Employee Involvement
All the training we do as managers, all the motivation we attempt, all that positive feedback and morale building are all aimed at one thing. Increasing employee involvement. If your employees are not involved,if they just come to work to warm a seat, you won't get their best performance. If you don't get their best, everything they do will cost you more than it should have. It might be in a high error or rework rate. It might be in an innovative new idea that they didn't share with you. Whatever the issue, it will cost you.So how do you get your employees engaged and committed? Here are the basics.
- Inspire and Admire
One of the biggest mistake a manager can make is to ignore their employees. The same attention you paid to their work assignments, to their satisfaction levels, to their sense of being part of a great team needs to continue for as long as they are in your group. As soon as you start to slack off, their satisfaction and motivation decreases and you lose them. - How to Innovate in Business
Give your employees the freedom to think for themselves. Don't be a micro-manager. If they have a little breathing room they will be more innovative and more committed to your goals. - Employee Retention Tips
The same things that reduce turnover and increase employee retention are the things that increase employee involvement. Give them clear goals and honest feedback. - How To Give Positive Feedback
For some reason, we are much better at telling people when they do something wrong than when they do something right. Yet this positive feedback is critical to keeping employees engaged. It has to be deserved and it has to be honest, but don't omit it. - Delegate, Don't Just Dump
Delegation is another way to increase employee engagement. When you actively delegate a task to an employee they have an opportunity to grow and tackle new challenges. It stimulates them and makes them think beyond just punching a timeclock. Just be sure you actually delegate properly and don't just dump more work on them. - Tip: Get your people involved
Participative management is key.
The Full Management Skills Pyramid
The Management Skills Pyramid shows all the skills a manager must master to be successful and shows how these management skills build on each other toward success.Level 1
Basic Management Skills for Beginning Managers
Level 2
Management Skills for Developing Your Team
Level 3
Management Skills for Developing Yourself
Level 4
Leadership Skills
