Developing Motivation and Employee Engagement: Enabling People to Succeed

The thinking behind employee engagement is simple. If people in organisations are actively engaged with their work – not simply motivated, but valuing what they are doing and striving to do it better at all times – then they will be more productive for the organisation, as well as more fulfilled and likely to achieve personal career success.

The logic and evidence for this view is compelling: it works, and works well. The challenge, however, is to move from a situation where people might (or might not) be simply happy and motivated, to one where they are actively loyal, committed and engaged with their work. The first part of this toolkit explains how employee engagement works and why it is so significant, giving examples of firms that have developed and benefited from greater engagement. The second part provides practical techniques to help you generate greater employee engagement within your team.