Employee Engagement : Tool for Success of an Organisation

Organisations are under increasing pressure to improve performance and maximise the contribution of every employee. Employee engagement has become an attractive business proposition. The triple bottom line consists of three Ps: profit, people and planet. It aims to measure the financial, social and environmental performance of the corporation over a period of time. People are the most important asset of every organisation. Most of the studies suggest that employee engagement improves the bottom line in almost every instance and it is well worth all organizational efforts to actively engage employees. Engaged employees have an impact on productivity and financial performance .When not addressed, the number of non-engaged and disengaged employees in the workplace offers an alerting signal for many employers. According to the Blessing White employee engagement survey report India has got 37% engaged employees and 12% disengaged employees and the rest fall under non engaged category of employees. Efficient leadership and effective management can take place if emerging paradigm like employee engagement is appropriately understood and put into practice. Employee engagement starts at the first step i.e. recruitment of an employee to the last step i.e. retirement .The HR Practices of an organisation play the most major role in helping the employees walk the extra mile. Effective employee engagement is the key component for improved organizational performance.