{"id":15064,"date":"2020-07-30T10:57:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T14:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=15064"},"modified":"2020-07-30T10:59:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T14:59:23","slug":"maintaining-employee-engagement-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=15064","title":{"rendered":"Maintaining Employee Engagement During COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a matter of months, our world has changed drastically due to COVID-19. Everything about our work lives, home lives and social lives is now different as much of our day-to-day interaction with others is now done virtually. For many, navigating the changes between in-person to online work has been no easy task. Working remotely with little in-person communication can make it difficult to recognize what the purpose of your work is or remember the goals your team has put in place. As employees continue to work remotely, it is important to make time to check in with yourself and your team members about these things to maintain a strong sense of employee engagement within your virtual team to ensure continued success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Employee Engagement?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>But what is employee engagement exactly?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bonus.ly\/what-is-employee-engagement\">Employee engagement<\/a>&nbsp;is the emotional commitment an employee has to their work, their team\u2019s goals and their company\u2019s mission. To inspire this emotional commitment, you must first understand what drives it. Engaged employees tend to feel like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>They have a purpose at their company<\/li><li>They are aware of how their work helps them grow<\/li><li>They understand how they impact others<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However, many people tend to have different definitions of employee engagement that include employee happiness or employee satisfaction. Although these things are not what defines employee engagement, both employee happiness and employee satisfaction are still important elements in the larger ecosystem that drives engagement. This means to support this emotional commitment from employees, organizations have to create a strong, cultural foundation to be able to achieve high levels of employee engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why is it Important?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you realize it or not, employee engagement can ultimately have one of the biggest impacts on your organization\u2019s goals. The difference between a team of engaged employees and a team of disengaged employees could be what\u2019s creating problems within your team\u2019s productivity and quality of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this time of remote work due to COVID-19, reaching high levels of employee engagement seems to be an especially large challenge for many. With employees away from the office and their coworkers, it can be very easy for them to become disengaged from their work or see the purpose in doing it at all. While it may seem impossible, there are still many things team leaders can do to help combat high disengagement levels during COVID-19, even while working remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tips for Maintaining High Employee Engagement While Still Working Remotely<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\"><li><strong>Develop a sense of purpose at work<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Successful, engaged teams are made up of employees that have a sense of purpose. To develop this sense of purpose for employees within their work, try reminding employees how important each of their roles are to your team\u2019s goals at team meetings to help them understand the impact of their efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\"><li><strong>Offer professional development opportunities<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Employees should be able to expect a range of learning and development opportunities from their employers to be able to stay engaged and invested in their roles. To inspire engaged employees that want to grow and improve, try searching for and reminding employees of professional development opportunities that you come across.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\"><li><strong>Give recognition and rewards<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>A powerful way to improve employee engagement is to recognize and reward employees for their successes. To elevate your employee recognition, try tying it to real and frequent rewards to build more engaged employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a matter of months, our world has changed drastically due to COVID-19. Everything about our work lives, home lives and social lives is now different as much of our day-to-day interaction with others is&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=15064\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> Maintaining Employee Engagement During COVID-19<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[460,86,375,365],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-3UY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15064"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15067,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15064\/revisions\/15067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}