What Is Employee Engagement?

Employee Engagement Is Being Yourself at Work

So what is employee engagement? Employee engagement is the holistic expression of a person’s preferred self in a work role. Yes, you can go to work and be yourself. No role playing–just doing what you love to do with your head, your heart and your body totally directed at performing the tasks of your job. When you’re engaged, work does not feel like work. Instead, work is a means of self expression.

Energy = Engagement

Cognitive + Affective + Physical Energies = Engaged Employee

Engaged employees simultaneously invest their cognitive energies, their affective energies, and their physical energies in their work. They are totally there. Imagine putting your whole self into your job.

• You are cognitively focused: you are attentive and absorbed in your work.
• You are affectively connected: your emotions and feelings are directed toward your work.
• You are physically active: your behaviors and actions demonstrate extra effort and vigor.

Companies Seek Engaged Employees

Some call it employee engagement while others call it personal engagement or work engagement. But whatever you call it, engagement is a universal Priority for organizations today. Companies want engaged workers.  It’s good for the company and good for those who work there.  A workplace that values employee engagement is a humane workplace that nurtures the best in each individual.