News Analysis: Temkin Group Study Explains Why Skepticism Mounts About Employee Engagement
A July 2018 study by the highly respected Temkin Group finds that nearly 70% of companies measure employee engagement annually, but only 40% of executives have a plan to act on the results. In addition, only about 20% of the 178 companies surveyed rank in the company’s top two stages of maturity in terms of employee engagement practices, meaning most respondents have no formal system in place.As part of the study, companies were ranked using Temkin’s Employee Engagement Competency & Maturity (EECM) model, which is available to any organization seeking to benchmark the maturity of its employee engagement practices. A systematic approach to enterprise engagement will be required of organizations that follow any of the 60 standards outlined in ISO Annex SL.
The 2018 Temkin Group Employee Engagement, Competency & Maturity study identifies a key challenge to developing a customer-centric culture: Team leaders of non-customer-facing groups are the least supportive of customer-centric activities. According to researchers, “When we compared companies with above-average employee engagement maturity to those with lower maturity, we found that employee engagement leaders have better customer experience, enjoy better financial results, have more coordinated employee engagement efforts, have more widespread support across employee groups, are more likely to act on employee feedback, and face fewer obstacles than their counterparts with less engaged workforces.”
To access the complete study, as well as the EECM Assessment tool to benchmark your organization’s own employee engagement activities, click here.
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Enterprise Engagement Benchmark Tools: The Enterprise Engagement Alliance offers three tools to help organizations profit from Engagement. Click here to access the tools.
• ROI of Engagement Calculator. Use this tool to determine the potential return-on-investment of an engagement strategy.
• EE Benchmark Indicator. Confidentially benchmark your organization’s Enterprise Engagement practices against organizations and best practices.
• Compare Your Company’s Level of Engagement. Quickly compare your organization’s level of engagement to those of others based on the same criteria as the EEA’s Engaged Company Stock Index.
• Gauge Your Personal Level of Engagement. This survey, donated by Horsepower, enables individuals to gauge their own personal levels of engagement.
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