Employee Engagement | Authegrity - Brisbane, Australia
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Employee engagement isn’t just an issue that troubles organisations, it is an issue that rates even higher for the employee. Every individual has gifts, often undiscovered gifts, and they want nothing more than to have the opportunity to use their gifts, to make a difference, and to be involved in something they can be proud of, and they are waiting to be called to engage.
An indigenous elder recently observed “Touch the heart, and the rest follows”. The only lasting centre of engagement and motivation is the heart. You can engage the individuals mind and satisfy their lower order needs with bonuses, salary increases and perks, but these factors assure neither engagement nor retention and have very little effect beyond this week or month. The true solution to employee engagement and the creation of loyalty is to honour the individual, not thinking of them as an employee, but recognising they are someone with a unique gifts creating something valuable for the organisation. The cultural soil that creates this relationship between the individual and the organisation they work with is one of authenticity and integrity. The intuitive heart resonates with truth and very quickly recognises ‘spin’ even if the individual chooses not to name it as such . The first step in achieving true engagement among an organisation’s team is to create an authentic space to talk honestly about the organisation, its goals, and the part the team has in achieving them. This can be a real journey in many organisations, and in most cases is best initiated with the support of someone that is independent from the organisation and who has experience in helping create an authentic space where people feel safe to step by step test the sincerity of the organisation in moving into this space. As a group moves into a space of authentic communication extraordinary things start to occur, and once that trust is established the conversation can begin to get to the heart of organisation performance and strategy issues. Where a verbal contract can be made among all of the team and with the support of the leadership to maintain authentic communication and to come from a place of integrity in all decision making, then the beginnings of a cultural shift have been established. From this place the team can engage with their work, whether that work or the organisation’s outputs are glamorous or not, in integrity and connected with their hearts in an environment of respect. Motivation then comes from a place of honouring the organisation’s culture and honouring peers who are seen in a different light. | Authegrity Pty Ltd is a Brisbane based company focused on supporting other businesses through change processes bringing the deep commercial and change management experience of its Principal Ure P Auckland to assist the client. Support can be anything from a few hours of strategic guidance to full engagement as a member of a change team over a period of months.
Ure P Auckland has 30 years business experience, including 15 years in senior leadership roles including COO, CFO, VP Human Resources, General Manager, and Director in stints with three start-up high growth technology organisation’s. Throughout the 15 years Ure was a key driver of strategic organisational change programs including major commercialisation programs, quality systems, acquisitions and integrations, a merger, a demerger, IT projects, IPOs, and restructuring and was deeply involved in developing and sustaining the unique and committed organisation cultures that supported those organisations in achieving extraordinary goals. One of those organisations won the Australian Quality Award, a Telstra Best Small Business in Australia award, and made the BRW Fastest Growing 100 list seven years running. In recent years Ure has added to his corporate leadership experience through his work in the community where in men’s organisations and through a passion for higher consciousness work Ure has expanded his experience in working with group dynamics and with group energy. Ure now brings experience in taking groups into a level of authentic communication rarely seen or experienced in corporate life. A core focus for Authegrity as its name suggests is values based change management work with organisations supporting teams to communicate authentically to get to the heart of business issues in an approach grounded in integrity. Ure has extensive experience in successfully managing the people and culture side of acquisitions and other major projects with impact of people and culture. Authegrity has a variety of approaches that can be applied in working with an organisation to enhance the engagement of its team. Work can be in the form of participatory training, group facilitation and coaching, as a member of a change team, or using variations on these. Every organisation like the people who make it up is unique, and Authegrity will approach each engagement in a manner appopriate for that organisation and its community. For a no-obligation discussion with Ure to discuss the needs of your organisation and to understand how he might be able to support your team you can call him on +61-413-051-604. Ure P Auckland +61-413-051-604 www.authegrity.com Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |