Paying Enough is the Answer to Engaging Employees

​This is not actually the case!
 
And it never has been, although it was once a more widespread belief.
 
𝙔𝙚𝙩, 𝙖 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚.
 
Yes, salary is one slice of the employee engagement pie.
 
🚩 An important piece, but not the most crucial, by any stretch of the imagination.
 
And any organization still operating under this belief, will soon realize how untrue it is, if it hasn’t already.
 
Without a doubt, a good salary is a must.
 
Since employees want to know that they are at least being paid fairly to market.
 
And, before candidates will seriously discuss an open role at an organization, the salary must be right.
 
𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜-𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.
 
And even though it may be widely cited as a top reason that employees leave, this is not the case.
 
Because, in truth, it is an easy reason for departing employees to give, not wanting to burn a bridge.
 
Instead, it is critical to implement a set of core practices that are known to engage employees.
 
In addition to the following, all of which come down to leaders and managers:
 
💠 Kind and caring leaders
💠 Feeling valued and respected
💠 Meaningful work
💠 Autonomy
 
In fact, the manager role is the single most important in an organization, when it comes to engaged employees.
 
But unless they have been trained on how to engage employees, they will not know how to ensure this happens.
 
𝙄𝙛 𝙣𝙤𝙩, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙤, 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙛 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚.
 
Because the days of offering a solid paycheck, and not much else, are long gone.
 
And if employees don't feel valued and appreciated, they will be disengaged and will leave.
 
Regardless of how much they are paid.