During my MBA, we studied how employee satisfaction is imperative for the organisational performance but there is no evidence showing the link... A happy employee does not necessarily mean a productive employee! Sure... but, in the last 3 years, research has taken employee satisfaction to a higher level- now it is called something more appealing. The new buzz word is 'Employee Engagement'.
Engagement is the soft factor within any organisation that will lead to higher performance. There have been several articles on the tangible and intangible benefits of leading an engaged workforce. These studies have also shown that the Engagement levels directly impact the performance level of the employee.
People are so important for any company - and keeping them engaged will help the company grow along with its employees (instead of the other way round!). 9 box grid is one of the most used analytic to determine the position of an employee in the company. In simple terms, 9 box grid is used to assess the talent pools within the company based on performance and potential of the employees.
Performance is easy to measure, if you have the right means and with employees taking responsibility - read my previous blog here. However, how can you measure the potential? Is it potential based on the company hierarchy - vertical growth? Is it potential based on available roles within the company - horizontal growth? Or is it based on the employee's aspirations? Ideally - a mix of all! This takes us nicely to the X model by BlessingWhite. The X model is where the employee aspirations coincide with the organisational objectives. This is so eerily similar to the 9 box grid - perhaps it is engagement all along that we are chasing - under the name of performance?
The engaged in the top corner will inevitably end up as the Rising Stars. The disengaged are at a risk of termination if their personal goals are not aligned to the organisational goals.
See the video on the X Model below:
This video explains how everyone in the organisation need to take a role in making it work - Employees need to take ownership, Managers to motivate and Executives to demonstrate commitment to the engagement.
It is time to move towards making engagement part of your daily work instead of waiting for an annual review... Here's to an engaged and high performance workforce :)
Engagement is the soft factor within any organisation that will lead to higher performance. There have been several articles on the tangible and intangible benefits of leading an engaged workforce. These studies have also shown that the Engagement levels directly impact the performance level of the employee.
People are so important for any company - and keeping them engaged will help the company grow along with its employees (instead of the other way round!). 9 box grid is one of the most used analytic to determine the position of an employee in the company. In simple terms, 9 box grid is used to assess the talent pools within the company based on performance and potential of the employees.
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Performance is easy to measure, if you have the right means and with employees taking responsibility - read my previous blog here. However, how can you measure the potential? Is it potential based on the company hierarchy - vertical growth? Is it potential based on available roles within the company - horizontal growth? Or is it based on the employee's aspirations? Ideally - a mix of all! This takes us nicely to the X model by BlessingWhite. The X model is where the employee aspirations coincide with the organisational objectives. This is so eerily similar to the 9 box grid - perhaps it is engagement all along that we are chasing - under the name of performance?
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| X Model |
The engaged in the top corner will inevitably end up as the Rising Stars. The disengaged are at a risk of termination if their personal goals are not aligned to the organisational goals.
See the video on the X Model below:
It is time to move towards making engagement part of your daily work instead of waiting for an annual review... Here's to an engaged and high performance workforce :)
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