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Here are ten things that leaders do wrong to engage employees. Employee engagement is hardly rocket science but many leaders are daunted by it. They may have a tendency to run the other direction when they hear the phrase “employee engagement”. Employee engagement is a positive step that you can take in order to develop your workplace into a happier, healthier and more productive environment. Employees who are seriously engaged in their work are better employees so stop making simple engagement mistakes today. David Zinger gives us 10 things every leader must stop doing in order to engage their employees.
- Stop waiting for a magic moment to engage.
- Stop mistaking engagement as someone else’s job or responsibility.
- Stop conceptualizing engagement as a problem to be solved.
- Stop searching for a stronger business case for engagement.
- Stop thinking of employee engagement as an extra.
- Stop believing you need more data to begin.
- Stop seeing the CEO or President as someone other than an employee.
- Stop wasting time formulating big programs and splashy launches.
- Stop extensive consulting with experts so that you have time to consult with employees.
- Stop trying and start doing.
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Employee engagement very often relies on the leadership to get involved. Employees look to their leaders for guidance and if they don't know how important their engagement is then they simply can't get more engaged. Actively making an effort to improve employee engagement is bound to be a vast improvement over doing nothing at all. Even if the engagement program fails miserably, you will have a starting point for where to head next on your journey to improve employee engagement. Miss these pitfalls and you will be well on your way to enhancing employee engagement, so get started today!
