The Employee Engagement Slump!

64% Disengaged employees in 2020

66% Disengaged employees in 2021

68% Disengaged employees in 2022

What’s going on and what are you doing about it!

After trending up in recent years, employee engagement saw its first annual decline in a decade -- dropping from 36% engaged employees in 2020 to 34% in 2021.

Engaged employees are involved, enthusiastic, emotionally connected to your business and stay longer. Disengaged employees are disgruntled and disloyal because their workplace needs are unmet.

Employee engagement is pivotal to improving the wellbeing and resilience of a workforce because it contains elements of communication, caring, development, involvement, and collaboration. These set the stage for building & strengthening trust.

What can you do?

Although there has been an overall decrease in employee engagement, some organisations have doubled employee engagement. Here’s what they do differently;

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Create a strong culture, values & behaviour framework to guide business decisions

Employees need to see the culture and values lived out daily. The most successful organisations put their values at the centre of decisions and create behaviour frameworks which display & solidify their values.

Embrace flexible work environments

Hours, location, priorities, hybrid workforces, and roles. Flexibility can take on different meanings – how are you creating flexibility for your workforce?

Focus on employee wellbeing and humancy

Since work and life are blended for many employees, consider the demands of life inside and out of the workplace. Consider how career, social, financial, physical and community wellbeing affect employees, and provide resources designed to improve these important elements of wellbeing.

Tailor communication to reach teams where they are

Transparent and authentic communication is called for in the workplace. Tailor communication to suit teams, individuals and personality types. Ask what your teams prefer for their comms platforms.

Empower managers to manage through times of change

Consistently upskill managers to coach their employees through their strengths. Every person has a different work-life situation, and only managers can understand these nuances and make adjustments based on how each individual best performs, collaborates and brings value to customers.

How can Shiift help you? Our strength is creating great people & great teams. Let’s make it yours too!

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