Shhh… Here’s the Secret to Employee Engagement: Social Recognition

Do you know what your employees really think?
People today are more opinionated and connected than ever before. As a manager you must engage employees and understand their attitudes toward the workplace.

Do you know how to connect with your team and create a collaborative environment where ideas can be shared?
Encourage and recognize positive behavior by providing an outlet for knowledge sharing. Social praise is an outstanding motivator, while providing invaluable insights to you and your company.

Do you understand the power of social recognition?
A social recognition program helps managers learn from their employees and encourage positive behavior. Use motivation and employee engagement to motivate your staff to accomplish goals by utilizing social recognition in your employee incentive program. This will create sustainable relationships while building trust. The National Business Research Institute, NBRI found that 87% of engaged employees trust their managers.

Employee engagement is rooted in transparent, effective communication

By starting a social recognition program or adding social recognition to your incentive program, you don’t have to select the employees that receive recognition. People love to be recognized (why do you think Facebook is so popular?). Allowing employees to share thoughts and ideas on your company-wide social recognition program will reinforce what your company stands for!

What organization doesn’t want employees to perform well on a regular basis?
Use your social recognition program to create a transparent, friendly competition by awarding points to employees for demonstrating positive behaviors. Reward your participants who demonstrate desired behaviors such as complimenting a co-worker. Soon you will see employee engagement improve immensely! I agree with NBRI, “employees must trust in their managers’ ability and character and understand their personal motivations.” Make time to interact with your staff and you may find some surprising new ways to motivate them.

Each person is motivated for different reasons. Use social recognition as a tool to create employee engagement. Letting your employees recognize one another for a job well done is an ego boost that provides immediate feedback for performance. Create a win-win situation by achieving results while encouraging relationships with a social recognition program built specifically for your company’s needs.