Executive Onboarding

Executive Onboarding
Figure 8: The operational excellence levers
It is our experience that organizations and their leaders play a
critical role in driving employee engagement. When leaders seem
to value their employees, communicate to them, and provide the
necessary support for them to do well while leading by example,
they create a strong foundation for employee engagement. The
creation of a positive work culture with learning and development
opportunities is an additional key driver of engagement because
people believe it is important to be treated respectfully, while they
value being empowered to make decisions and are, thus,
encouraged to bring new ideas to the table.
Finally, research shows that employees who believe that their
organization provides career opportunities are six times more
likely also to feeling engaged. The same goes for wellbeing in the
workplace. In fact, the psychological and physical wellness of
employees is a key driver of engagement. Research indicates that
employees are likely to be more engaged, thus, more productive if
their workloads are appropriate, the work pressure is reasonable
and when some acceptable level of work-life balance is present.
Furthermore, employees are eight times more likely to be
engaged when health and wellbeing are actively promoted in a
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