Are you ready to join the Agent in Engagement movement and have an amazing year! You can (and will) make an impact on your team members through your focus on employee engagement. As the year begins, take some time to plan how you can better engage your team in 2017.
“So much depends upon managers. For example, a Gallup study found that at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement scores is driven by who the boss is. This is disconcerting because the same research found that about 70% of people in management roles are not well equipped for the job. This state of affairs is hurting not just employee engagement and quality of life, but also corporate performance.”1
If you’ve made a resolution to be a better manager in 2017, it’s time to consider 1) whether you are in the right role and, if so, 2) how you can improve your current management practices.
To assist you in your resolution, review this curated list of previous Agent In Engagement posts related to managers.
- Employee Engagement: Where to Start?
- Employee Engagement: I Just Don’t Have Time for That!
- Three Simple Ways to Increase Employee Engagement
- You Might Be a Poor Manager If…
- What Can You Learn From the Superboss Playbook?
- Stop Talking About Discretionary Effort!
- Dear [Insert Team Member Name]: Thank you!
- The 9 Most Important Phrases to Improve Employee Engagement
- Four Seconds to Engagement
- The Type B Manager: Insights for Improved Employee Engagement
- The Engaging Questions
- Be a “Mom” at Work: Employee Engagement and the 7 Characteristics of Being a Good Mother
- The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace
- What Crayons Can Teach Us About Employee Engagement
- Dear Managers, Here’s Some Feedback
- Give Employees Their “DOSE” of Chemical Injections to Influence Engagement!
- These Trying Times Should be “Try-ing” Times
- Should Complaining Be Encouraged?
- Just Say Hello!
- To Most Employees, Managers Are The Company
- Step Away From Your Desk
- Are Manager’s Obsolete?
- 10 Weeks to Better Engaged Employees – Introduction
Take time to read these posts and identify some ideas you would like to incorporate into your daily practice. Start with a focus on implementing one idea. Evaluate your progress after 30 days (January). Once you feel that you are making progress, slowly add another of the ideas you identified. Keep practicing and applying each of them until they are second nature. By the end of 2017, you’ll have developed a more people-centric management approach and you will have reaped the benefits of better-engaged employees all year!
Which of the Agent In Engagement posts was most interesting to you? Which ideas will you try to incorporate into your management practice in 2017?
1 Fuller, Ryan, and Nina Shikaloff. “What Great Managers Do Daily.” Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business School Publishing, 14 Dec. 2016. Web. 04 Jan. 2017.
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Other recent Agent in Engagement data/reports by Agent Gregory F Simpson:
- Employee Engagement Intelligence Briefing: 2016.12.26 – 2016.12.30
- Veteran Operative Employee Engagement Insights: 12.26 – 2016.12.30
- Year End Reflection: How Can You Better Engage in 2017?
- Do You Treat Your Employees Like Dogs?
- Agent In Engagement Gives Thanks – Happy Thanksgiving 2016
- Did You Fall Down the Pyramid?
- Advice on How to Win in the Politics vs. Employee Engagement Campaign
