Recognizing and Engaging Employees For Dummies

Chapter 20

Ten No-Cost Strategies for Recognizing and Engaging Employees

In This Chapter

Involving employees in decisions

Supporting employees’ professional development

Sharing praise publicly

The great thing about employee recognition and engagement is that it doesn’t have to cost you anything. I conducted a national survey of thousands of employees to find out what motivates them at no cost to their employers. Here are the motivators employees said were most important to them, in order of popularity. Also included are some thoughts and examples of how you might better provide each of these items to your own employees.

#1: Provide Employees Information They Need

The top priority for 95 percent of the employees surveyed is having adequate communication and being informed, and they see it as their manager’s job to keep them updated. Employees need information to do their job well, but they also want to know about other things: what’s going on in other areas of the organization, what the company’s marketing strategies are, what new products and services are in the works, and such. There are many ways to make employees feel informed and included:

• Provide the latest information about ...