50 Activities for Employee Engagement

Part VI–Employee Engagement Communications

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Pressures to Succeed

Activity Description Time Guideline: 20 minutes

Purpose

To emphasize that putting pressure on employees to perform better may be productive only to a certain point

Description

A performance model is presented, showing the relationship between pressure and job performance.

Resources

Handout 38.1

Presentation

• Begin the activity by discussing how much pressure there is on employees at all levels of an organization

to be successful.

• Explain to participants that:

— These pressures can come from anywhere inside the organization, including the boss or the board

of directors, or outside the organization, including customers, suppliers, or regulatory agencies.

— Often these ...