To increase employee engagement, after conducting an employee engagement survey, meet one-on-one with each employee you manage. This is one of the first steps you can take to improve engagement. This presentation offers questions to guide your conversations with employees. The questions are organized around the six drivers of employee engagement. Go to www.SheilaMargolis.com to learn more about employee engagement.

1. Engage
Each Employee
Engage…Retain…Prosper
Employee Engagement Steps:
Questions to Guide Your
One-on-one Employee Engagement Meetings
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2. Do these Statements Describe Your
Employees?
I get deeply absorbed in my work.
I am proud of this organization.
I put forth extra effort to help this
organization succeed.

3. To Increase Engagement,
Meet One-on-One
with Each
Employee You Manage

4. Six Areas Guide Your Conversations During
Employee Engagement Meetings
FIT TRUST
CARING
COMMUNICATIONACHIEVEMENT
OWNERSHIP

5. FIT
• Meaningfulness
• Harmony
Be Sure Employees Are a Fit

6. Employee Engagement Meetings:
Sample “Fit” Questions to Ask
• When you come to work each day,
what do you look forward to?
• What could be added to or changed
in your job to make it more
satisfying?
• What can I do differently to best
assist you?
• Are you fully using your talents?
• What is one thing you’d like to
change in this department?

7. Have a Trusting Workplace
TRUST
• Integrity & Honesty
• Fairness & Consistency
• Competence

8. Employee Engagement Meetings:
Sample “Trust” Questions to Ask
• Do you feel you are treated with
honesty?
• Do you feel procedures,
distributions, and interactions
are fair?
• Are actions consistent?
• Are you proud of the
organization? What could make
you more proud?

9. Show that You Care
CARING
• Relationships/F
riendships
• Belonging
• Teamwork
• Support

10. Employee Engagement Meetings:
Sample “Caring” Questions to Ask
• Tell me about yourself….
• Do you feel like a part of the
team?
• How easy do I make it for you to
do great work?
• What tools, resources, or
support do you need to do your
job well?

11. Keep Employees Informed and Listen
COMMUNICATION
• Certainty
• Transparency
• Openness

12. Employee Engagement Meetings:
Sample “Communication” Questions to Ask
• Are you clear about your roles,
goals, and expectations?
• What information do you need
to help you in your job?
• Do you feel like your opinions
count? How could this be
improved?

13. Help Employees Grow, Develop, & Achieve
ACHIEVEMENT
• Feedback & Progress
• Recognition
• Learning & Development

14. Employee Engagement Meetings:
Sample “Achievement” Questions to Ask
• Are you progressing in your
career goals here?
• What would you like to be
learning?
• Does your work challenge you
and help you grow and develop?
• Do you feel like you are
appreciated and recognized for
doing good work?

15. Help Employees Feel Like an Owner
OWNERSHIP
• Autonomy
• Involvement
• Flexibility

16. Employee Engagement Meetings:
Sample “Ownership” Questions to Ask
• Are there ways you would like to
participate more in decisions
affecting your work?
• Do you have enough flexibility
and freedom in your job to do
great work?

17. Increase Engagement
through
Employee Engagement Meetings
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