How Leadership & Development Experts Boost Employee Engagement
The secret to fantastic employee engagement isn’t standing desks or pizza Fridays. It’s investment in leaders and teams.
Let’s talk about employee engagement
Employee engagement has never been more of a conversation in the progressive workspace. Gallup’s 2023 State of the Workplace Report suggested that only 23% of employees worldwide are engaged in their jobs, while 18% are actively disengaged. Just to reiterate – that means that less than a quarter of folks are fully showing up and giving it their all most days, while almost a fifth have actively made the choice to “quiet quit.” (A throwback, sure, but still a helpful descriptor!)
If that wasn’t concerning enough, employee engagement is a leading factor in employee retention with disengaged employees 60% more likely to leave their jobs within the next year. Aside from the fact that this is obviously an enormous pain, it also costs a LOT of money – a SHRM study showed that this is 6 to 9 months of the lost worker’s salary on average, while replacing a higher-level position can cost up to 213% of their annual salary! WHAT?
OK, so it’s time to get your employees engaged. How do you do that?
Spoiler: You let a team and leadership development expert help! At Luminal, our process works like this:
1) We listen to learn
What are your unique challenges? How are you hoping to show up ahead of the curve in your industry? What are your goals for your people, your teams, and your organization? What does the data tell you about your organization? (No data? No problem: we’ll help you collect it.)
2) We craft a customized plan
We work with you to come up with a plan to address your engagement and development goals that works for your industry, your constraints (including budget and time!), and your staff culture. Throughout, we focus on equitable, inclusive practices.
3) We execute on the plan
We provide exceptional career, leadership, and team development to you and your people through various avenues, including:
· Interactive workshops that build concrete skills across a larger group of folks (10 - 50.) Topics range from delivering effective feedback to finding your authentic leadership style to creating a team that can conflict productively. Often, workshops follow a logical sequence and are delivered at predictable intervals throughout the year.
· Individual performance coaching for team members working on key goals, or for up-and-comers who are ready for the next step in their careers. Individual coaching packages usually start at 3 sessions per individual.
· Team development coaching for smaller groups (3 – 10) who are working on building a concrete skill or need to learn to problem-solve together. Team coaching is a great way to foster collaboration AND independent thinking skills.
4) We send follow-up
Each of our development opportunities comes with customized follow-up materials for participants, so they can continue to live the learning long after coaching or development sessions are over.
5) We seek feedback
We’re only good because you make us that way. We’re compulsive about asking for and implementing feedback during an engagement to ensure that you get exactly what you need from our work together.
Still not convinced?
Effective leadership is one of the strongest drivers of engagement. Employees who trust their leaders are 55% more engaged than those who don’t – and leaders who go through Luminal development programs report significantly higher trust post-programs than they did previously! (We know, because we survey them - see step #5 above!)
Plus, when employees get regular career development (both from our direct work together AND from the skills leaders learn from us), Gallup reports that you’ll see 29% higher engagement as a result. Let’s figure out how we can help you achieve your goals in the coming fiscal year – you deserve it, and your people do, too.
