Simply put, employee engagement is the emotional commitment that employees feel towards their work, the company they work for, and the organization’s goals. It is not necessarily synonymous with happiness or satisfaction.
To be fully engaged, employees need to be productively working on behalf of their organization, and actually, care about their work and their company.
Why is this important, you might ask? Well, in a recent Dale Carnegie survey, companies with engaged employees outperform those without by up to 202%. That’s just staggering. 5
Training employees and giving them career growth opportunities is one surefire way to show them that their company is invested in their future. It will motivate them to keep working arduously and be better at their jobs. These opportunities are mutually beneficial since these training opportunities help grow the company while at the same time they further employee knowledge and skills.
This is true for all generations, but it’s particularly true for Millennials. A whopping 87% of Millennials say that professional development and career growth are significant to them. And since Millennials have surpassed Gen Xers as the largest generation in the U.S. labor force, this is a statistic that just can’t be ignored.
