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The ultimate employee engagement guide

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There are many benefits when you have engaged employees. Not only do they perform better, but they also stay longer in your company and enjoy being there much more.

Your employees are engaged when they feel enthusiastic and connected to your organisation. The more engaged they are, the more motivated they are, and the more effort and commitment they will put into their work.

Want this outcome for your business? Read on to learn more about how you can keep your employees engaged and productive at work.

What’s in this employee engagement guide?

Engaged employees drive business outcomes, while unhappy employees can lead to high business costs.

Our guide will show you how engaging your workforce can increase your productivity and drive profitability.

What you’ll learn:

  • How strong leadership can improve your employee engagement levels
  • How employee engagement is connected with revenue growth
  • How employee engagement can help your business, and a whole lot more

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The first and third page of the Ultimate Employee Engagement Guide (MY)

What is employee engagement?

Employee engagement measures your team’s motivation and whether they’re willing to put in the extra effort to help your business perform and grow. It also signals their commitment.

Highly engaged employees offer higher value and contribute to a healthier company culture, which then improves morale and employee satisfaction for other team members as well.

Gallup’s 10th employee engagement meta-analysis in 2020 revealed that employee engagement significantly affects organisational performance. Companies that scored in the top half on employee engagement enjoyed more than double their odds of success when compared with those in the bottom half.

Before you think about passing on this key workplace aspect, consider that Malaysian employees have become less engaged at work over the last 12 months. All leading employee experience indicators have declined from 2023, with employee engagement falling to 76% in 2024 from 82% in 2023.

While Southeast Asian employee engagement metrics outperformed global 2024 norms overall, employee engagement directly affects employee retention rates and productivity, so it’s important to pay attention to employee experience whenever possible.

Want to improve employee engagement? Start with building an Employee Value Proposition (EVP).

Related: What is an employee value proposition (EVP)?

Types of employee engagement

There are many ways to keep employees engaged at work. You can run with a few options or hone in on a specific set to do well in this area.

Here are some ways you can build employee engagement:

A genuine and dedicated approach from higher management creates a company culture primed for positive employee engagement. When all employees buy into the core company values, this buy-in creates a sense of shared goals and purpose that drives success. A company with individual employees that strive to achieve grows as a whole.

Why is employee engagement important?

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Engaged employees are energised and passionate about their work and find it much easier to achieve and maintain positive mental health. These high-performing employees are more willing to go the extra mile, often without being asked, and raise the bar of the service offered by your company.

Employee engagement helps both employers and employees. Not only are engaged workers happier with higher job satisfaction, but they’re also more likely to feel as though time in the workday passes much quicker.

In other words, an engaged workforce is focused on their work, instead of waiting for the clock to tell them to go home.

Key benefits of implementing employee engagement initiatives

As a business owner or manager, you likely understand that customer satisfaction results in customer loyalty. The same applies to your employees.

According to PwC’s Asia Pacific Hopes and Fears Survey 2023, 57% of Malaysians reported that they were satisfied with their jobs. If you take the time to implement successful employee engagement strategies in the workplace, you can outperform this metric at your organisation. You’ll also see a range of benefits, including:

  • Increased employee performance and higher productivity
  • Improved relationships between team members and clients
  • Greater profitability
  • Higher employee retention
  • Dynamic teamwork

It might seem like a no-brainer, but the quality of your employee engagement practices directly correlates to your chances of successfully curating a workplace with engaged employees. The more time you’re willing to spend designing, implementing and managing them, the greater the outcome of your engagement efforts.

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Using an employee engagement software

Make all of this easier with Employment Hero’s employee engagement software. It simplifies your processes and offers ways to track the levels of employee engagement in your company through an all-in-one experience.

Here’s what’s available on our platform:

  • An employee self-service portal where employees can request leave, view payslips and update their details easily, building trust and raising employee engagement.
  • Swag, our employment superapp, where employees can manage leave and timesheets or find contact details on the go.
  • The Manager Dashboard, a reward and recognition tool where your team members can publicly thank each other and show their appreciation, helping employees feel engaged with the entire organisation.
  • Employee Happiness Surveys where you can create and send custom surveys to employees to collate, track and analyse feedback, comparing it with your business outcomes.
  • Happiness Scores which provides insights via an anonymous, monthly score to gauge the vibe of your business.
  • Peer to Peer Feedback and Shout Outs, where staff can recognise each other’s efforts and build greater camaraderie.

Learn more about how we can help with employee engagement strategies by booking a demo with our business specialists today.

Download our guide now to learn more about creating a team of highly engaged employees.

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