Managed well, it can galvanise your people to make the contribution you need  and follow the direction your strategy demands.  So effective engagement doesn’t happen by chance: it requires a structured, focused approach to aligning people with business goals.   

Effective engagement
Employers tell us that one of the keys to successful engagement is ensuring your people understand the overall strategy and how they can best contribute towards it. It’s also clear that this has to be a two-way relationship. Gaining employee trust and commitment also means seeking your peoples’ views and feedback, understanding any issues and seeking to address them.

How Investors in People helps
Investors in People helps employers of all types and sizes build closer and more productive relationships with their people. Good practice in employee engagement underpins guidance across all areas of the Investors in People framework, from strengthening leadership to developing managers, building dialogue and creating a culture of openness and trust.

The bottom line impact
Recent research from Cranfield University has shown that working with Investors in People sets off a chain of impact leading to increased financial success. This includes increasing levels of trust, co-operation and engagement of employees, as well as increasing the flexibility of the workforce enabling the organisation to adapt to change.

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Employee engagement could be a major source of competitive advantage for you as the UK moves out of recession, and Investors in People is a powerful tool that can help you unlock the potential of your people.