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5 INNOVATIVE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR YOUR TEAM

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Before you start spinning the wheel and plan engagement activities, you first
need to realize that employee engagement is not just conducting events but one
of the most essential functions which impacts the culture and performance of the
organization.

Start by looking at the team as real individuals, with thoughts, goals,
achievements, and challenges, both within and beyond the workplace. These
individuals are not a way of producing business outcomes, they are a formidable
force that needs to be recognized and nurtured in order to deliver on what is
required of them as employees.


WHY IS EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SIGNIFICANT?

As a manager, ensuring your employees engaged can be the toughest obstacle you
face. It’s also a perfect way to achieve the team’s long-term commitment and
discretion. In the end, commitment would lead to better outcomes and fewer
errors.

A great amount of persuasive research shows that enhancing employee engagement
will greatly increase business efficiency in a number of key areas, such as
profitability, efficiency, customer loyalty, creativity, health and safety,
illness and absence, morale, and well-being.

However, in order to do this, your engagement activities must be consistent with
your overall business plan. Implementing unplanned ideas and events that you
believe can help, without tracking or assessing their effect, is a waste of time
and money.


ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVE WITH EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

You’ve got to be specific on “what” you want to achieve in your business before
you hop on to “how” you’re going to do it. Your HR plays a vital role in the
development and planning of the employee engagement plan that is consistent and
well-aligned with the objectives of your organization.

Employee engagement is not an abstract HR function. In order to achieve the
benefits that we spoke about earlier, it takes organizational participation and
engagement to execute these events successfully.


5 INNOVATIVE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES


THE DESERT ISLAND SCENARIO

All of us played icebreaker games like this at school.

In this virtual team building game, team members are given a situation where
they are trapped on a lonely island with seven items, however, they can only
capture three. Make these objects as elusive and complex as possible such that
the team members are compelled to make real use of strategic planning and
coordination.

Make these objects as elusive and difficult as possible such that the team
members are compelled to make real use of strategic planning and coordination.

Examples of products include a bag of fruit and vegetable seeds, a pocket knife,
a 100-foot chain, a bedsheet, a bucket, 2 liters of kerosene, a pen and paper,
and so on.

Then break the team into small groups to encourage them to work together on
which items they would like to select. If all the conversations are done, hop on
a video call with the squad.

Activities and drills like these enable team members to see each other as
teammates and will contribute to healthy competitiveness and enthusiasm within
the team.

These games and simulations also show how working together makes a team produce
greater outcomes and can help virtual employees learn how to work together
without being in the same room.


TRIVIA CONTESTS (WEEKLY/MONTHLY)

People love trivia! Trivia quizzes are one of the most interesting activities
that engage employees effectively. Teams are emailed a trivia quiz on Monday
morning, with answers due that night and scores released the next morning. The
schedule is easily customizable.

Importantly, it is not a one-time occurrence, but more a medium of weekly
entertainment and conversation for the squad, with no recurring setup or
maintenance activities. The adrenaline rush of bar trivia minus the two-hour
time commitment and logistics!

The events are highly customizable, which means you can choose the

 * Attributes (Pop Culture, Current Events, Science & Tech, etc)
 * The level of difficulty (Easy, Medium, Hard)
 * The pacing (day of the week and the time for the quiz and results)
 * Geographical field (if you have global teammates and want to exclude
   US-centric questions).


SHARE YOUR BUCKET LIST

A bucket list is a list of items you want to do or do until the end of its
lifetime. Naturally, each person’s bucket list shows a great deal about them.
So, what better way to really get to know the teammates than to ask them to
share their bucket lists?

Every week, give one person the burden of sharing their bucket list ideas. You
may decide the lengths of these lists as well as whether or not activities that
have already been done should be included.

Everybody who is listening will then spend a few minutes contemplating the
bucket list, whether it’s identifying similarities or just asking interesting
questions! Sharing bucket lists with others helps you to hear a lot about their
personality and see how alike you are.

Who knows, maybe a colleague will help you check a few items off your own list!


TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE

A classic icebreaker activity is two truths and one lie.

Each team member makes three claims about themselves, two of which are true and
one of which is false. The team will then take turns determining what is true
and what is a lie. The speaker exposes their fib after everyone has guessed.

Bring a healthy competition to the game by using a scoring system that is
captured digitally or by the player with a pen and paper. The one who makes the
most correct guesses wins!


THE ROAD TO THE FUTURE

This is a quick and enjoyable experience. Send an e-newspaper or magazine to the
team and invite them to highlight ten stories that might be relevant to the
company in the future.

Headlines such as “World’s greatest place to work” and “How this business
changed the world” are excellent examples. This allows you to better grasp each
team member’s priorities and aspirations from the organization. You can also
compare each choice to see if there are any gaps in commitment or goals!


FINAL WORDS

Remote teams do not have as much face-to-face interaction as collocated small
teams, but that doesn’t mean they have to feel isolated from one another!
According to research, “97 percent of workers and executives agree that a lack
of team alignment has an effect on the success of a mission or project.”

So, as you can see, bonding is crucial for creating a cohesive team!

Employee motivation, performance, and teamwork improve as a result of engagement
and team bonding. It makes employees feel connected and appreciated, which leads
to a high level of dedication to their assignments and the organization as a
whole.

> “When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are
> emotionally invested, they want to contribute.” – Simon Sinek

In other words, engaged employees do not work merely to receive a salary at the
end of the month. Instead, they come to work each day motivated and ready to
walk the extra mile.

Contributing Author

BHAGYASHREE

Content Writer

Bhagyashree Shreenath is a full-time Content Writer at Keka Technologies. She is
very passionate about writing and loves to write about the gaps in organization
& human resource management strategies to handle the related concerns. When she
isn’t writing, you will find her reading a book, or exploring new places.




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