Hi Priti,
Employee engagement is broader term. It covers formal & informal activities. Many companies are having very straqtegic approach on 'Employee Engagement Programs' & it starts with the pre-employement activities like Recruitment for ex. Companies like FMCG, Automotive are having best recruitment policy where they give detail orientation about profile & company before interview & assess candidate on the basis of psychometric & functional parameters.
'On Boarding' is one of the activity where you can add value in terms of engagement. Here you can have feedback from new joinee after certain period of time about environment & comfortness in the organisation's culture.
'Training & Development', here you can initiate many programs like eLearning, On the Job Training, development of internal faculties also you can have fun learning where u can take particular group at outside may be in the nature & have practical learnings.
Higher Education, in this you can have tie-ups & start giving opportunity to star performers for Higher Education. This will help you to create emotional bond with your employee.
Fun @ Work, it is one of the popular method to engage your employees. You can initiate many events under this.
Family Days, you can have family get togethers, visits to the family or dinner with star performer's family.
Overall, Your objective should be to engage employees emotionally with organisation. You can read motivational theories for this. They will definately help you for designing Stategic Employee Engagement Programs.
Keep Reading... Best of Luck
Regards,
Sandeep Phuke
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