Recognizing and Engaging Employees For Dummies. Nelson Bob

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      ✔ Encouraging initiative starts with taking initiative. Everyone has an idea that can improve his or her job, department, or even the company overall. Find a way to get those ideas out! Do something different, experiment and learn along the way.

      ✔ Set up a system for eliciting employee ideas and fostering employee engagement that is simple, doable, and fun. If the suggestion program becomes a boring burden, it isn’t likely to continue for long.

      ✔ Stick with it. The best idea may not always be the first one, but the process of valuing your employees’ ideas will lead to more and better ideas.

      Edward Jones makes every effort to make its employees feel valued, and the results are evident in the longevity and positive attitude of the company’s employees. A survey of Edward Jones employees conducted by Fortune magazine revealed that 96 percent of its employees considered the company a friendly place to work, and more than 89 percent felt that managers followed through on what they said or promised. But the most telling statistic is that 83 percent of employees have every intention of working at Edward Jones until they retire.

      The vast majority of employees cited their reason for holding the company in such high regard as a sense of truly being cared for. And even though the company has grown rapidly over the years, the culture has remained the same. Employees who have been with the company for decades felt as though principles and values remained intact throughout all of the growing pains.

      The personal and professional growth of the company’s employees is of utmost importance to managers at Edward Jones. Employees are encouraged to explore new opportunities within the company, which combats the threat of employees becoming bored and looking for new experiences outside the company. Some employees are asked to directly lead or participate in new ventures, ranging from moving within the office in which they’re based to traveling overseas to launch new departments, projects, or offices. The philosophy behind this practice is centered on Edward Jones’ culture, which strives to develop initiative and drive in all employees. Employees are given the autonomy to forge ahead with new roles or projects they identify, assuming the fit is right. If the employee is lacking in a few key areas, he or she is provided the training necessary to effectively move into the desired role.

      ✔ Who has skills that aren’t currently being utilized in the department?

      ✔ Who is interested in learning more about other areas of the business, its clients, processes, products, or services?

      ✔ Who wants to get into a management position some day?

      ✔ What does everyone want to be doing five years from now?