Employee Engagement: Keeping your Workforce Motivated to Improve Results

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Overview: Employee engagement doesn’t have to be a hard to reach target. Essentially, there is a ton of research on how to increase employee engagement, and this webinar will sum it all up for you. The training session will also provide several vignettes along the way, to demonstrate how powerful the impact a focus on employee engagement can be.

Why should you Attend: Do your employees jump out of bed each morning excited to come to work? When they’re at work are they totally absorbed in what they’re doing? According to a ton of research, the answer is, unfortunately, “probably not.” Employee engagement is about building an environment where employees are fully absorbed by their work, enthusiastic about achieving their goals, and consistently take action to further the organization. A fully engaged employee is willing to go the extra mile because she cares about the organization’s well-being. He puts his entire mind, body and soul into work when he’s on the clock.

So if you have employees who work hard or put in long hours, can you say they are engaged? Not necessarily. Plenty of people hate their jobs but work long hours because they think they have to in order to receive a paycheck. If people don’t like their jobs they are peddling the wheels to get by, but they aren’t taking your organization to the next level.

Engaged employees work hard, but they are also satisfied with their jobs and experience high levels of morale, commitment, motivation, and loyalty. In turn, your organization experiences high levels of retention, productivity, innovation, attendance, customer satisfaction, and a good reputation. It’s safe to say that organizations who focus on engagement are probably outperforming competitors who don’t. So how do you know if employees are engaged, and what they need to become engaged if they aren’t?

Areas Covered in the Session:
Define employee engagement and what it means in your organization
Create and implement an employee engagement survey
Implement a strategic plan for employee engagement and positive workplace culture
Learn best practices in giving praise, empowering employees, and setting expectations
Develop tools that will help employees see that you value them
Understand how to work with employees to create stretch goals, and coach employees through success
Create and implement techniques to increase trust within the organization
Work with employees to help them find the meaning in their work
Implement tips and techniques to create a positive workplace environment
Develop creative ways to offer professional development to your employees

Learning Objectives: Employee engagement doesn’t have to be a rainbow – it doesn’t have to be something you forever chase but will never reach. Truth is, there is a ton of research on how to increase employee engagement, and this webinar will sum it all up for you. Understand how to build engagement by:
Showing employees you value them
Giving them challenging work
Building positive relationships
Building trust between leaders and employees
Creating a positive work environment
Reminding employees why their work matters
Providing the opportunity to grow professionally
Offering meaningful rewards

Who Will Benefit:
HR Professionals
Business Consultants
EAP’s
Business Owners
Leaders, Directors, Managers and Supervisors
Employee Relations
Union representatives or members

Instructor: Catherine M. Mattice, MA, SPHR is President of consulting and training firm, Civility Partners, LLC, and has been successfully providing programs in workplace bullying and building positive workplaces since 2007. She has published in a variety of trade magazines and has appeared several times on national affiliates of FOX, NBC, and ABC as an expert, as well as in USA Today, Inc Magazine, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, and MSNBC.com. Catherine is Past-President of the American Society of Training & Development (ASTD), San Diego Chapter, and an adjunct at National University and Southwestern College. In his book foreword, Ken Blanchard called her book, BACK OFF! Your Kick-Ass Guide to Ending Bullying at Work, “the most comprehensive and valuable handbook on the topic.” It is available in all major online bookstores.