Engagement
Summary: Successfully engaging employees begins at recruitment and continues throughout the employment life cycle. These free resources can help.
For leaders
Employee engagement can have a positive impact on innovation, creativity, culture and performance. Psychologically safe orientation strategies helps foster engagement, and Evidence-based actions and Team building activities can help sustain it.
Culturally sensitive approaches are shared in Indigenous engagement planning.
Engagement articles and resources
The list that follows includes the resources linked to above as well as related information that may be more specific to your current situation.
High levels of engagement can influence a positive organizational culture. And a positive organization culture can influence engagement. These resources can help you achieve both. Learn more about engagement and culture
These actions and responses can be implemented with a minimal investment of resources or cost to the organization.
Tips to enhance the orientation or onboarding process for new employees or those taking on new roles. These strategies help foster connection, provide clear expectations and support each employee’s growth within the organization.
Learn how to engage the Indigenous community through recruiting and collaboration. The following information can help you learn from others who’ve done this successfully.
These team-building activities can help improve team effectiveness. Leaders and team members can learn how to resolve issues and support each other.
Learn how to support neurodivergent employees including those with learning differences, ADHD and Autism spectrum disorder.
Easy to use scorecards are available for organizations or leaders to measure and track trends in psychological health and safety. Use the samples provided or follow the guidelines to create your own.
Psychological injury can happen as a result of severe stress or trauma. There are approaches to building resilience that make it less likely that psychological injury will be as severe in impact or duration. The strategies shared are intended to be part of team building or employee development activities and are not clinical in nature.
These questions can help you to open up a conversation that can foster and improve psychological safety among your team members.
Learn how to facilitate a team discussion to address and improve engagement in the workplace. This resource includes a guide and slides to help you get started.