Fast Company.com, March 7, 2012
While we advise companies to budget for engagement, this does not always mean the ideas have to be expensive or require large budgets. Providing recognition is an engagement driver, that does not require financial rewards.
Here are other suggestions (30 in total) to engage employees in a low cost manner:
- Innovation Days: Set aside several days a year to work on projects they do not have the time to work on during normal, working hours.
- A Culture of Work/Life Balance: Employees do not want to feel obligated to stay late every night. Infact generations X and Y both highly value work/life balance.
- Paid Time Off to Volunteer: Corporate, social responsibility is a powerful employee engagement driver, for both the employee and employer
