Engaging Employees: A Manager's Guide to Clarifying Expectations - Softcover

Baroff, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1520552017 ISBN 13: 9781520552019

Publisher: Independently published, 2017

Synopsis

Employees may face constantly changing roles, responsibilities and expectations that can leave them feeling isolated, confused, and unproductive. Managers rarely have time to give employees the kind of one-on-one attention that might keep them motivated with a sense of purpose and commitment to achieve strategic business results.So, what does it take for people to work with a sense of engagement, meaning and purpose in what they do? At the most basic level, it involves truly understanding and following through to meet and exceed the expectations that various stakeholders have on them to do the work needed to achieve strategic outcomes and results. It is a given that the world of work is in constant change. The social contract between employer and employee has changed. To compete, succeed and meet stockholder expectations, business owners and executives are restructuring their businesses, reorganizing departments and functions, reengineering work processes, re-deploying people and expecting more from retrenched resources. Any guarantee of lifelong employment in any one company is gone in all industries, including the government sector and there is an emerging expectation on the part of employers that employees be accountable for their performance and that employees be stakeholders in the results they produce. At the same time employers are looking to recruit and retain the best employees who are able to take responsibility for their own job development and performance improvement and employees are focused on the quality of their personal and professional.Ultimately, if companies expect to achieve the results they expect, leaders must create an environment for people to learn how not only what is expected of them, but also and more importantly, to take responsibility for managing their own performance.By applying the concepts and doing the exercises in this guidebook, you will learn how to:•Implement an Employee Engagement approach that aligns your company or department’s “big picture” with the “bottom line”.•Assess how your organization’s culture affects your employee’s engagement and performance.•Move from a focus on job descriptions to performance expectations.•Link organizational performance measures with individual and team performance.•Refine your management practices to enhance employee engagement, motivation and accountability.•Create a climate and for your employees to feel totally engaged and able to “manage their own performance”

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1520552017
• ISBN 13: 9781520552019
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 63