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Perspectives

Talent Management and Engagement, Business and HR Strategy, Business Environment

Society for Human Resource Management
SHRM, 2015
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Summary

“Sustaining Employee Engagement and Job Satisfaction”

Today’s changing workplace requires new approaches to securing employee engagement, according to Karen Paul, leader of the Global Measurement Center of Expertise at 3M. For CEOs, employee engagement is one of the top-five priorities – but strategic initiatives often fail to deliver results.  Although the workplace factors that contribute to job satisfaction remain the same, changes in the workplace can counteract them. Rapid pace of change, lack of clarity on priorities, reduced decision-making opportunities and pressures to increase productivity all pose obstacles to employee satisfaction and engagement. Paul recommends sharpening your focus on priorities, helping employees align with the organization’s goals, helping supervisors and managers get better at execution and problem solving, finding new ways to communicate transparently, and placing special focus on improving engagement for experienced employees. 

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