Ways to Identify and Energize Disengaged Employees
Disengaged employees in the workplace refer to people who do not produce according to the business needs or they work in such a manner that it adds no value to the business. For employers, it is very difficult to identify the disengaged workforce and put an effort to energize them. Here is a comprehensive guide that will help you identify such employees and bring them back to work.
Identifying the Disengaged Employees
Identifying disengaged people in the workplace could be a tedious task as a disengaged workforce pretend to work but do not meet business needs in the end. The key signal that disengaged people give is that they always pretend to work. However, there are many other indicators of disengagement in the workforce that are explained below. If you find any of these signs in any of your high performers, start resolving the concerns without further delay.
Lack of Enthusiasm
Disengaged employees show less enthusiasm for their work duties related to business needs. It may be due to their irresponsible nature or caused by stress, personal or work-related problems. The impact of such an attitude of the workforce leads to productivity loss and poor customer experience. Find out the factors that can kill your productivity.
‘No asking’ set of mind
Since disengaged people don’t take work sincerely, they generally do not ask any question related to work during the team discussions. So start listing down the behaviour of each of your team members closely.
They don’t Offer Help to their Team Members
Disengaged employees do not offer help to their teammates. They don’t go and work hard to help others if the task doesn’t come under their job responsibilities. So you can see the clear difference between engaged and disengaged people by analysing their helping attitude.
They always make excuses and complaints
Disengaged employees are frequently found making excuses while reporting their task updates. They have an attitude of making complaints about the things that factually don’t matter. They keep opposing organizational changes to increase productivity and engagement.
They don’t take Initiatives to grow
People who are engaged at work, consistently try to suggest new ideas to produce better and increased business outcomes. However, disengaged employees don’t work so hard that they propose new ideas with interesting facts. They follow their daily routine solely without asking for help or offer help to others.
How to Bring Back the Energy of Disengaged Employees
Engaged employees understand their responsibility toward business. They dedicatedly work to achieve the mission of the organization. Various studies have found that as time passes, employees start to get disengaged with the workplace so you have to keep putting an effort to make these people engaged all the time. Here are some of the ways to solve the problem of disengagement in the workplace:
- Incorporate a collaborative work environment
- Practising a Better Management through Effective Team Communication
- Develop a Better Team Alignment
- Start Giving Feedback to your Employees
Never keep staying your employees in a disengaged mode if they have already been there for some time or they will see themselves totally separated from the team line of the workplace. Promote an ethical work culture in your workplace where employees can work, fun, help each other and grow in all aspects. After all the growth of the organization as well as employees rely on the level of employee engagement in the workplace.
So start following the above steps to identify and energize your disengaged workforce. For more any help on any areas of HR, specifically, workplace wellness, get in touch.