Employee Engagement Activities

 “What are your expectations from your new employer?”

This is a general question asked to the candidates during interview to know what they are/were missing in their current or previous jobs and which type of organization they would love to work for. The common answers given by most of them are:

1.       Growth opportunities;

2.       Salaries in time;

3.       Flexible hours of working;

4.       Good working atmosphere and many more…

Based on this, can we can say that if an Employer fulfills all his expectations, the employee will not leave the company randomly. But this never happens.

For this we need to clarify our perceptions between the satisfied workforce and the engaged workforce. A person who is engaged may not be satisfied while a person who is satisfied may not be engaged. There's lot of difference between an employee being satisfied and employee being engaged. An employee may be satisfied with the facilities that he is getting and that would be sufficient enough to continue with the organization. On the other hand an employee may be 100% engaged with his work and yet may not be satisfied. One of the reasons could be that he does not have a supportive boss. The employee seeking for growth opportunities might not be satisfied with flexible timings format of the company. The employee who is looking for a company paying salaries in time might not be satisfied with growth opportunities provided to him. So we need to know what exactly can be done for making the employees connected and engaged with the company.

There should be a sense of personal touch & attachment in the organization that inspires every employee for working more effectively and efficiently. The more friendly the atmosphere, the more employee feels comfortable. As we know today’s scenario at work place is full of tensions and work-pressure. Here comes the part of employee engagement activities where stress and pressure of work is reduced by having fun activities at work place. From different activities done at work place, every employee gets a chance in different ways of presenting himself. For example if an employee who is of reserved nature, is engaged in a card making activity at work place & if he wins the prize, he feels elated & happy. By this activity employer has provided a platform to this employee for showing his hidden talents of art making and also giving him recognition for this talent as Best Card Winner.

In every such fun activity, employees will have interaction with each other. It happens that because of work load employees with different department and even different teams in the same organization does not interact with each other. This type of atmosphere sometimes is very uncomfortable to work. Employee Engagement Activities provides employees to interact with each other and make themselves comfortable and make them feel as a part of family.

Other activities can include team building games where the employees can be taught, the importance of co-ordination and team work in a fun way. 

The employee must feel that there is somebody in the organizations who cares for him/her and wants his/her success and growth.

The organizations now days take all possible steps to ensure that they have employee engagement activities  like  organizing  birthday bashes, talent shows, sports activities and many other things.

 They want their employees to be committed to their work fully. Besides all the above activities, they also make sure that the employees have role clarity, get all the material and equipment they require to perform their work efficiently.

So, success of your organization reaches great heights if there is an engaged workforce.