Monday’s are important to connect with your team to set the tone, action, and belief this week is just as important as last.
Connection does not take a lot of your time out of the scheme of disengaged employees as Gallup states is 70%. Below are a few ways to break the ice, connect, and let all your employees know you appreciate the value they bring to the organization.
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- Drop by each cubicle and just say hello (too many employees, then take bite sizes through the week)
- Connection, they know they are important enough for your time
- Create a Round-table(s) to connect weekly
- Each week is a different topic, and everyone has 2 minutes to share their feelings, opinions, and experience
- More about Round-Tables
- Monthly excursions
- This maybe a lunch outside of the office
- Bowling
- Hiking
- A stroll around your office grounds or a local park
- Go to the zoo
- Bring in a speaker to motivate, inspire, and empower
- You can find someone in your community or if budget allows bring someone in that resonates with any pain points you are experiencing
- Laughter
- Laugher is the healing compound and the B12 shot for any organization and team
- Is there levity allowed in the office
- Is there a place where your team members can go to blow off steam through laughing, crying, and supporting each other
- Laugher is the healing compound and the B12 shot for any organization and team
These are just a few ideas of connecting and creating a culture of sustained employee engagement and loyalty. Ninety percent of people leave an organization because of people. I challenge you to be the 10% where people do not leave because of other people but because you engaged, mentored, and gave them value to find bigger and better opportunities.
Begin creating a culture of; mentoring, engaging, and adding value to groom them to leave hits most of us in the big old’ PRIDE button. Some of you are asking or stopped reading; why would I want to groom them to leave? My question is why wouldn’t you? Engaged employees who have been valued, mentored, and engaged are your biggest advocates outside of your organization.
Challenge Question: How many cubicles will you visit today?
Look UP & OUT!
Tracy Worley
- Tracy Worley (2015) Authentic Leadership, Authentic Self
- Tracy Worley (2015) Potential² Roundtables™
- Tracy A. Worley (2015) GRACEbreak Radio