Why Employee Engagement Activities Are Important

Your workplace culture and employee morale should be among your top priorities as an employer. These aspects of your organization should be considered as important as overall profits and efficiency as they may directly contribute to such results. Employee engagement is a critical part of your company culture as this metric can directly impact increasing your bottom line, reducing accidents and errors, and fostering an attractive work environment.

What Is Employee Engagement?

As its name suggests, employee engagement can generally be considered a way to measure how engaged and interested your workers are as they conduct their duties and pursue your organization’s mission. While employee engagement may be challenging to measure and complicated to understand, prioritizing these efforts may improve your workplace’s safety, efficiency and retention, significantly boosting your financial wellness and future prospects.

How Can Employers Improve Employee Engagement?

There are several approaches your organization may consider when attempting to address employee engagement. An advisable first step may be to get an idea of how engaged your employees are currently. This can be done using the following tools:

• Engagement surveys
• Market research
• Employee focus groups
• Brainstorming sessions

Once your organization has a good idea of its current employee engagement levels, you can begin to implement various programs and initiatives to address any shortcomings or maintain current conditions, such as by utilizing the following:

• Share success stories. This may include collecting feedback from clients and customers and passing positive words on to employees. By doing this, you can help your employees understand how their work directly impacts the workplace.
• Collect feedback. Although you may have already conducted an initial assessment of your employee engagement levels, continuing to do so through surveys, meetings and forums can help you identify the effectiveness of your efforts.
• Offer rewards. Provide additional incentives and rewards for employees beyond their direct compensation and traditional employee benefits. This may include gift cards, bonuses and other means of recognition.
• Interact directly. Managers and supervisors should schedule time to regularly meet with their direct reports and address any questions or concerns. This can help employees feel they are heard and have the means of initiating change in the workplace.
• Encourage socializing. Your employees may feel a greater sense of connection with their workplace if they enjoy spending time with their colleagues in functions not directly related to work. This can help foster a sense of inclusion and belonging.
• Provide professional opportunities. Offer training and educational opportunities and encourage employees to take advantage of them to learn new skills, advance toward new roles and take on additional responsibilities.

We’re Here to Help

At Lyceum Insurance Services, we’re dedicated to helping your organization foster and maintain an optimal work environment. Contact us today to learn more about employee engagement and how you can address this critical topic in your workplace.

This blog is intended for informational and educational use only. It is not exhaustive and should not be construed as legal advice. Please contact your insurance professional for further information.