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While metrics such as increased sales volume, online customer reviews, and robust productivity can all be signs of staff engagement, one of the most effective ways to shed light on employee attitudes and job satisfaction is by asking them directly. Surveys focus on factors like the quality of working relationships, career advancement opportunities, and whether they feel appreciated and supported by management.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The following questions address those key areas and can provide insight into how employees perceive the company, their prospects for growth in the organization, and the degree to which they feel challenged. Additional questions can be crafted that specifically speak to company culture, the employee\u2019s job responsibilities, and aspects of their job that they find rewarding or frustrating.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- Do you feel appreciated and valued in your current position with the company?<\/li>\r\n
- Does your relationship with your manager help or hinder you in your job performance and satisfaction?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- Does your job give you the opportunity to fully use your skills, talents, and abilities?<\/li>\r\n
- Do you feel our business offers you a suitable career development path for advancement?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Job performance reviews<\/em>: Annual and periodic reviews of employee job performance can speak volumes about job satisfaction, engagement, overall attitude, and dedication to the company. Depending on the nature of their job, evaluations can gauge the quality, quantity, and efficiency of their work. From a quantitative standpoint, metrics can focus on things like number of units produced, customers served, problems solved, or sales made. Time management also comes into play when gauging productivity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Vital Employee Engagement Metrics<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
There are four key indicators that can keep you apprised of how you\u2019re doing with employee engagement levels.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- Employee resilience<\/strong>: This metric focuses on job satisfaction, an employee\u2019s perception of their work\/life balance, their daily routine, and how they feel about the quality of their working environment and relationships. Responses to a few select questions can reveal a lot about prevailing attitudes. In addition to numerical ratings, perhaps on a scale of 1-5, the survey can also include a question about whether the employee needs help or has issues to discuss with management or HR.<\/li>\r\n
- Absenteeism<\/strong>: Assuming employees do not have chronic health problems or frequent family emergencies, habitual lateness or absenteeism is often an indication of job dissatisfaction or other underlying issues. Possible causes for a high or increasing level of absenteeism could range from bad management to an off-kilter work\/life balance.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n
- Employee turnover<\/strong>: Keeping track of trends in employee turnover is especially important because increases are usually a sign of internal problems that need to be resolved. Whether it\u2019s a toxic work environment, uncompetitive benefits, or inflexible working conditions, high employee turnover is a red flag indicating that change may be overdue.<\/li>\r\n
- Net Promoter Score<\/strong> (NPS): Although this metric is often used to gauge customer satisfaction, it\u2019s also a useful tool to show how employees perceive a business. Using a scale of one to ten, staff members are asked to rate the desirability of working for the company. Only those who respond with a \u201c9\u201d or \u201c10\u201d would be considered positive \u201cpromoters\u201d of the business. Responses of \u201c7\u201d or \u201c8\u201d would fall under the category of \u201cneutral,\u201d and those who gave a lower score would be considered \u201cdetractors.\u201d It\u2019s believed that detractors tend to speak disparagingly about a company they currently or previously worked for, while those in the \u201cneutral\u201d category would neither praise nor berate their employer. The NPS score is the difference between the percentage of promoters and the percentage of detractors.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Other indicators of staff engagement include the following information sources:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- Positive ratings on Glassdoor.com and Google<\/li>\r\n
- An increase in favorable customer reviews about service or product quality<\/li>\r\n
- Measurable improvements in productivity, efficiency, sales, customer satisfaction, and innovation<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
By keeping close tabs on employee engagement metrics, you will be creating an \u201cearly warning system\u201d that will help you identify trends that can impact employee morale, company productivity, recruiting and training costs, and retention.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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- Absenteeism<\/strong>: Assuming employees do not have chronic health problems or frequent family emergencies, habitual lateness or absenteeism is often an indication of job dissatisfaction or other underlying issues. Possible causes for a high or increasing level of absenteeism could range from bad management to an off-kilter work\/life balance.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n
- Employee resilience<\/strong>: This metric focuses on job satisfaction, an employee\u2019s perception of their work\/life balance, their daily routine, and how they feel about the quality of their working environment and relationships. Responses to a few select questions can reveal a lot about prevailing attitudes. In addition to numerical ratings, perhaps on a scale of 1-5, the survey can also include a question about whether the employee needs help or has issues to discuss with management or HR.<\/li>\r\n