{"id":5546,"date":"2018-04-13T08:05:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T15:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knowledgecity.com\/blog\/?p=5546"},"modified":"2024-05-14T09:57:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T16:57:52","slug":"employee-engagement-meeting-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knowledgecity.com\/blog\/employee-engagement-meeting-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Engagement: Meeting Their Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Employee engagement<\/a> is\u00a0a workplace mantra. \u00a0Managers around the globe are thinking about how to create a culture where employees thrive and become committed members of the team. \u00a0When a company is able to inspire its employees to adopt its goals through engagement, the company will see the benefits in productivity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One way of doing this is to start with understanding how we as humans are inspired in the first place. \u00a0What do we need to become committed and how do employers meet that need? \u00a0If you could ask noted psychologist, Abraham Maslow, he might tell you to meet their hierarchy of needs.<\/p>\n

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Who is Maslow and what is his Hierarchy of Needs?<\/h3>\n

Abraham Maslow proposed in a paper he wrote, \u201cA Theory of Human Motivation\u201d published in Psychological Review in 1943, that people\u2019s motivations are unrelated to rewards or unconscious desires.<\/p>\n

He theorized that people are motivated by what has become known as Maslow\u2019s Hierarchy of Needs.\u00a0 The hierarchy is depicted in a pyramid that contains five levels.\u00a0 These levels include Physiological Needs, Safety Needs, Social Needs, Esteem Needs, and Self-Actualization.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0SimplyPsychology.com<\/a>, people are motivated to achieve each of the needs in the pyramid.\u00a0 After people fulfill the needs at one level they move on to the next.\u00a0 To progress up the pyramid, each lower need must be met.<\/p>\n

Any time there is a failure to meet the needs at a lower level it disrupts the person\u2019s ability to progress.\u00a0 Life is unpredictable.\u00a0 As situations arise these experiences can cause an individual to move back and forth between levels.<\/p>\n

According to Maslow,\u00a0only one in 100 hundred people ever become fully self-actualized. This is mainly due to our society which primarily rewards motivation based on esteem, love and other social needs.<\/p>\n

How Does\u00a0Maslow\u2019s Hierarchy of Needs Help Us Understand Employee Engagement?<\/h3>\n

To understand how Maslow\u2019s Hierarchy of Needs relates, we need to see the bigger picture.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with Gallup\u2019s\u00a0\u201cState of the American Workplace\u201d<\/a>. According to the report published last year, only 30 percent of employees are engaged<\/strong>.\u00a0 Another 52 percent are disengaged<\/strong>, and 18 percent are actively disengaged<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What exactly does that mean?\u00a0 It means that 70 percent of the American workforce is not committed to their organization\u2019s goals and values.\u00a0 They are not motivated to contribute to the organization\u2019s success.\u00a0 These workers are emotionally disconnected and less productive.<\/p>\n