“As we look into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others .” - Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft

If you run a simple Google search for “How to boost/grow engagement as a leader,” you’ll find a whopping 40+ million articles offering guidance on how to become more engaging or how to boost the engagement levels of your teams.

The leaders of the world clearly continue to struggle with achieving these goals.

In a Forbes article last year, “According to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report, only 15% of employees are engaged in their jobs meaning that they are emotionally invested in committing their time, talent and energy in adding value to their team and advancing the organisation’s initiatives. More Gallup research shows that employee disengagement costs the United States upwards of $550 billion a year in lost productivity. So one could see why this is both a serious problem that most leaders and managers face with today’s workforce — but also an amazing opportunity for companies that learn to master the art of engagement.”

Learning to master the art of engagement... how can you do that?

Engagement starts with the leader. They must empower and inspire their teams. They must be authentically and honestly invest in their people. A great leader values higher engagement levels, not because it means higher revenue, but because it means their people are happy.

The Genos Engaging Leader Program was designed to help individuals enhance motivation, commitment, and engagement of their teams. They do this by first taking a look at their own emotional intelligence behaviours, how they are “showing up” at work with their teams.

Instead of just focusing on a number from an engagement survey (that are often skewed as employees answer differently out of fear,) they complete a Genos Leadership 180 Assessment. During the assessment, they receive feedback from a selection of their colleagues on their EI behaviours in areas such as:

1. Self-awareness

2. Awareness of others

3. Authenticity

4. Emotional Reasoning

5. Self-management

6. Inspiring behaviours.

The assessment encourages raters to answer how important certain behaviours are for that role, and how often this leader is seen to demonstrate them at work.

Then the leader (or a group of leaders) take part in the Genos Engaging Leader Program, typically run over 1 day and facilitated by a Certified Genos Practitioner like me.

First, attendees dive deeply into multiple areas of employee engagement and why it’s crucial for organisational performance. They gain insight, feedback and know-how on effective leadership competencies that motivate and engage people. Then they learn a practical technique unique to Genos for raising the motivation and engagement of their team person-by-person.

Attendees on the Genos Engaging Leader program can complete a time 2 assessment after six months and review their progress. They also receive guidance on responding to feedback from colleagues and development workbook for improvement.

If you’d like to learn more about the Genos Engaging Leader Enhancement Program, contact me at info@eli-asia.com.

Game Changing for Business, Life Changing for People.