“Leigh is so knowledgeable, I could have absorbed more if time had permitted.”
Engaging Your Team…One Person at a Time
“All information was good – insight and evidence!!”
This presentation will introduce audiences to the six universal drivers of employee engagement and how managers can leverage them to keep team members engaged through one-on-one meetings. Leigh begins by defining employee engagement, what engaged employees do that disengaged employees don’t do, how the human brain responds to negative social cues in the workplace, and the kinds of triggering events that can cause employees to suddenly disengage and quit.
The six universal drivers, identified in Leigh’s analysis of 2.1 million employee engagement surveys from 10,000 companies, are:
Trust and Confidence in Senior Leaders
Managers Who Take Managing Seriously
A Culture of Teamwork (not Us Vs. Them)
Support for Learning and Growth
Valuing and Acknowledging
and Personal Well-Being.
For each of these drivers Leigh will give examples and tell stories of what winning workplaces do to keep their employees engaged. He will also contrast the differing needs and expectations of the five generations and how managers need to take these into account.
As a final challenge, Leigh describes several mindsets that prevent leaders and managers from fully engaging their teams and recommends a proven specific process for having reengagement discussions with team members.
What attendees liked about this presentation:
“All information was good – insight and evidence!!”
“Appreciated learning about the signs of disengagement.”
“Although I am not in a “business” environment, I found the information applicable.”
“So many of the ways to boost morale are free!”
“Great real-life examples.”
“Many helpful ideas.”
“Tons of good info—great!”
“Generated new thinking and ideas.”
“Well organized, planful approach.”
“Great ideas to take back to managers”
“Used humor, kept your interest.”
“Great info to engage in conversations with management.”
“Kept my attention and I really enjoyed.”
The 7 Hidden Reasons
Employees Disengage and Leave…or Engage & Stay.
Surveys of managers reveal that almost nine in 10 believe employees leave for “pull” reasons such as “more pay” or “better opportunity.” Yet, in post-exit third-party interviews, when employees are asked what first caused them to think about leaving, 88% cite “push” factors related to poor management practices or dysfunctional cultures.
Leigh Branham’s presentation will offer insights into why conventional exit interviewing doesn’t work to uncover what research reveals as the root causes of employee disengagement and turnover, and what organizations can do to fight the root causes while holding managers more accountable for keeping their employees engaged.
The seven “hidden” reasons were identified based on an analysis of 19,700 exit surveys from employees in 17 different industries conducted by Saratoga Institute. This research also provided support for Branham’s book—The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave (AMACOM Books).
“Lots of information and great examples…thought provoking…stirs creativity.”
In this presentation, Leigh identifies the 7 hidden reasons employees disengage and leave:
Initial expectations colliding with realities of the workplace
Job-person mismatch
Lack of coaching and feedback
Perceived lack of learning and professional growth opportunity
Feeling devalued and unrecognized
Stress and burnout due to overwork and life/work imbalance
Loss of trust and confidence in senior leaders
The good news is that the actions required to prevent and correct these root causes are all within the power of managers and executives to control or influence and they are inexpensive to implement.
Leigh’s presentation also covers how employees leave (the steps and phases involved in employee decisions to leave) and includes ways to recognize the signs that key employees are disengaging. He will introduce a wide range of proven tools and innovative best practices for re-engaging, re-recruiting, and retaining valued talent.
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What attendees liked about this presentation:
“Appreciated learning about the signs of disengagement.”
“Many new ideas on how we could improve retention.”
“Very relevant in today’s job market.”
“The misconceptions of how people really feel about the workplace.”
“Clearly, Leigh is very studied on this topic! Anxious to read his book!”
“Very effective in making me think from different points of view.”
“Realized we definitely need a retention plan.”
“Learned ways to have more fun at work.”
“Very practical, down-to-earth presentation.”
“Lots of information and great examples…thought provoking…stirs creativity.”
“He is so knowledgeable, I could have absorbed more if time had permitted.”
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