Employees make a bargain with their employers upon the acceptance of a job; to complete required job duties, hit assigned goals and, ideally, contribute to the success of the organization, financial or otherwise, through committed actions and endeavors. Meanwhile, employers make a commitment to their employees to provide a safe workplace with a job that fulfills basic human needs and, ideally, allows for some level of satisfaction and professional growth.
Nestled within there however, and often unspoken until the employment relationship begins, is the goal of the employer to have “engaged’ employees and the desire of many employees to be ‘happy’ at work.
But what do these terms really mean, and how can employers and employees work together to foster the most productive environment for business success? In this webinar, our speaker will explore how we measure and promote employee engagement, how employee engagement and business success correlate, and whether “happiness” does, or should, be involved.
In particular, we’ll focus on:
The state of employee engagement
The role that employee happiness plays
The critical importance in defining, clarifying and understanding the differences and the interdependence for organizational success.
Happiness and Employee Engagement; Mutually Exclusive or Necessary Partners for Organizational Success?
1. Happiness and Employee Engagement;
Mutually Exclusive or Necessary Partners for
Organizational Success?
Robin Schooling, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
VP, Human Resources
Hollywood Casino - Baton Rouge
@RobinSchooling
June 28, 2017
5. Engagement:“...[employees] who are involved in,
enthusiastic about and committed to their work
and workplace.” Gallup
Happiness: “a state of well-being and contentment”
Merriam-Webster
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7. The Gallup Q12 Index
1. Do you know what is expected of you at work?
2. Do you have the materials and equipment to do your work right?
3. At work, do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day?
4. In the last seven days, have you received recognition or praise for doing good work?
5. Does your supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about you as a person?
6. Is there someone at work who encourages your development?
7. At work, do your opinions seem to count?
8. Does the mission/purpose of your company make you feel your job is important?
9. Are your associates (fellow employees) committed to doing quality work?
10. Do you have a best friend at work?
11. In the last six months, has someone at work talked to you about your progress?
12. In the last year, have you had opportunities to learn and grow?
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9. we cannot make people be happy
we don’t believe it’s our responsibility
