If we care about increasing employee engagement levels, then consider how to re-imagine and rethink our employee’s learning and development in our field. Yes, there are courses that employees can take, but how do we motivate employees to take the time to share with each other? How do we create more time to invite practitioners or subject matter experts from adjacent disciplines to share their pride and technique for their work with our employees?

Today, top talent with in-demand skills have more choices in where they chose to work. Overall, workspaces becoming healthier and designed to enhance the quality of working life. Employees seek more choice in how, when and where to work. Consider asking employees where they go to do their best work? Where do they go just to get the job done? Where do they avoid meeting? Where do they recharge? Rethink your use of space accordingly.

As consumer technologies move inside the workplace, they significantly impact the employees’ overall workplace experience. Employees expect technologies to work. Evaluate what technology is not working at your workplace? What can we do to eliminate that source of aggravation with technology?

How does our company culture play into improving our employment practices? Culture often gets described as the tribal behaviours of a group, the shared values, the “way that we do things around here.” Larger organisations tend to have a well-documented and visible set of values. Winning organisations are consistently less tolerant of behaviours that do not reflect the stated company culture.

At the heart of the increased interest in designing compelling employee experiences is the recognition that creating an emotional connection is what will ultimately drive the greatest levels of engagement. Communicating a sense of purpose is at the forefront of the minds of business leaders today.