1
Whether you’re the CEO of a small
startup, or the leader of a large company,
employee engagement should be one of
your priorities.
www.gethppy.com
2
In today’s fast-moving economy, having a
well-performing workforce with a high
retention rate is essential for business
growth.
www.gethppy.com
3
Before diving into the creation of an
employee engagement plan, take a closer
look at what engagement means to your
company and how it manifests itself.
www.gethppy.com
4
How do you make engagement happen?
What are the key engagement drivers in your
team and how are managers influencing
employee engagement?
www.gethppy.com
5
START WITH THE “WHO”
Who are the people who should design
and implement these activities?
1
www.gethppy.com
6
Companies like Rackspace, AT&T, Progressive
Insurance, Intuit and Cintas report improved
results with line managers leading the
change in employee engagement, rather
than HR managers.
Via Bain & Company
www.gethppy.com
7
Gallup also determined that the primary
determinant of an engaging and high-
performing workplace is the manager, so
perhaps they should be managing employee
engagement strategies.
Via Gallup
www.gethppy.com
8
SELECT THE RIGHT ACTIVITIES
2
What makes your team tick?
Why do your team members come to work
every day and what are they expectations for
this partnership?
www.gethppy.com
9
It could be money, camaraderie, performance,
workplace environment, recognition or a desire to
innovate. We call these engagement drivers.
Employee engagement drivers are different for
every team.
www.gethppy.com
10
The fourth report in Deloitte’s Talent 2020 series
surveyed 560 employees across virtually every
major industry and global region.
One of the three main emerging challenges that
they identified was meaningful work.
Via Deloitte
www.gethppy.com
11
Aon Hewitt’s 2015 Global Trends in Employee
Engagement report identified employee value
proposition as being an increasingly important
driver (3% more important than the previous year),
along with innovation.
Via Aon Hewitt
www.gethppy.com
12
Quantum Workplace’s 2015 Workplace Trends
report also shows that one-third of the top six
engagement drivers they’ve identified globally
center on whether organizations value
employees and support their growth.
Via Quantum Workplace
www.gethppy.com
13
Make sure base your activities on the overall
context of your company: business
performance, employee productivity,
recognition programs, payment plans, these
are all part of your company context.
www.gethppy.com
14
MEASURE THEIR IMPACT
3
Focus your activities on key engagement KPIs that
can give you an accurate reading of how your
employees are feeling and why.
www.gethppy.com
15
Go beyond the classical number of participants
and ask for real-time, constructive feedback.
Measure the actual impact that these activities
are having.
www.gethppy.com
16
Here are some other KPI recommendations
from Harvard Business Review, that you can use
to measure the effectiveness of your engagement
activities.
www.gethppy.com
Get more industry good case practices and actionable ideas from our latest eBook, where we talk about:
The context of engagement
Linking employee engagement to your
business bottom-line
Practical ideas for engagement activities
Engagement activities
Ideas for communication
Ideas for recognition
Ideas for business transparency
Your engagement activities checklist Download now
Visit our Employee Engagement & HR Community for more news, insights and resources!