How to Show you Care so You Can Engage Employees

According to a recent Glint report, feeling cared for at work is more important to employees than it was before COVID.
 
They want to know their leaders genuinely care about them, certainly their direct managers, but also the CEO.
 
And to know that they are seen as a person, and not just a number.
 
𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨.
 
There are many ways of showing you care.
 
But the simplest place to start is to get to know your employees, and build a genuine relationship.
 That doesn’t mean you’re expected to suddenly become best friends with one another.
 
It does mean taking the time to learn about them:
 
🚩 Their interests
🚩 Their families
🚩 Their kids’ sports
🚩 Upcoming special events
 
Then remembering the details to ask about next time you see them.
 
It won’t happen if you stay behind a desk every day.
 
💠 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 10 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠.
 
Then, when you bump into them around the workplace, talk to them, and follow-up on the conversation you last had.
 
If employees feel that you care, it kicks-off a reciprocity of wanting to show-up and do a good job in response.
 
𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙨, 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠.

Of course, there’s more to caring than chatting about weekend plans or celebrating special events.
 
But getting to know your employees on an appropriate, personal level is a great place to start.