According to Forbes, employee engagement is the ‘emotional commitment the employees has to the organization and its goals’. This goes beyond benefits or any extra perks. An engaged employee has a desire to work toward a common goal, and they want to feel that they themselves and their work are valuable to the organization.
Even with the constant evolution of technology, learning creative strategies to motivate your team isn’t always easy.
We’ve put together a shortlist of employee engagement technology you can use to boost engagement in your workplace:
Cloud based sharing platforms like Dropbox or Google Drive are useful tools for businesses of any size. Both let employees share file and collaborate with ease, often eliminating unnecessary time spent crafting emails with large attachments.
Other platforms like PostBeyond can also amplify engagement, and generate leads as well. PostBeyond offers a user-friendly platform where your team can log in and find links to pre-approved articles they can share. This could be your own content, or articles that are related to your business/industry. By getting your whole team to share content that is relevant, you’ll generate more traffic to your website.
With more and more employees working remotely, 7Geese is a great option for sharing progress on objectives and key results (OKRs). Everyone in the company has the ability to see what different teams are working on, their progress, and how their projects align with higher level objectives.
Engagement levels tend to be higher in organizations where there is more transparency between teams, and employees understand how they’re individually contributing to company goals.
An increasing number of companies are paying attention to the trend of tying culture to employee wellness programs.
When employees feel better about themselves, they will perform better at work – utilize this. The company Limeade connects health to employee engagement. The platform conducts health assessment surveys to address the needs of a company, and then create a plan that uses incentives and points to encourage healthy behaviors.
Want to know exactly how engaged your team is? Instead of burdening your employees with length surveys use TinyPulse to create ‘pulse surveys’ – usually just one question per week, but answers can be on a scale or more open-ended.
RoundPegg is more comprehensive, and allows organizations to poll employees on eight areas, such as expectations, growth, trust, etc., that have been proven to align with employee engagement.
Looking for something in the middle? Check out 6Q –A tool that lets managers ask 6 questions each week. An added bonus: you can send virtual ‘high fives’ to peers to recognize a job well done, and pull reports on past survey questions to see how employee engagement is trending.
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