Create a happier, more engaged & productive work environment with these 40+ inspirational quotes. Employees will feel passion and show commitment to their job.
It’s easy to see why so many companies are struggling to engage their employees. Between crushing competition, constant business disruptions, and the changing needs of the workforce, it seems like difficult to achieve perfectly engaged and productive employees.
However, there are quotes that can inspire employees and help them take ownership of their work experience.
Here are 50+ inspirational quotes for engaging employees
“To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.” - Doug Conant
“In union there is strength.” – Aesop
“When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.” - Simon Sinek
“Your number one customers are your people. Look after employees first and then customers last.” - Ian Hutchinson
“Success is best when it’s shared.” – Howard Schultz
“We are more powerful when we empower each other.”
“Business and human endeavors are systems... We tend to focus on snapshots of isolated parts of the system. And wonder why our deepest problems never get solved.” - Peter Senge,
“A group of people get together and exist as an institution we call a company so they are able to accomplish something collectively that they could not accomplish separately – they make a contribution to society, a phrase which sounds trite but is fundamental.” - David Packard
“Build a team so strong you don’t know who the boss is.”
“Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person – not just an employee – are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability.” - Anne M. Mulcahy
“On what high-performing companies should be striving to create: A great place for great people to do great work.” - Marilyn Carlson
“Individuals play the game, but teams beat the odds.” – Unknown
“In teamwork, silence isn’t golden, it’s deadly.” – Mark Sanborn
“There are only three measurements that tell you nearly everything you need to know about your organization’s overall performance: employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and cash flow. It goes without saying that no company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.” - Jack Welch
“The way your employees feel is the way your customers will feel. And if your employees don’t feel valued, neither will your customers.” - Sybil F. Stershic
“Many candles can be kindled from one candle without diminishing it.” – Midrash
“Culture is about performance, and making people feel good about how they contribute to the whole.” - Tracy Streckenbach
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb
“People want to know they matter and they want to be treated as people. That’s the new talent contract.” - Pamela Stroko
“The nicest thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.” – Margaret Carty
“Employee engagement is the art and science of engaging people in authentic and recognized connections to strategy, roles, performance, organization, community, relationship, customers, development, energy, and happiness to leverage, sustain, and transform work into results.” - David Zinger
“The greatest asset of a company is its people.” – Jorge Paulo Lemann
“Give them a vision, not the task, and the job will be done very effectively.” - Unknown
“Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.” – Peter Drucker
“When people go to work, they shouldn’t have to leave their hearts at home.” – Betty Bender
“Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways.” – Lee Lacocca
“We think it’s important for employees to have fun… it drives employee engagement.” –Tony Hsieh
“Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret.” – Mary Kay Ash
“Some companies don’t have an engagement problem, they have a hiring problem.” –Bob Kelleher
“Employees engage with employers and brands when they’re treated as humans worthy of respect.” – Meghan M. Biro
“Your number one customers are your people. Look after employees first and then customers last.” – Ian Hutchinson
“Take our 20 best people away, and I will tell you that Microsoft will become an unimportant company” – Bill Gates
“Employee engagement is the emotional commitment the employee has to the organization and its goals.” – Kevin Kruse
“The leader needs to create an environment in which people can analyze the situation and develop a good response.” – Bill Gates
“Happy employees ensure happy customers. And happy customers ensure happy shareholders—in that order.” – Simon Sinek
“Motivating employees to work at their full potential is the main premise of successful management.” – Eraldo Banovac
“Environments that support their employees in the right way will naturally foster employee engagement.” – Aaron Tucker
“Engaged employees are in the game for the sake of the game; they believe in the cause of the organization.” – Paul Marciano, PhD
“On what high-performing companies should be striving to create: A great place for great people to do great work.” – Marilyn Carlson
“Employee engagement is the extent to which your employees feel connected to and motivated by the work that they do.” – Janine N.Truitt
“Employees engage with employers and brands when they’re treated as humans worthy of respect.” - Meghan M. Biro
“Connect the dots between individual roles and the goals of the organization. When people see that connection, they get a lot of energy out of work. They feel the importance, dignity, and meaning in their job.” - Ken Blanchard
“Employee engagement is all about maximizing employee productivity by creating the right conditions to motivate employees to contribute their maximum effort, skills, and knowledge.” – Guy Ellis
“Engaged employees stay for what they give (they like their work); disengaged employees stay for what they get (favorable job conditions, growth opportunities, job security).” - Blessing White
“You’ll attract the employees you need if you can explain why your mission is compelling: not why it’s important in general, but why you’re doing something important that no one else is going to get done.” – Peter Thiel
“Turned on people figure out how to beat the competition, Turned off people only complain about being beaten by the competition.” - Ben Simonton
“It all came down to employee engagement. It all came down to recognition. It all came down to leadership, which led to every sailor feeling ownership and accountability for the results. You can ask a team to accomplish a mission but you can’t order excellence.”–Mike Abrashoff
“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” - Stephen R. Covey
“Highly engaged employees make the customer experience. Disengaged employees break it.” - Timothy R. Clark
“Dispirited, unmotivated, unappreciated workers cannot compete in a highly competitive world.” - Francis Hesselbein
“Leaders engage their teams by giving them a sense of purpose, providing them opportunities to develop and advance, and putting them into positions where they can be successful.” – Gordon Tredgold
“Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.” - Napoleon Hill
“Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.” - Zig Ziglar
“Throw yourself into some work you believe in with all you heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.” - Dale Carnegie
“When people go to work, they shouldn’t have to leave their hearts at home.” - Betty Bender
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. - Thomas Jefferson
There are only three measurements that tell you nearly everything you need to know about your organization’s overall performance: employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and cash flow. - Jack Welch
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. - Steve Jobs
Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. - Henry Ford
Quality performance starts with a positive attitude. - Jeffrey Gitomer
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. - Mark Twain
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. - Og Mandino
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. - Tony Robbins
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. - Theodore Roosevelt
Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. - Norman Ralph Augustine
A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. - Colin Powell
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. - Albert Einstein
The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. - Roger Staubach
Too many irons, not enough fire. - S. Kelley Harrell
Throw yourself into some work you believe in with all you heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours. - Dale Carnegie
There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. - Aristotle
Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. -George Addair
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. - John D. Rockefeller
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. - Steve Jobs
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. - Robert Louis Stevenson
It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. - Jim Rohn
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose. - Bill Gates
A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain. - Mildred Struven
A single leaf working alone provides no shade. - Chuck Page
I hope the millions of people I’ve touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude. - Michael Jordan
Everything yields to diligence. - Thomas Jefferson
Either we’re a team or we aren’t. Either you trust me, or you don’t. - Ally Carter
When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute. - Simon Sinek
If you can laugh together, you can work together. - Robert Orben
If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. - Vincent Van Gogh
Trying is winning in the moment. - Dan Waldschmidt
If two men on the same job agree all the time, one is useless. If they disagree all the time, both are useless.- Darryl F. Zanuck
Embrace the pain to inherit the gain. - Habeeb Akande
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. - Buddha
Do the things you like to be happier, stronger & more successful. Only so is hard work replaced by dedication. - Rossana Condoleo
Don’t Let Yesterday Take Up Too Much of Today. - Will Rogers
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear. - Rosa Parks
In union there is strength. - Aesop
If you try and lose then it isn’t your fault. But if you don’t try and we lose, then it’s all your fault. - Orson Scott Card
If you work hard and study hard. And you fuck up. That’s okay. If you fuck up and you fuck up, then you’re a fuckup. - Justin Halpern
Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean. - Ryunosuke Satoro
Individuals play the game, but teams beat the odds.- SEAL Team
Whatever you are, be a good one. - Abraham Lincoln
Synergy — the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously. - Mark Twain
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. - Henry Ford
Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.- Sam Levenson
If I told you I’ve worked hard to get where I’m at, I’d be lying, because I have no idea where I am right now. - Jarod Kintz
Either you run the day, or the day runs you. - Jim Rohn
Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see. - Confucius
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. - Phil Jackson
Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. - Henry Ford
Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection. - Mark Twain
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. - Helen Keller
Be a user of your own product. Make it better based on your own desires. But don’t trick yourself into thinking you are the user. - Evan Williams
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit. - Sandra Swinney
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. - Calvin Coolidge
If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you do, there’s no way around doing the work it takes to get you there. - Joyce Chapman
Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll. - Helen Hanson
It doesn’t take strength to win. It takes the true heart of the team to win. - Emily Voyles
What we dwell on is who we become. - Oprah Winfrey
It is not a question of how well each process works; the question is how well they all work together. - Lloyd Dobens
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goals: my strength lies solely in my tenacity. - Louis Pasteur
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. - Albert Einstein
There is little success where there is little laughter. - Andrew Carnegie
If you're going through hell, keep going. - Winston Churchill
If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you. - Steve Jobs
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. - Albert Einstein
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them yourself. - Eleanor Roosevelt
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. - Henry Ford
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. - Michael Jordan
If you don’t burn out at the end of each day, you’re a bum. - George Lois
Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts. - Winston Churchill
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’am, ‘Certainly I can! - Theodore Roosevelt
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. - Henry Ford
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt
It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn’t matter who gets the credit. - Harry S. Truman
Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. - Theodore Roosevelt
A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle. - Proverb
I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough. - Marissa Mayer
We must all learn not only to not fear change, but to embrace it enthusiastically and, perhaps even more important, encourage and drive it. - Tony Hsieh
Fall seven times and stand up eight. - Japanese Proverb
Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. - Jamie Paolinetti
Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. - Mary Kay Ash
Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something. - Micheal Lopp
The one thing I learned is to just give everything a shot. You don’t want to live in regret. - Chloe Kim
Life is about making an impact, not making an income.- Kevin Kruse
Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right. -Theodore Roosevelt
I don’t have a blue-collar job. It’s more of a green collar, because of all the yellow sweat stains mixing in. -Jarod Kintz
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. - Joshua J. Marine
I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for. -Criss Jami
Great things are done by a series of small things done together. - Vincent van Gogh
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. -Florence Nightingale
Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect. - Luther Campbell
No great achiever – even those who made it seem easy – ever succeeded without hard work. -Jonathan Sacks
What differentiates sellers today is their ability to bring fresh ideas. -Jill Konrath
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. -Arthur Ashe
Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. -Robert Hall
One piece of log creates a small fire, adequate to warm you up, add just a few more pieces to blast an immense bonfire, large enough to warm up your entire circle of friends; needless to say, that individuality counts but team work dynamites. - Jin Kwon
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily. -Zig Ziglar
No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. -H.E. Luccock
Only cooked time tastes well.- Dr. Zeeshan Ahmed
Change is hard work. - Billy Crystal
Do or do not. There is no try. -Yoda
Create with the heart; build with the mind. - Criss Jami
Nobody’s a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It’s hard to stay on top. -Unknown
Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard workto get you there. - Haile Gebrselassie
Patience can be bitter but her fruit is always sweet. - Habeeb Akande
The smarter the question, the lesser the guessing. - Aniekee Ezekiel
Strength lies in differences, not in similarities. - Stephen R Covey
Sometimes it takes a lowly, title-less man to humble the world. Kings, rulers, CEOs, judges, doctors, pastors, they are already expected to be greater and wiser. - Criss Jami
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence. -Vince Lombardi
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. -Alexander Graham Bell
Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. - Saint Francis
Start with the end in mind. - Stephen Covey
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. - Zig Ziglar
Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company. - Zig Ziglar
What differentiates sellers today is their ability to bring fresh ideas. -Jill Konrath
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. - Og Mandino
You can’t be productive when you are not happy. - DJ Kyos
I have never worked a day in my life without selling. If I believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard. - Estée Lauder
Hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur. - Evelyn Underhill
Stand on your inner strength, shovel today’s challenges for your tomorrow’s freedom. - Aniekee Ezekiel
Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers. - Stephen R Covey
Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission. - Zig Ziglar
To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace. -Doug Conant
Nothing in life comes easy. - Unknown
The best revenge is massive success. - Frank Sinatra
When I meet successful people, I ask about 100 questions to find out who they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people. - Kiana Tom
You were hired because you met expectations, you will be promoted if you can exceed them. - Saji Ijiyemi
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. - Stephen К Covey
We have everything that we need in order to be successful. - Felecia Hatcher
Talent is what God gives us; Skill is what we give back to Him. - Eliel Pierre
The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side. - Margaret Carty
The first thing that has to be recognized is that one cannot train someone to be passionate–it’s either in their DNA or it’s not. -Richard Branson
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward. - Amelia Earhart
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. - Stephen King
We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action. - Dr. Henry Link
I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. - Lucille Ball
Focus only on one task at hand. - Vivek Naik
Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them. - David Allen
A project goal is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it is not good or fun. - Gerry Geek
Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all deadly sins. - Edith Wharton
The Man Who Has Confidence in Himself Gains the Confidence of Others. - Hasidic Proverb
The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. - Harry Golden
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110% all the time. - Don Zimmer
Talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything. -Patrick Suskind
Accept failure as part of the process. - Unknown
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. - Kurt Koffka
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. - C.S. Lewis
Leadership belongs to those who take it. - Sheryl Sandberg
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. - Thomas Edison
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. - Thomas Paine
We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform. - Pete Cashmore
We May Encounter Many Defeats but We Must Not Be Defeated. - Maya Angelou
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. - George S. Patton
Become the person who would attract the results you seek. - Jim Cathcart
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Change before you have to. - Jack Welch
Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, selfdetermined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives. - Daniel Pink
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. - Benjamin Franklin
There is always room at the top. - Daniel Webster
It’s not about having the right opportunities. It’s about handling the opportunities right. -Mark Hunter
If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all? - Joe Namath
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. - William James
The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer. - John Madden
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. - Jimmy Johnson
Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune. - Sam Walton
Often any decision, even the wrong decision, is better than no decision. - Ben Horowitz
You are where you are and what you are because of yourself, nothing else. -Brian Tracy
Fortune favors the bold. - Virgil
The elegance under pressure is the result of fearlessness. - Ashish Patel
Don’t interpret anything too much. This is time waster number one. - Dee Dee Artner
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. - Frank Herbert
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. - Pablo Picasso
If you don’t give up on something you truly believe in, you will find way. - Roy T. Bennett
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. - Anais Nin
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it. - Brian Tracy
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. - John Wooden
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. -Amelia Earhart
Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. -John R. Wooden
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. - Beverly Sills
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me. - Erma Bombeck
When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality. - Joe Paterno
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. - Ayn Rand
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. - Wayne Dyer
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. - Babe Ruth
Lean in, speak out, have a voice in your organization, and never use the word 'sorry. - Trish Bertuzzi
Nothing is impossible; the word itself says 'I'm possible! - Audrey Hepburn
There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through. - David Allen
Its aim’s over 'til it's over. - Yogi Berra
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. - Christopher Morley
If you want to get a meaningful result: create something very complex, and then simplify it. - Gerry Geek
The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. - Bruce Lee
You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you. - Barack Obama
A goal is a dream with a deadline. - Napoleon Hill
Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. -Vince Lombardi
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. -Napoleon Hill
Productiveness is your acceptance of morality. -Ayn Rand
If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try. - Seth Godin
If you don’t give people a chance to fail, you won’t innovate. If you want to be an innovative company, allow people to make mistakes. - Indra Nooyi
If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. - Malcolm X
You can have all the potential in world, but unless you have confidence, you have nothing. - Tyra Banks
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. - Lao Tzu
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. - Maya Angelou
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. - Walt Disney Company
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. - Napoleon Hill
What we truly need to do is often what we most feel like avoiding. - David Allen
High expectations are the key to everything. - Sam Walton
It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results. - Warren Buffett
I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance? -Jill Konrath
If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on. - Sheryl Sandberg
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. - Wayne Gretzky
Well done is better than well said. - Benjamin Franklin
You just can't beat the person who never gives up. - Babe Ruth
If you don’t understand, ask questions. If you’re uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking questions and then ask anyway. It’s easy to tell when a question is coming from a good place. Then listen some more. - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do. - Francine Jay
To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self-disciplined is to follow in a better way. -Corita Kent
Why do anything unless it is going to be great? - Peter Block
Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest. - Leo Babauta
If you really want the key to success, start by doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing. - Brad Szollos
What’s measured improves. -Peter Drucker
Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make. - Corita Kent
You just have to keep driving down the road. It’s going to bend and curve and you’ll speed up and slow down, but the road keeps going. - Ellen Degeneres
Getting the right people and the right chemistry is more important than the right idea. -Ed Catmull
It is crucial for employers to provide their employees with the tools and resources they need to be successful. Providing encouragement and support can go a long way towards increased employee motivation and a positive team culture. These quotes provide some good food for thought on how to engage our employees in any organization.
Engaging employees in a workplace is a way to maximize productivity and increase employee happiness. It also means that the company has a higher chance of retaining quality employees.
Engaging employees can be done in many ways. The conventional ways are by giving them job perks such as free food and drinks, credits, coupons and flexible working hours. Another way is by having company retreats or team building events that allow for socializing and strengthening bonds between co-workers.
There are a few tried and tested methods that seem to work best. One of the most popular methods is gamification which has been used by companies such as Disney, PepsiCo, and Nike. This process entails making tasks more competitive by awarding points or point cards for completing certain tasks or set goals.
The more common methods among upstart companies to keep employees engaged include, focussing on creating a culture of transparency, providing opportunities for professional development, and offering opportunities for promotion. On the other hand, organizations must be aware of the balance between too much feedback and too little feedback.
Organizations invest a lot of time and energy into employee engagement, but empirical evidence is mixed whether it really makes a difference. Indeed, some research has shown that the benefits of engagement are limited to certain organizations and industries. However, there are many others studies which show that more engaged employees lead to better performance throughout an organization. The consensus among business leaders is that employee engagement is an important factor in determining the success of any business. When employees are engaged, they feel valued and they enjoy their work more which helps them be more productive.
The directives for employee engagement are usually set by the HR department, and they conduct most of the company-wide engagement and team building activities. However, the buck doesn’t stop with human resources, because engagement is not a destination, it’s a journey and all team leaders, irrespective of their job description should contribute to this process.
Employee engagement specialists work with companies to help make a positive workplace a reality. They help a company identify areas in which improvement is needed and come up with strategies to reduce turnover.
Employee engagement specialists should have people skills, be able to work independently, and understand the company's needs from its owner's perspective. Good employee engagement specialists provide all the necessities of a job, and they also work with employees to create tenure goals for each individual. Employee engagement specialists work directly with employees to determine what will motivate them and help them feel good about coming to work. This is done by conducting surveys, holding focus groups, and communicating with managers to find out what is on employees' minds. Another aspect of their job is to figure out why employees are unhappy or unproductive.
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