EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
WORK TO
ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE
AND DRIVE AWAY
DISENGAGEMENT
INDIAN INSIGHTS OF EMPLOYEE
ENGAGEMENT
E
mployee engagement has become a global issue.
Employee engagement in some organizations is considered to be
the responsibility of the management; while in other organizations this engagement is expected from employees by default.
However, the golden rule is that all stakeholders involved are
responsible – it never sojourns with any individual or team or
organization. Measures taken for employee engagement, empowers firms to build policies in a more effective manner to nurture
their talent pool. The key drivers in active employee engagement
are leaders, organizational strategies and ultimately employees
themselves. The engagement level gets an extra impetus when
the employee is driven by passion, dedication and identifies with
the organization. This can be achieved by placing right person at
the right job. Talent Acquisition of candidates hired with a greater
tendency for engagement even before commencement of their
work is always an added bonus in this respect. Having good leadership in the organization is instrumental in creating higher level
of engagement by acknowledging the high performance and
setting clear goals.
Even with the tangible and intangible benefits of employee
engagement, organizations fail to perceive and understand the
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cause and effect of disengagement and consequently the cost
of disengagement. A discussion on how disengagement can
impede the path to realizing the vision of the organization can
establish the significance more assertively. When workforce is in
state of disengagement the cost liabilities are incurred at organizational, social and individual level. For business perspective loss
of commitment and ownership from employee invariably affects
the productivity, leading to financial losses. The cost of having
non-performing manpower undoubtedly hurts the bottom line
of gaining profitability of any corporate house. If a single employee is disengaged and as a result lacks motivation, the whole team
at workplace suffers. Team members try to distance themselves
from the defaulter and the disengaged employee in turn reciprocates by further distancing himself into isolation. This emotion of
isolation and discontent at workplace often creeps into personal
life. The psychological stress leads to loss of self confidence and
causes health ailments.
Employee Engagement strategies implemented by few of the
best organizations to work for to achieve excellence and drive
away disengagement. These organizations have appreciated the
tangible and intangible implications of disengagement as per the
above discussion.