How to increase employee engagement using the ‘Being vs Becoming’ concept

My top tips on showing up at the workplace and communicating effectively!

If you’ve been following our blog series, you’ll know that we have suggested some unique activities to increase employee engagement, now onto some tips and strategies managers can potentially implement.

We feel the main areas to focus on when wanting to help improve teamwork and motivation in the business are:

Confidence
Wellbeing
Recognition
Engagement

Helping people in a business to achieve this varies as we like to focus on employees as humans and tailor the experiences to their preferences and personalities; creating bespoke consultation and feedback.

The focus of the ‘human element’ at TPL reminded me of studying consumer behaviour at university. I came across a point by a sociologist named Qvortop who stated human beings should be called ‘human becomings’. This implies that even after childhood, people are still developing in all areas of their life at different paces and trying to navigate through this great big world.

With that in mind, let’s look at five potential strategies along with possible examples like the situations below….

eXAMPLE #1

Frequent in-house activities

Having frequent in-house activities such as quality circle meetings should not only have to be feedback and tips for improvements for work but discussing their people as a whole. An example could be catching up on developments in their life aside from work like hearing about people’s outside hobbies.

This can help make the employees more comfortable with each other and their managers, building better relationships with each other which can help the employees to have more confidence with completing work.

TPL are able to provide employee engagement in-house activities/training sessions to help improve day-to-day communication issues and will help with incorporating pro-communication techniques like the quality circle into the business’ organisational structure.

eXAMPLE #2

Consider the employee’s other commitments

Relating back to the ‘human becoming’ concept, it is important to realise an employee’s other commitments and also show support to ensure they are developing in all areas. For example, some businesses have free tutoring sessions or aftercare for employees with children. This may help the employees to be less stressed about organising activities for their children, improving mental strength while they are at work potentially leading to increased levels of engagement.

At TPL, employee wellbeing is a critical component to monitor when trying to improve engagement, by being more mindful of the employee as a person, including their external engagements. By being more aware of everything, they will be able to know how to work better with their people and how to help them.

eXAMPLE #3

Give more opportunities for your employees to showcase their leadership skills

Many businesses who go to conferences can increase engagement by getting their employees more involved and inviting them to go. Rather than senior managers or directors, businesses should aim to draw on its people, its employees, and allow them to go to a new atmosphere that can lead them to banding together. This will build on the ‘human becoming’ concept as the employee is not just trapped to the confines of their job description but can be inspired by speakers or new ideas that will help them be eager to engage when returning to work.

Giving these additional opportunities to employees makes them feel that they are trusted and appreciated. TPL feels experiences like this can make them have a more positive mindset which can improve their self-confidence, eventually leading to higher employee engagement.

eXAMPLE #4

Single them out, in a good way

While it’s not always easy to write personalised notes to employees, with technology and mail merge being such a convenient option these days, it is important to take the time to meet with them face to face to thank them or to personally recognise their achievements.

The use of personalised messages and talking face to face can build relationships more, make it easier to pick up on non-verbal cues, and tackle any issues with employee engagement faster. TPL focuses on bespoke and tailored experiences to help your staff, therefore we feel making an effort to be more personalised in your communication with people is important. Your employees should feel valued; it shouldn’t simply be a task to quickly check off a list.

eXAMPLE #5

Encourage engagement by offering chances to enhance skills for the job

A final strategy of increasing employee engagement is providing training for all areas and for specific career-related tasks but also taking the time to have fun with the people you work with, making time for enjoyable team experiences. This is our goal at TPL as we want teamwork experiences to be enjoyable and an extra special event.

Having anything from team days, to training in-house or off the job, can show the employee that the managers recognise their contributions and care about them as individuals, which can increase engagement and productivity if they see the business is supportive of them.

Overall, TPL helps achieve engagement through tailored consultations and feedback sessions that can help with employee: confidence, wellbeing, recognition and engagement. These four areas were also seen as being the basis for five different strategies: frequent quality circles, considering other employee commitments, giving employees more opportunities, giving them special recognition and providing training to gain new skills for a job.

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I am Minoti, born and raised in India and now based in UK, I am passionate about helping individuals feel confident and happy in their workplace through facilitating personalised team building and soft-skills training programs. As a Speaker and Trainer, I have delivered over 1600 events globally.