People and Management February 2019 | Page 42

FOCUS EMPLOYEE ENGAGMENT E mployee engagement is a fundamental concept in the effort to understand and describe the relationship between an organization and its employees – both qualitatively and quantitatively Employee engagement has evolved drastically over the years and today it is more about an individual experience where one size fi ts all does not work. Employee engagement begins with the leader, and a strong leader can make the team succeed and thrive. The role of a leader is to create a workforce that is just not happy but engaged and motivated to do the job passionately. Measuring employee engagement helps you to know how committed the employees are towards the business and its success. If employees are motivated 42 | Vol. 10 Issue 2 • FEBRUARY 2019, Delhi NCR Deepak Bharara Director, People A2Z they tend to emotionally invest more time to do quality jobs. When employees are engaged the workplace environment becomes very positive. It helps to build trust across and remove internal conflicts, as all employees are aligned and perusing common organizational goals. The benefits of engaged employees have a trickle-down effect throughout the entire company. To ensure effective engagement the following steps are required: • • Clear vision and goals; Make employees committed to the job role – set attainable short term targets and then gradually move to long term goals;