The Six Components of Employee Engagement

Everyone’s looking for the recipe for employee engagement. How do you get motivated workers? To start, think about the six components of Employee Engagement. These are the drivers of engagement.

1. FIT

Is the employee a FIT with the organization–its culture? Is the Purpose of the organization meaningful to the employee? Are the values of the organization in harmony with the employee’s values?

Is the employee a FIT with the job? Does the employee feel one’s work is significant and is the best use of one’s abilities?

2. TRUST

Do you have a trusting workplace where people feel their leaders have integrity–they’re honest and fair? Do employees respect their leaders?

3. CARING

Does work feel like family? Is collaboration encouraged? Do employees have friends at work?

4. COMMUNICATION

Do you have ongoing, open communication? Do employees feel like leaders/managers listen to them? Is information freely shared?

5. ACHIEVEMENT

Does the organization support individual development? Do employees have challenging assignments? Does the workplace encourage achievement and mastery?

6. OWNERSHIP

Do employees have autonomy? Would employees say they feel involved? Do they participate in decision making that impacts their work? Is work flexible?

When employees’ human needs are met, they are more engaged.

Learn more about how to conduct an employee engagement survey.

For survey questions on these six drivers, go to this link.

Contact Sheila to help you conduct an Employee Engagement Survey to measure these six components

Contact Sheila to help you conduct an employee engagement survey. Above all, how you administer the survey impacts the honesty of the responses. Consequently, outside support provides more meaningful results. Sheila is an organizational culture expert, based in Atlanta, Georgia. To clarify, she serves clients globally. Use the Contact Form to email Sheila.