Effective Employee Engagement with Changing Times

Why is employee engagement critical?

For any business to grow and prosper, a lot of emphasis needs to be given to the most important resource- the employees. Engaged employees are the backbone of any organization and employee engagement endeavors are the best way to achieve that.

According to Gallup, only about 30% of employees in the US are actively engaged. Imagine the impact if this number were to go to 50%. Employees who are actively checked out mentally from their workplaces are known as disengaged employees. Needless to say, you would not want any of your people to be disengaged. But for that to happen, as an employer, you need to take concrete steps towards employee engagement.

However, in my experience as an HR professional, I have seen a lot of skepticism regarding this matter. And sometimes this doubt comes from the business managers themselves. People often do not have faith that employee engagement activity really works and hence they look at this undertaking as mostly a waste of time.

So the question is whether employee engagement actually works or not.

The answer is both a yes and a no.