Why its important to have engaged employees!
We’ve been doing lots of Employee Engagement work recently with a varied range of clients in and around Yorkshire who have been getting some great insights to help them build their business. Alongside this, Michelle is speaking at a few events and conferences in the coming months.
So, why is it important to consider how engaged your employees actually are?
For a start, if your employees are engaged they’ll be happier, healthier and more fulfilled. But equally great, you could also see a 12% increase in profit alone not to mention the increase in staff retention and 5% increase in productivity. We could go on!
Did you know? It can cost 12-18 months’ salary to replace an employee (Source: HayGroup, How to stop your talent taking flight, September 2013).
This might seem like an excessively high figure, but take time to consider the following, often hidden costs:
Click this link to read more about our approach to measuring Employee Engagement in your business
If you’d like to know more, Michelle will be speaking at the following events:-
South York Networking Meet Up, York – 28th April 2016 4pm
Meet new contacts and understand more about Employee Engagement
Book your place here lnkd.in/ewJbNcp
The Business Network, York – 15th June 2016 Workshop 11.00- 12 noon
Engaging your people will increase your profits
Conference in London – end of June/early July
Details to follow, watch this space!

- Recruitment, on boarding and training costs
- Time spent on the exit process
- Juggling workload and temp costs
- Loss of expertise and productivity
- Managing turnover
- Quality problems and customer dissatisfaction
- Start with engaged people, recruit well
- Create and share a vision for the future, one that is understood and resonates with all
- Set clear expectations, and provide regular honest feedback
- Are you developing your managers to bring out the best in their teams?
- Rewards and Recognition, make the time to recognise what your staff are doing and say thanks!
- Be Trustworthy, honour your commitments and trust others
- Work/Life Balance, understand different needs of your people and try to be flexible

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