A recent report to Government by David MacLeod and Nita Clarke demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt that productivity, profitability and performance are all driven by increased employee engagement.  Organisations which embrace employee engagement perform significantly better than those that don’t. 

And even the City of London has spotted this and is increasingly demanding to see a company’s employee engagement policy before investing. 

Here’s a bit from the report…..

“We deal with the different definitions of engagement in the report. But at its core is a blindingly obvious but nevertheless often overlooked truth. If it is how the workforce performs that determines to a large extent whether companies or organisations succeed, then whether or not the workforce is positively encouraged to perform at its best should be a prime consideration for every leader and manager, and be placed at the heart of business strategy.

Where this happens, in places like John Lewis Partnership, Tesco, the London Ambulance Service, Sainsbury’s, Standard Chartered Bank, BAE Systems, Toyota, Babcock Marine Clyde, Google, Telefónica O2 UK and many more, the results can be transformational – because employee engagement enables an adult, two-way relationship between leaders and managers, and employees, where challenges can be met, and goals achieved, whether it be improved patient care, higher quality production, or more satisfied customers.”

Rt Hon Lord Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, said, “This timely Report sets out for the first time the evidence that underpins what we all know intuitively, which is that only organisations that truly engage and inspire their employees produce world class levels of innovation, productivity and performance.”

How do you engage employees, I can hear you asking, so I can improve profit and productivity?

Well, the report makes a key recommendation

“Coaching from those who have done it”

Davide De Maestri, Businesssquared Ltd. For information on business coaching courses visit: www.businesssquared.co.uk