Igniting Commitment: Engaging Employees for Breakthrough Performance March 14, 2009

Having a mediocre team or great team all depends on you.

This training will give you practical strategies to get more out of every employee by creating excitement and engagement that lead to greater motivation and productivity.
How You Will Benefit

* Build trust, loyalty and excitement across your organization
* Align employees with your organization’s strategic plans
* Improve engagement, motivation and retention
* Maximize the talents and strengths of your entire workforce

What You Will Cover

* Employee commitment and motivation challenges
* Employee engagement and its link to the bottom line
* Attributes and actions of engaged employees
* Assess levels of engagement and commitment
* Driving engagement in your organization
* How to become an engaged leader

Who Should Attend

Front-line managers across all functional areas who want to build high levels of employee commitment in order to reach significantly greater levels of business success.
Extended Training Description

Learning Objectives

* Define Employee Engagement and Its Link to the Bottom Line
* Describe the Attributes and Actions of Engaged Employees
* Identify Today’s Employee Engagement Challenges
* Use Best Practices for Creating Employee Engagement
* Apply Hands-on Strategies for Creating Engagement and Commitment in Your Own Team

The Psychological Recession

* Define Key Terminology—Engagement and Commitment
* Recognize the Symptoms, Effects, and Causes of the Psychological Recession
* Distinguish Generational Characteristics That Have an Impact on Employee Engagement and Commitment

A Profile of Your Team

* Assess the Engagement and Commitment of Your Employees
* Identify Your Own Level of Engagement and the Impact That Has on Your Team
* Use a Five-Step Process to create an Environment That Encourages Greater Commitment and Engagement
* Begin to Formulate an Action Plan to Increase Commitment and Engagement in Your Organization

The Engaged Leader

* Identify How the Five-Step SPARK Process Models Organizational Actions to Increase Commitment and Engagement
* Identify the Effect of Organizational Actions on Employees
* Assess Hiring Practices to Focus on "Best Fit"

Taking It to the Next Level

* Identify the People in Your Organization That are Allies in Developing Engaged and Committed Employees
* Influence Your Allies to Create Positive Change
* Present a Concise and Convincing Statement of the Value of Engaged Employees

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