29 Employee Engagement Ideas You Need to Know About

29 Employee
Engagement Ideas
You Need to
Know About

Offer healthier options at your
workplace
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Three-fourths of employees want
access to a healthy cafeteria or
vending options at their workplace, but
less than half of employers actually
offer it as a benefit.
“
-Jason Lauritsen
Directo r o f B es t Pla ces to
Wo rk a t Qua ntum Wo rkpla ce

Align your company with a
purpose
2
Don’t focus on what you do, but why you do it.

Get your heath and wellness
program in order
3

There have been multiple scientific
studies proving that health and wellness
efforts not only yield higher productivity
and engagement in the workplace but will
also help reduce turnover as job stress is
the #1 reason people quit.
“
-Kevin Sheridan
Autho r o f Building a Magnetic
Culture

Give your people “inside information”
4

The one true fact in all workplaces is
your people want to be in the know,
they want to be in the circle of trust.
“
-Tim Sackett
Pres ident a t HRU Technica l
Res o urces

Celebrate personal wins
5
If someone on your team hits their monthly or
quarterly goal, make it a win for your department
or the whole company.
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Emphasize work-life balance
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Work-life balance is one of the most
important things employers can do to
help employees not only stay healthy and
fit, but keep them engaged day by day.
“
-Blake McCammon
B lo gging4J o bs

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Praise your coworkers
7
It shouldn’t only be left to managers to praise good work.
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Liven up the office
8
Try an open-office floor plan, incorporate plants
around the office, create collaboration spaces, or
that cool arcade game that people want.
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Have more fun
9
Take a half-day Friday to do something fun as a
team.
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Stand for something your team
can be proud of
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Show your employees that you care,
that you stand for something they can
be proud of, and that you can offer
them meaningful and purposeful work.
“
-Irene Becker
Lea ders hip Co a ch

Send out an employee survey to
get honest feedback
11
Use a tool like Officevibe or SurveyMonkey to create
a survey and send it out to your team
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Find out what your team members
are passionate about
12
It’ll help you connect with them and show them that you actually
care about their interests.
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Promote perks that boost mental
and physical wellbeing
13
Perks can help make your office a more fun place to
work.
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Create an atmosphere of
enthusiasm and positive energy
14
Give high-fives for no reason, encourage each other to “crush” the
day, ring a gong when a sale comes through.
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Provide ongoing coaching and
training
15
A study by Deloitte in 2012 found that retention is
25% higher for employees who have engaged in
company-sponsored mentorship.
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Open consistent lines of
communication
16
Ask the managers of your organization to setup
weekly meetings to see where their direct reports
need resources and any new ideas they have.
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Capture the magic of your team’s “I’s”
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Integrity, initiative, individual talents, and
invaluable diversity. Highlight each individual’s
talents and how they contribute to the whole.
“
-Kate Nasser
T he Peo ple Skills Co a ch T M

Make sure new hires get to know
the whole team
18
Setup a lunch or other fun activity to celebrate the
addition of a new member to the team.
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Show employees how their job
advances the company’s vision
19
This will boost each employee’s investment in the success of the
company instead of just feeling like a cog in the wheel.
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Allow employees to move laterally
within the organization
20
This will help you retain some of your young talent
when they might have otherwise abandoned ship.
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Give your employees more
responsibility, not just more tasks
21
Humans are inherently goal-oriented, so when you give them
something worth achieving, you’ll be amazed at how much purpose
and drive it gives them.
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Know your company culture and
hire by it
22
That’s how you continue to bring people onboard who want to
work with the person next to them.
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Encourage volunteering
23
Giveyour employees a couple of hours each month
to get out of the office and participate in
community service.
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Celebrate your team
24
Make your team members feel special on their
birthdays, work anniversaries, their first day of
work, etc. (Hint: hand-written notes go a long way)
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Hold office hours
25
Allow people to come in for office hours to give
feedback, talk concerns, and explore new ideas.
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Build more trust
26
Trust your employees to accomplish the work you give
them without checking up on them 4 times a day.
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Send out some Monday
Motivation
27
Find an inspirational quote or page from a book and
send it out to your team on Monday mornings.
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Create a roadmap to achieve
professional goals
28
Find out what your employees’ professional goals are and make sure
they’re on track to achieve those goals.
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Incentivize goals
29
Create some healthy competition and reward excellent
performance with incentives for goal achievement.
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