{"id":846,"date":"2012-03-13T06:25:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T10:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/?p=846"},"modified":"2015-07-26T23:09:58","modified_gmt":"2015-07-26T23:09:58","slug":"employee-engagement-why-surveys-and-ice-cream-cant-cut-it-in-todays-corporate-cultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2012\/03\/13\/employee-engagement-why-surveys-and-ice-cream-cant-cut-it-in-todays-corporate-cultures\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Engagement: Why surveys and ice cream can\u2019t cut it in today\u2019s corporate cultures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Employee engagement is more than a buzzword in human resources departments. As a growing body of evidence shows, and the folks at Gallup<\/a> put so well, \u201cengaged employees are more productive. They are more profitable, more customer-focused, safer, and more likely to withstand temptations to leave.\u201d A robust, effective employee engagement strategy is married to corporate goals and the tools associated with those strategies are changing for the better. Enterprise social media is a big player in that toolbox and it helps to have some good employee engagement ideas<\/a> up your sleeve to make sure your employees are productive.<\/p>\n

In case you aren\u2019t a believer in the power of engagement, consider that employees who aren\u2019t engaged or are \u2014 the even more destructive category \u2014 \u201cactively disengaged\u201d can lead to the following at your workplace:<\/p>\n