Engaging

Those of you who are regular readers will know that we here at inspired have been working on an Employee Engagement workshop over the last six months or so. We ran our first batch of workshops last year and they were very well received - there's a new round beginning soon and you can find details here. If you know someone who might be interested, please do forward the link on.

As well as the MacLeod Report, on which the "Engaging for Success" workshop was based, the CIPD have recently conducted their own survey into employee engagement and you can download it here. I was particularly struck by their assertion that "the extent to which employees find meaning in their work has a substantial impact on how they feel about their working life in general. Employees who believe that their work is important and that they can make a difference have much more positive perceptions about their work and their work environment."

I've talked about this a number of times, in particular in this post, and it's great to have it reconfirmed. I feel strongly about the subject and it almost feels like there's some momentum building. Perhaps this will be the year when employers move away from the old-fashioned industrial-age model of management and begin to truly engage with their workers.