Employee Engagement gets a lot of attention from leaders today. The Gallup organization began assessing the levels of employee engagement in organizations several years ago with it’s Q 12 Engagement Survey, and that created higher visibility for efforts that we have championed for years–get people involved in planning and decision-making around changes that affect their work.
Today Gallup has collected plenty of data to clarify that there is a direct corelation between high levels of employee engagement and positive business results. According to the latest Gallup Q12 Engagement data, businesses with low engagement have 51% more inventory shrinkage, 31% - 51% more employee turnover and 62% more accidents than businesses with high employee engagement scores.
Building Engagement in this Economic Crisis by Jennifer Robison
Leaders everywhere are taking notice that employee engagement isn’t just a fad–it is a fact of life for successful, sustainable change and positive business results. So what stands between you and a fully engaged organization?
Howick Associates advocates for engagement, involvement and collaboration with key stakeholders in all of our efforts with clients. We developed the Pyramid of Engagement with our partners at SC Johnson more than ten years ago to help leaders understand the levels of engagement, and give them tools to convene individuals and teams in critical conversations that drive change and improvement efforts.
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Our partners and clients use this model differently–They are all in unique situations. It is a helpful input in communication planning. It is useful for identifying different activites aimed at influencing others, and it can be invaluable engaging employees in problem-solving.
We are co-hosting an event on June 24, 2009 at Briggs and Stratton headquarters in Milwaukee where our partners at Briggs will tell their powerful story about the importance of engaging and involving employees in efforts to solve problems and achieve bottom-line results. Join us and learn more.
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