employee retention is by implementing strong feedback programs within the organization.?Studies show?that for optimal team performance, employees need approximately 5 positive comments for every negative one. By providing frequent positive feedback you can make major strides in boosting the morale and satisfaction levels of your employees.
In addition to providing positive feedback, be sure to also celebrate the small accomplishments of individual employees. A little appreciation from top brass can go a long way in improving long-term employee satisfaction.
#3:?Increase team recognition?& reward model employees
Recognize teams and groups for a job well done. This can make every member feel appreciated and can be as effective as recognizing people individually. By celebrating a team’s achievement, you can encourage other groups and teams to work more cohesively.
A good way to reward teams for their hard work is with a recognition program. You can use a point system to automatically keep track of prize handouts. Workers can redeem their points for prizes like gift cards, retreats with coworkers, or even extra PTO! Nonmonetary prizes can be motivating too. Try providing options like having lunch with the CEO or winning a convenient parking space.
By taking the steps towards improving employee recognition, you can ensure the longevity of your employees, while making your company a great place to work! If you don’t currently have a?rewards & recognition program?in place, try seeing if your modern intranet has a similar feature available to you. There are also other options available as well (such as?Workhuman?&?Lattice).
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Why You Should Engage With Your Deskless Workers
On the most fundamental level, the reason deskless workers get less company communication is that they’re harder to reach. Furthermore, there isn’t always a clear line between investing in deeper outreach to deskless teams and better performance. It can be hard to justify making the investment.
People that sit at desks do most of their work from one location and one or two devices. It’s not hard to justify providing your desk employees with a computer, and possibly a mobile device. These devices are crucial for their jobs as information workers.
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Deskless workers, on the other hand, face barriers to communication that vary by sector and job role. When your job requires mobility in an ever-changing environment, it’s not always possible for you to be reachable at any moment, especially by the old-fashioned channels that most companies rely on.
For example, even something as simple as a store manager creating and distributing the store schedule each month can become a logistical nightmare, and a headache for everyone involved.
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Warning Signs Of Decreasing Employee Engagement
We all know that an engaged workforce = a more productive workforce.
It's critical to identify when employees are becoming disengaged early so that your company can address issues and clarify misconceptions right away, helping retain strong employees.
To help managers & supervisors with this effort, we've identified 7 common warning signs of decreasing employee engagement:
#1: Declining Quality Of Work
While it might seem obvious, declining work quality is one of the first signs of decreasing employee engagement. When employees no longer feel connected to their company they often struggle to put forth their best effort.
#2: Silence From A Spokesperson
Outspoken employees tend to be passionate and persuasive and can cause negative feelings throughout the organization. It is essential for an employer to understand what action triggered this change of behavior.
Try to talk with your employee and gain perspective on why certain decisions were made. After addressing concerns and clearing up misconceptions, he or she may even become a spokesperson for the policy change or action, helping other employees stay engaged and onboard.
#3: Disinterest In Collaboration
Reluctance to work with their peers is another important warning sign of decreasing employee engagement. This reluctance can be from a single employee, a team, a branch, or even across the entire organization.
A collaboration tool can make it easier for coworkers to communicate and shows admins important metrics about how employees are interacting with each other.
#4: Skipping Office Activities
While avoiding company games or organized social events doesn’t always mean decreasing employee engagement, it can be a sign of unhappiness or disinterest in the company culture.
This is particularly true if the employee was previously active and involved in office activities. Even though their work performance may not be suffering, disinterest in company culture is still important and could play a major role in your employee’s happiness and work satisfaction.
#5: Increased Irritation or Anger
When employees mentally disconnect from a company it becomes more difficult to see coworkers and managers as part of their team.
As a result, employees become much less patient and understanding of others in the workplace. Small annoyances may start to feel like compounding problems, especially if the real reasons for disengagement have not been discussed.
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