At NextMappingTM we have surveyed thousands of leaders and one of the top issues facing leaders is “how to get employees to engage”.
Recently, I conducted a series of workshops for BMO Bank of Montreal across Canada. We traveled to Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto. The focus was on the future of work strategies with leaders in attendance from a variety of industries.
The industries that leaders represented at each workshop included payroll services, manufacturing, retail, agriculture, government, real estate, automotive, financial services, construction, and education.
The focus for each workshop was on being ‘future-ready’ as it relates to digital maturity, leadership ability and innovating for the future.
The leaders in the workshop participated in interactive dialogues around challenges in the workplace. Challenges included digital transformation, the fast pace of change and how to get employees to engage in the workplace.
I often say that technology is fairly easy and straightforward
it’s the ‘people’ that are the challenge.
Many companies have been struggling with digital transformation because there was or has not been a focus on employee engagement in the process.
The most successful digital transformations happen as a result of a ‘people first’ focus. Steve Jobs had a fixation on the end-user of Apple innovations.
The focus on the customer continues to drive Apple’s technology innovation.
In addition to focusing on the customer as ‘people’, we need to engage the workers to create a great employee experience.
Whether you want to engage employees to be happier at work or you want to create an innovative workplace culture the focus needs to be on the ‘human’ element of ‘work’.
Here are 4 ways how to get employees to engage at work:
Employee engagement is a future-ready strategy. Companies that are able to both attract and retain top talent are going to be the winners in the race for the future. Technology can innovate however we need people to create the future!
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