Re:The Employee Engagement Myth
by karmakaze on Saturday October 13, 2018 @04:36PM
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> “Engagement” is a lagging indicator of performance, not the other way around.
This rang true upon reading. The other part is that the engaged employee has to feel that they contributed to that performance. Long term, if you believe it doesn't matter how well you do things, there's no motivation to maintain any level.
My situation has typically been that I take pride in my craft and as a craftsperson I want to do my best so that I do not contribute to a possible failure. Another way of saying I enable success if each group does the same. But as for degree of engagement, the more autonomy I'm given the more engaged I'll be as I'll see to making each choice I make work out.
This rang true upon reading. The other part is that the engaged employee has to feel that they contributed to that performance. Long term, if you believe it doesn't matter how well you do things, there's no motivation to maintain any level.
My situation has typically been that I take pride in my craft and as a craftsperson I want to do my best so that I do not contribute to a possible failure. Another way of saying I enable success if each group does the same. But as for degree of engagement, the more autonomy I'm given the more engaged I'll be as I'll see to making each choice I make work out.