To Lead or Engage Staff – That is The Question
Often we are asked by the leadership of organisations to help them engage their staff for a number of reasons such as low morale, poor staff retention, weak communication, uncertainty over culture changes or unsatisfactory overall business performance. In doing so, some of these organisations can fall into the trap of treating leadership and employee engagement as two mutually exclusive objectives – be that due to lack of skill or confidence. They feel that perhaps running a series of workshops around staff conversations will address the engagement issue but without the presence, wholehearted support and face to face involvement of the leadership team within that process – the value of the activity has limited impact on organisational change or progress. It can’t be stressed enough that the most successful companies on this planet have been built on cultures that see leadership and effective employee engagement as synonymous. You simply can’t have one without the other.