b'ENGAGE 2023 | PEOPLE DEVELOPMENTHow Can Companies Improve This?As human beings, we have a natural drive to grow and improve ourselves. This is especially true in the workplace, where employees want to develop new skills, take on more responsibility, and advance their careers. Recognize and support this desire for growth and you can greatly increase employee engagement, loyalty, and performance. Provide regular training and development opportunities, offer possibilities for cross functional collaboration, and initiatebothcoachingandmentoringprograms.Considerhowyoucangiveemployeesnewchallenges,new responsibilities, and increase their sense of ownership and pride in their work. Provide employees with clear expectations and let them know how you will measure their performance. Meet with your people to paint a clear picture of what success looks like for each one of them.During your conversation, clearly define what you expect of them in their work, but also take time to discuss what they expect of themselves. And dont stop there!Meet with them regularly for brief check-ins to ensure they are on track and headed toward their targets and take the time to observe them in action so you can share effective feedback on what they are doing well. The benefits of employee recognition are far-reaching. When people receive recognition for their work, they want to repeat the positive behaviors that led to success.This creates a chain reaction that increases both productivity and performance.Consider how you can more frequently recognize the good work your people are doing using internal emails, social media shout-outs, meeting announcements, handwritten notes, video messages, surprise deliveries, and even opportunities for more development.Remember, this isnt a one-size-fits-all kind of thing.You need to start by thinking about the individual who earned the recognition and ask yourself, what would be most meaningful to them? 28'