According to Leigh Buchanan of the Harvard Business Review it takes just three things to get a 57% increase in discretionary effort or “willingness to exceed duty’s call”. Not surprisingly this kind of extra involvement brings financial and customer benefits to the organisations that can invoke it. So what do you need to do to gain this kind of involvement?
1. Show each staff member just how important they are to the organisation’s success
2. Offer multiple opportunities for staff to contribute and reward their contributions
3. Be a good and credible organisation that they can believe in.
So now you have the answers, what’s stopping your team from getting involved? More here
How involved are your staff?
Are they proud of working with your organisation? Do they speak positively about your services and products? Will they go the extra mile for you and your customers? In Involved Employees we look at what gets in the way of people thriving on their work and how to fix this. Get involved at involved employees.com or contact us at involved@ergoclear.com
Sunday, 4 November 2007
Chris Markham is Communications Partner with Ergo Consulting fighting the employee ‘involvement gap’ going beyond the ‘once a year, tick in the box’ staff survey. Get involved: visit involved employees.com
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