Engagement has become an object of desire for organizations, but this is nothing more than the old concept of “wearing the shirt” redesigned, a more elegant and elaborate way to understand the commitment of employees to the organization and its leaders.
What defines engagement is the strengthening of the employee’s emotional bond with the organization. It is important to note that an organization is just an entity and that engagement is the result of the bonds between the people who make it up, leaders and employees.
Any relationship is fundamentally based on emotions and very little on reason. The bond of a person with his organization is constituted mainly by the pride of belonging, feeling of recognition, the perception of being able to fulfill his professional and financial ambitions and the feeling of well being, that is, how he perceives himself in the organization.
Organizations, like people, are living organisms, which have to constantly adapt and evolve, which makes maintaining “employee engagement” a constant challenge, as it is a process that needs to be addressed continuously.
This is one of the great challenges of leaders who want to build winning teams, not only to have a vision and show the direction, not only to influence, but mainly to understand the characteristics and perceptions of the members of their team, demonstrating this, understanding the individualities, knowing how to communicate with each one in an objective direct way, giving clarity to what is possible or not, the reason for things and mainly, to be coherent in the speech and in the actions. In this way, this will certainly strengthen the emotional bond of each one with the leadership, the team, the company and the business.
Leading, especially looking at human relations in the present times and looking to the future, is not trivial, some may miss the times of “boss who can, obey who has judgment”, but this is a time that never comes back. Those who understand this process and prepare to conduct it, are destined for success and we at DSI Partners can help you get there.
