What are some of the key principles that create an engaged organisation?
There are many different models around engagement factors, but in summary there are seven keys: 1. Leadership Great leadership keeps people informed and appreciated through trust and integrity. Most employees don’t leave jobs or organisations – they leave managers. Leaders need to keep their people informed and appreciated. Australia has one of the highest avoidance management styles in the world. People want communication and to be kept in the loop, appreciated and given feedback, especially Generation Y’ers. 2. Purpose A business with aligned values and meaningful purpose makes a real difference. The alignment of employees and the business values and purpose, creates meaning for individuals and is usually more powerful than money in engaging people. 3. Relationships Good, positive, open and collaborative relationships should exist between leaders, co-workers and teams 87% of all employees say they are most productive in their jobs when surrounded by colleagues with whom they have a g
