Some studies have shown that around 29 % of the employees are engaged at work. Approximately 24 % are actively disengaged and hate their boss, can you imagine that.

The greatest assets a company have are their people. If you increase engagement in an organization by 1 %, you will increase profitability by 20%

Many companies have their business plans but do they have a business plan for how to increase engagement?

Here are some valuable tips on how to be more motivated at work.

Value people

When you, as a leader, show that you value the employees, they will appreciate you. Listen to your coworkers and remove their hurdles and help them to succeed, and they will help you.

Leadership training

People join a company, and they most often leave the leader. If you focus on developing your leaders, the employees will stay, and engagement will go up.

Personal growth

Focus on the employees´ personal growth. Value knowledge build-up and encourage and facilitate this to happen.

Culture

As a leader, you need to create a culture around a few core values that everyone can relate to. Then you and your management team need to walk the talk and show in action that you are living the core values yourselves.

Leadership is visual, people do what people see.

One good thing you can do to boost the corporate culture is to announce a cultural warrior of the year. You give credit to someone or a team that emphasizes what you, as a leader, want to see more of. These people will become your ambassadors in changing the corporate culture.

Collaboration

Establish a helping culture by breaking silos and facilitating cooperation. When you see the result of teams working together and how that will benefit both the company and the individuals, then you have come far.

Health

Enable opportunities for physical training and promote healthy living. Perhaps you can offer free fruit and create a good work and home life balance by facilitating a Wi-Fi connection in the buses for those who commute to work every day. Listen to coworkers and the things that are important to them.

Appreciation

Everyone wants to be recognized and appreciated for their work.

Celebrate often and especially the little things that are going to lead to the result in the end. The heroes in a company are the ones who work proactively a make sure that no problems occur.

Too often we tend to celebrate the people that fix problems, and then you will create a “fire department” and a reactive organization. These fire departments are nice to have, but there should be the right mix.

The conclusion is that you premier the behavior you want to see more of in the business.

Another compelling method for appreciation is the one that I do around Christmas time every year. The response I get is always overwhelming. I will describe it more in detail in my courses in leadership.

Ability to make a difference

If you see the broader perspective in your job and you understand that you are building a cathedral instead of laying some bricks your motivation goes up.

Trust

All profitable companies have a high degree of trust.

Walk the talk, keep your word, connect with others, and don´t take yourself so seriously. That is the simplified version of the Trust-equation. Read more about it here.

Be part of a winning team

Talk in terms of being a winning team and what It takes to become one. To be in a sinking ship or part in something bigger than oneself are two different things.

If the familiar feeling is that the company is a winning team, everyone will be more likely to act as if they are winners and do that little extra. How we see ourselves determines the actions that we take.

Everyone counts

If everyone in a company is feeling valued, they are more likely to educate themselves to become their best selves for their position. They will also be more engaged.

Transparency

Show how the company is doing and how the strategic measures are paying off. Does the business meet its goals and have we been transparent enough with the information behind the more significant decisions, are some questions one can ask.

When people understand the Why and feel that they have had a chance to influence the decision, they are more likely to follow and be motivated over time.

Continuous improvements

Be an agent for change. Always look for ways to improve yourself, others and the business. Help others to succeed and they will help you. Encourage people who improvs the business. They are your heroes working proactively and definitely deserve appreciation.