#📓 #📢 #🟠 # How to Engage Your Employees ![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Feb 07, 2023</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Feb 07, 2023</small> 🏷️ [[Employee Engagement]], [[Leadership MOC]] **Facilitator:** Amber Smith, Director of Leader Development, Advisory Board **Citation:** Smith, A. (2023, February 7). *How to engage your staff* [Webinar]. Advisory Board. https://advisory.com/topics/leadership/2023/02/how-to-engage-your-staff --- # 3 Sentence Summary # Notes & Important Ideas - Disengaged staff are 2x more likely to leave an organization - Engaged employees are 1.5x more likley to receive top performance ratings - Organizations with engaged employees are 4x more likely to receive "A" patient safety ratings > [!question] > Think about a time when you felt very engaged. What did your leader DO that directly led to you feeling so engaged? ### Six categories of engagement drivers controlled by managers 1. Mission and values 2. Recognition and feedback 3. Employee support 4. Growth 5. Comunication and input 6. Teamwork ### Microshifts get macro results - Pick a [[microshift]] to start working on - You don't have to *start* doing anything new, opportunties come up naturally - Minimal additional effort required in any one situation - If you miss one opportunity, there will be plenty more - Make microshifts a habit - Build it into your schedule - Learn through repetition - Hold yourself accountable by sharing your microshift with yoru team and colleagues - Engagement is not just focusing on the positive, it's also pulling staff in to the difficult conversations so they can contribute to the solution ### Prioritizing immediate results misses an opportunity - Don't rush to solve an issue yourself, take the time to give your team the opportunity to participate in problem-solving ## Connections to Other Materials # Personal Reflection & Application --- # Other References