''Employee engagement makes staff enthusiastic about work''

A new study published in the Harvard Business Review that tracked the day-to-day activities, and morale levels of hundreds of employees in various different settings has shown that the top motivator of performance is progress.

It claims that on days when workers believe they are making the most progress or when they receive a good level of employee engagement to help them reach their goals, their emotions are the most possible.

A graph published in the report showed that on 76 per cent of their best workdays staff mentioned this as the most regular type of event on those days, while ''collaboration'' was mentioned 53 per cent of the time on a good day in the office.

Commenting on their findings, the study''s authors Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer wrote: "If you are a high-ranking manager, take great care to clarify overall goals, ensure that people''s efforts are properly supported, and refrain from exerting time pressures."

A recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers showed that 81 per cent of UK chief executives were planning on attending to staff morale in the next year. Back