Employees who like and respect their bosses are more engaged, more productive, and more loyal to their companies.<\/p>\n
And companies with engaged employees outperform the competition by as much as 202% and see a 19% increase in shareholder return, says business coach Allan Harvey.<\/p>\n
Despite this, only 9% of employees in South Africa are engaged at work according to Gallup\u2019s 142-country study on the State of the Global Workplace.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe bulk of employees in South Africa, 91% in fact, are \u2018not engaged,\u2019 meaning they lack motivation and are less likely to invest discretionary effort in organisational goals or outcomes,\u201d says Harvey.<\/p>\n
Of that 91%, almost half (45%) are \u201cactively disengaged,\u201d indicating they are unhappy and unproductive at work.<\/p>\n
Engagement drives performance and results because engaged employees contribute the most, stay the longest, and perform the best.<\/p>\n
Gallup\u2019s study reveals that engaged employees will try 57% harder, perform 20% better, and miss 20% fewer work days.<\/p>\n
They are also less likely to be head-hunted by your competition, since as many as 60% of employees resign from their bosses rather than their jobs.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the engaged 9% are having the most positive impact on the bottom line, immense opportunities exist to improve business outcomes by influencing the hearts and minds of these disengaged employees,\u201d Harvey says.<\/p>\n
\u201cImagine increasing the engaged group by just 10% and the impact that will have on the business outcomes. That\u2019s a total of nearly 20% more who try harder, who\u00a0perform better, and miss fewer work days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Employees want their managers to care about their personal lives, to take an interest in them as people, to care about how they feel, and support their health and well-being.<\/p>\n
A manager\u2019s ability to build strong relationships with employees, build strong team interaction, and lead in a \u201cperson-centred\u201d way creates an engaging environment in which employees can perform at the highest possible level.<\/p>\n
It is also essential to work with employees to create a clear career path and set goals with a potential for growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy showing team members that they are valued and have responsibility, and then to recognise and reward them for a job well done, a manager can create an involved employee.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is then much easier to turn that sense of involvement into enthusiasm and a sense of pride into ownership, which\u00a0creates the highest levels of engagement with employees.<\/p>\n
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