August 26, 2009

Stand is the keyword in this week’s postings. Businesses that make a stand to establish employee engagement as cultural imperative can achieve targeted success results.

I’ve recently reviewed Towers Perrin’s Global Workforce Study and the top 10 drivers of employee engagement they uncovered.

I present them to you below. I ask you to carefully read each and ask, “Is there some way our business makes a stand to provide this for our people? Now?”

If you answer “yes,” spend a few moments reviewing how your company makes that specific stand.

If you answer “no,” consider what such a stand might look like in the short term.

Here are the top ten drivers:

1. Senior management’s sincere interest in employee well-being.
2. The opportunity an employee has to improve skills and capabilities.
3. The organization’s reputation for social responsibility.
4. The opportunity an employee has to provide input into decision making in his department.
5. The organization’s ability to quickly resolve customer concerns.
6. An individual employee’s own readiness to set high personal standards.
7. Excellent career advancement opportunities.
8. An individual employee’s interest in challenging work assignments.
9. An individual’s relationship with her supervisor.
10. The organization’s encouragement of innovative thinking.

It must be obvious that making a stand to build a culture of employee engagement starts with preliminary stands such as each driver above. These preliminary stands will motivate and inspire employee to engage in their job, career, department, company, and community.

Is your business ready to make a stand? Ready to build the preliminary stands?

You may be interested in this month’s Culture to Engage e-news…all about making a stand.

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