Employee Engagement
The Chartered Institute for Personnel & Development found, in 2006, that around 35% of UK employees are actively engaged with their work/company.
However, by definition, this means that 65% are either not engaged or actively disengaged and it is these two categories that should worry employers and managers.
Staff who are not engaged simply do the bare minimum of work for their employer. They are not likely to be loyal or disloyal, working purely because they need the money.
Employees who are actively disengaged will actually try to do harm to the business, its reputation and its clients.
It’s not difficult to see why many organisations are looking for ways to ensure the highest level of engagement. It’s no longer enough for a CEO, when asked how many people work in his company to respond ‘About half of them.’
How can Profiles help?
Companies are usually well able to define who their most engaged employees are. The correlation between engagement and performance means that standard business measurements will go a long way towards telling them that.
Using Profiles assessments to establish a benchmark from the current top performers allows an organisation to do two things:
- Ensure that all future employees match the characteristrics of the current ’engaged’ workforce.
- Establish the gaps between the less engaged employees and their higher performing peers and help them to bridge the gap.
So, are your workers engaged? Profiles International can help you to develop a high performance, engaged workforce. Contact us to find out more.
