stave off the zombie apocalypse at work
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Stave off the Zombie Apocalypse at Work
The association of an individual with his organisation and his dedication towards his
work is termed as employee engagement. It is all about how engaged employees are
at their job and their zeal towards achieving their goals laid out for them.
What do you refer to someone who is not all of the above? Someone who is
disengaged at workplace, running through a lot, going through a phase, not
achieving expectations, barely passing and mostly failing? A Zombie! In this
competitive world, it becomes necessary to stave off a stream of dead-eyed,
lackluster employees by utilising critical tactics to focus on what will contribute to the
success of the business.
Identification of disruptive employee engagement to yielding the benefits of a
business with engaged employees can be achieved with the below mentioned 5
steps.
Step 1: Conduct Confidential Surveys
Evaluating once in a decade isn’t enough, one ought to recurrently examine the
forthcomings to stay abreast and plan ahead. Routinely conducted annual employee
survey allows buffer time to gather survey results, develop strategies and implement
required modifications.
Step 2: Face the Music – Honestly
No company runs without having employee issues. This can be recognised through
confidential surveys. Your response as an employer is to face the music…face the
honest feedback you receive. And when employees share their concerns, they do so
because there is desire for success at the core of their issue. Listen to what your
employee has to say with an attitude of understanding and gratitude. Your
employees would only quit if there are issues which are unbearable. But if the
employees stay and continue to achieve your business goals, implies, they consider
the organisation their own and are putting their whole and sole into it. This helps you
improve your business.
Step 3: Just Do It
If there are issues, address them. After the employee engagement survey has been
performed, do not let issues aggravate—address them timely. Work at providing
real, tangible solutions. Employees who have offered critical feedback will definitely
start looking elsewhere for work if nothing is addressed. Whatever the feedback, find
out the solutions and act upon them. It will mean you are staving off a zombie
apocalypse in your own company, so in essence your action makes you a
superhero.
Step 4: Breathe. Pause. Repeat.
Once the appropriate solutions have taken place, it is tempting to quickly survey
employees again to ensure that you are implementing the right strategies. But be
sure to develop a timeline beforehand that gives you buffer time to implement any
necessary transformations. Once a new plan is launched, you have to pause and let
it work.
Step 5: Continue the Conversation
An employee engagement survey will give way to initiate two-way communications at
your workplace. Once that has been achieved in confidentiality, continue the
conversation by creating a safe space for employees to open up about issues in their
workplace. Avoid initiating gossip sessions; instead encourage employees to bring
their problems to the table, leading to earning their praise, gratitude and eventually
satisfaction.
Bottom-line is that grateful employees mean higher productivity, more enthusiasm for
their positions in your company and better commitment to your business’ ultimate
goals. To know more about how to create a work place with happy
employees, contact our experts.