{"id":54775,"date":"2022-03-11T23:12:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T23:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teambuildinghub.com\/?page_id=54775"},"modified":"2024-05-17T22:41:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T22:41:06","slug":"employee-engagement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teambuildinghub.com\/team-building\/employee-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Employee Engagement? Strategies & Ideas to Improve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a leader at your company, employee engagement is one of the best ways to see your business grow. Invest in your employees and see a measurable difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you manage a small team or oversee an established company, keeping your employees engaged in their work should be near the top of your daily to-do list. This concept isn\u2019t the same as employee satisfaction, productivity, or retention, but a high level of employee engagement can certainly increase these other workplace measurements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research shows<\/a> that employees who are engaged are more productive, profitable, safer, healthier, and less likely to leave their employer, but only 30% of employees around the world are engaged in their work. There are worthwhile benefits of employee engagement, from both the business side and the employee side. Let\u2019s get into the what, why, and hows of employee engagement and why it\u2019s important for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"engaged-and-happy-employees\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is employee engagement?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A quick Google search on employee engagement will give you dozens of definitions, so let\u2019s first break the phrase down using a handy-dandy dictionary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Merriam-Webster<\/a>, an employee is \u201cone employed by another usually for wages or salary and in a position below the executive level.\u201d Engagement (or being engaged in work) would refer to someone who is \u201cgreatly interested\u201d or synonymously \u201ccommitted.\u201d We put these words together for the overarching term of \u201cemployee engagement,\u201d but there\u2019s more than meets the eye when putting this into play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gallup<\/a>, a renowned global analytics and advice firm, defines employee engagement as \u201cthe involvement and enthusiasm of employees in their work and workplace.\u201d Since employees are people who experience emotions and have opinions, positive employee engagement involves positive cognitive experiences about work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a 1990 article in the Academy of Management Journal <\/em>(one of the first published studies on employee engagement), <\/em>professor William Kahn wrote about three foundational pieces to engagement\u2014meaningfulness, safety, and availability. Michael Bradley Shuck and Karen Wollard<\/a> later summarized these definitions as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n