If you’re trying to increase your employees’ engagement – typically defined as being involved in and enthusiastic about their work and workplace – focus on building employees’ strengths rather than fixating on their weaknesses. A strengths-based culture is one in which employees learn their roles more quickly, produce more and significantly better work, stay with the company longer, and are more engaged. In one study, a vast majority (67%) of employees who strongly agreed that their manager focused on their strengths or positive characteristics were engaged – compared with just 31% of the employees who indicated that their manager focused on their weaknesses. The most powerful thing a manager can do for employees is to place them in jobs that allow them to use the best of their natural talents, adding skills and knowledge to develop and apply their strengths.
Adapted from
“What Great Managers Do to Engage Employees,” by James Harter and Amy Adkins.
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