While there are many definitions available for employee engagement, most of which are quite similar, here is the definition we like to use…

“Employee Engagement is the extent to which employees feel passionate about their jobs, are committed to the organization, and put discretionary effort into their work.”

If your employees fit that criteria, then they are likely to be the best teammates to have in your organization. And if they’re not, then you might feel like you have an uphill battle ahead of you.  In most organizations, the quality of its employees is the deciding factor of that organization’s success, getting by or failure, so the better the teammates, the better chance your organizations has of achieving its goals.

Over the next couple of weeks we will discuss how improving the engagement of your employees will help you achieve success against your top human resource challenges and improve the operational performance of your organization.