How important is EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION & ENGAGEMENT to your business?

tyle="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal;A company’s ability to manage employee
MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"engagement is closely linked to its ability to achievehigh
class=MsoNormal> A few companies haveperformance levels and translate it into profit. Engaged
it...Everyone wants it...Chances are your organisation isand motivated employees are more likely to stay with
trying hard toget it... What could it be??? High levels ofthe company longer, be a champion of the company
Employee engagement and staff motivation.and offer increased contribution to the bottom line. So
employee motivation and engagement is critical to any
There are few issues that human resources directorsbusiness that seeks to retain valued employees and
and talent managers face today that aremoreincrease its level of performance. We already know
important than attracting, retaining and motivating goodthat wages and benefits are important to employees,
employees. Effective employeemotivation andbut direct compensation is only a part of the package
retention can have a dramatic impact on a company.required to keep the highly skilled, motivated and
As employees grow so does your business along withexperienced workforce that a business needs to
potential profit - remember that people are yoursucceed. Of the many ways to engage staff; training,
business, its people thatdrive a business forwards so itpersonal development, security, being appreciated,
pays to employ and appreciate good staff. One of thegoing on team building events, leadership development,
most effective ways to fill your company with greatconferences and incentives are commonly quoted by
people is to keep the great ones around. Think of allemployees as ingredients to emloyee motivation.
the organisational knowledge, expertise, and know-how
that quality staff bring to work each day. Engage andOrganising professional events including team building,
motivate these high quality human resources and youincentive programmes, communication events and
have a gold mine to tap in to.development workshops for your employees will
By ensuring employee motivation and engagement andimpact directly on your employees and business by
keeping quality staff you can make savings throughhelping to reduce costly issues such as absenteeism,
lower recruit costs which in turn can be ploughed backstress, conflict and staff turnover, whilst increasing
into staff training, development and employeeemployee engagement, ownership, motivation, trust,
motivation, further increasing engagement,loyalty and performance.
performance and productivity. A company with 75If you want to enjoy higher levels of employee
employees, average salary £45,000, can save aengagement and motivation, and thebenefits that
staggering £150,000 per year by lowering staffcome with it, ask Leap Plc, a company specialising in
turnover by 5%, in recruitment costs alone.developing people, performance and productivity…..
That’s a significant amount to invest in team
building, employee motivation and looking after yourFind out how improving Employee Motivation could
people. Invest in your people and they will invest in yourtransform your business!
business!