Scoreboard - 16 Sweet Ways You Can Score With Employee EngagementThere are a lot of balls in the air right now.  And I’m not talking about the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  I’m talking about employee engagement. Many managers and companies are trying to score more engagement from their employees in various ways.

 

They would love to have the engagement that March Madness evokes.

 

“The loss of productivity in the opening week of March Madness could cost employers nearly $4 billion in lost revenue, according to the report [by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas]. And each hour of the workday wasted on building brackets or watching games will cost employers $1.3 billion.”1

 

To win, you have to play. You have to compete for your employees’ engagement. Are you going to throw in the towel or give it your best shot?

 

Here are the four brackets in the competition for employee engagement:

 

Employee – Manager Relationship                 Recognition and Rewards

Advancement Opportunities                             Growth and Development

 

 

Over the next two weeks, we’ll follow each of the key participants in each bracket as they go head-to-head. On March 24th, the Elite 8 and Final 4 will be determined followed by the results of the semi-finals and final on March 31st.

 

Let’s tip off by revealing the 16 key participants in engagement that will compete in the match ups.

 

Employee Engagement Sweet 16 

Employee Engagement March Madness Sweet 16 Brackets - colorcoded

PDF version for larger view: Employee Engagement March Madness Sweet 16 Brackets.pdf

 

 

It’s time to score…an improvement in your employee engagement. Make your picks and follow along as the match ups progress.

 

 

 

1 Golden, Jessica. “Checking Your Brackets All Day Leads to $4B in Lost Productivity.” NBC News. NBC Universal, 14 Mar. 2016. Web. 16 Mar. 2016. <http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/march-madness-could-cost-employers-4b-lost-productivity-n538021>.

 

 

 

What brackets would you have included?  What key participants would you have chosen?

 

 

Let’s Engage!

I’m Agent in Engagement Simpson…Gregory F Simpson.

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