WHAT IS ENGAGEMENT?
Employee engagement is a measurement of an employee’s emotional commitment to an organization; it takes into account the amount of discretionary effort an employee expends on behalf of the organization.
Engagement is about the culture that we want. It is the exceptional experience we want to provide to our students, patients, staff, faculty, colleagues and community. Active engagement gets us there.
When employee goals are aligned with the organization’s strategic goals, and when employees work towards a standard of job performance excellence, and employees are engaged, the organization is able to create an exceptional experience for clients, community and the employees themselves.
WHY DOES ENGAGEMENT MATTER?
Engaged employees are proven to be more productive, are absent less often, have fewer safety incidents and fewer patient safety incidents, among other benefits. Here are just some of the ways that engagement matters.
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41% less
absenteeism
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70% fewer
safety incidents
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58% fewer patient
safety incidents
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17% higher
productivity
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10% higher
customer metrics
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Lower Levels
of stress
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Lower Levels
of anxiety and
depression
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Lower Levels of
bad cholesterol
SUPPORT
Please contact any of the following engagement team experts for assistance with your engagement needs.
Kelly Shedd, MPH
Program Manager
Co-Worker Experience
UCI Health
Lisa Kawachino
Events Analyst
Employee Engagement
UCI Enterprise
Sarah Vann
Engagement Coordinator
Employee Engagement
UCI Enterprise
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENGAGEMENT?
Engagement is the responsibility of every employee in an organization. Here is how responsibility for engagement breaks down, and some steps you can take to ensure engagement not only within yourself, but within your team(s).
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| Leadership |
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| Managers & Supervisors |
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| Teams |
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| Individual |
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