This week saw the Engage for Success taskforce launch a new website. If you haven’t heard of them, where have you been?!

 

Engage for Success is a group of people committed to introducing a better way to work and grow businesses by releasing more of the capability and potential of employees. It is led by David MacLeod and Nita Clarke and was launched by the prime minister last year.

 

There’s no quick fix to getting employees engaged. The best approach will differ company by company. Start by considering whether your organisation has the four key enablers outlined by Engage for Success:

 

• Visible, empowering leadership providing a strong strategic narrative about the organisation, where it’s come from and where it’s going

• Engaging managers who focus their people, treat them as individuals and develop and stretch them

• An employee voice throughout the organization, for reinforcing and challenging views, and employees are seen as central to the solution

• Organisational integrity – cultural values are reflected in day to day behaviours.

 

An employee survey is most people’s first thought when it comes to employee engagement. In reality though, this is just the start. The really hard work begins when you get results and plan how to use insights to make business improvements.

 

The new Engage for Success website is a great resource for any HR or communications professionals leading an engagement programme so do have a look at it here.