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# 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
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# 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
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# Personal Reflection & Application
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