A few postings back (10/19/07) I maintained that an organization’s Engagement Culture promotes and increases its employees’ engagement. It does this by applying at least 5 practices. I promised techniques/suggestions for each of those practices.

Here’s the 3rd of the 5 ways an Engagement Culture builds greater employee engagement:

An employee is provided clear information of her job’s, manager’s, and organization’s expectations.

First of all, this information is likely already in your "toolbox" and you don’t need it.

Second, you have so much [...]

Let’s look at another of the ways an Engagement Culture actually increases each employee’s engagement in her/his performance. (From the previous post, What Happens when….) 

A manager communicates continuously and for a variety of reasons (work and not work) with the employee.

The idea of a manager/supervisor making time available "just to talk" to staff may seem contrary to a less talk, more action policy. But if more talk produces more action towards improved engagement, enhanced performance, greater results [...]