Employee engagement is the degree to which employees feel committed, passionate, and aligned with the goals and values of their organization. 

It is a key factor for organizational success, as engaged employees are more productive, innovative, loyal, and satisfied with their work. 

However, employee engagement is not a one-size-fits-all concept. 

Different generations of workers may have different expectations, preferences, and motivations for their work.

In this blog post, we will focus on how to increase employee engagement for millennials, the largest generation in the workforce today.

Millennials are those born between 1981 and 1996 and have some distinctive characteristics that set them apart from other generations. 

Millennials are tech-savvy, socially conscious, diverse, and collaborative. They also value learning, growth, feedback, and flexibility in their work. 

As millennials, we have to champion inclusive and supportive workplaces.  

If you are in a position to increase employee engagement with peers, you may want to consider the following strategies:

Job enrichment: 

Job enrichment is the process of adding more challenging and meaningful tasks to a job to increase the employee’s autonomy, responsibility, and skill variety. 

Job enrichment can look like cross-departmental training opportunities or being assigned to projects that allow the employee to use specialized skills or attain new ones.

For millennials, job enrichment can also provide opportunities for learning new skills, solving problems creatively, and positively impacting society or the environment.

Supportive supervision: 

Supportive supervision is all about being a great leader. It means providing guidance, coaching, recognition, and feedback to your employees while also giving them the freedom to take the lead and be self-directed.

Supportive supervision can increase employee engagement by fostering trust, respect, and empowerment between the supervisor and the employee. 

Supportive supervision can help millennials achieve their personal and professional goals, receive constructive feedback, and feel valued and appreciated for their contributions.

Career development opportunities: 

Career development opportunities are the activities or programs that help the employee plan, manage, and advance their career within or outside the organization. 

Career development opportunities can increase employee engagement by enhancing the employee’s competence, confidence, and commitment to their career. 

For millennials, career development opportunities can also help them explore their interests and passions, acquire new knowledge and skills, have increased networking opportunities and pursue their desired career paths.

Resources to carry out jobs well: 

Resources to carry out jobs well are the physical, technological, informational, or human resources that enable the employee to perform their tasks effectively and efficiently.

Employee engagement often takes a nosedive when people feel that they are expected to perform jobs of high quality with insufficient or inadequate resources.

This results in team members increasingly feeling stressed, frustrated, and burnout.

For millennials, resources can also help them leverage their technological skills, access relevant information quickly, and collaborate with others easily.

Fair appraisals and review practices: 

Fair appraisals and review practices are the methods or systems used to evaluate the employee’s performance and provide feedback or rewards based on objective and consistent criteria. 

Carried out correctly, they can increase employee engagement by enhancing the employee’s sense of justice, equity, and recognition. 

Fair appraisals and reviews can also help millennials understand their strengths and weaknesses, receive timely and specific feedback, and be rewarded fairly for their achievements.

By implementing these strategies in your organization, you can increase employee engagement for millennials and reap the benefits of having a motivated, productive, and loyal workforce. 

If you found this blog post helpful or interesting, please like it and share it with other growth-oriented millennials who want to learn more about employee engagement. 

Also, don’t forget to listen to the 5 Years to 40 podcasts where you can hear inspiring stories of people who achieved their goals before turning 40. 

Thank you for reading!