Engagement : Disengagement : Re-engagement

An Employer of a company strives hard to improvise on the employee engagement and eventually there are no evident results. This effort will feel in vain to the employee and not take the employer to any heights unless the employee is willing to feel motivated. 

The reason for Employee disengagement might be because his needs whichever may be was not met and looking beyond what he is doing right now.

The Manager should empower the employee to speak up and strike a conversation with him to understand his grievances better and help him perform his job with excitement. A manager’s role should be able to understand how to tap into the excitement for the benefit of the employer and the employee.

The secret to resolve the issue is only through effective listening and being observant.

When you clearly understand and identify what a disengaged employee needs, work out a strategy with him addressing the issue and provide him with the resources, while removing the hurdles to maximize work efficiency.

 Al Jazeera International Catering introduced a fast track program for the employees called the Sareeyah Program. This program enables the employees to have a fast track development in their career to grow within the organization.

"One of our employees, who joined as a cleaner was not active in his regular work, he was disengaged because he was interested to do something different from what he was doing at that moment. He had a dream of becoming a Cook like most of us.  He came to the HR Manager and spoke about his dissatisfaction he had for the work he was doing at that time, HR took an initiative and put him in the Sareeyah Program. He was given an opportunity and appropriate training to pursue his dream of becoming a Cook. He was also monitored on a daily basis and after completing the Program, he proved himself with good performance and the Management promoted him as Assistant Cook. His note worthy change from a Cleaner to an Assistant Cook had an impact on his colleagues and others".

He is now promoted as a Filipino Cook and with the journey in mind he is re-engaged and has become an inspiration to others who have the passion and potential to pursue their career dreams and the most important thing is to take up the courage to speak what's on his mind.

In conclusion, it is the mutual initiative of the employer and the employee to re-engage the disengaged employee and make dreams into reality.