Mobilizing your employees | Overcoming barriers to engagement

Demystifying engagement

• Understand what employee engagement really means — and why it matters for both performance and well-being.

Active listening as a foundation

• Build habits of empathetic listening to better understand what’s happening beneath the surface and create a lasting climate of trust.

The 4 drivers of engagement

• Explore the universal needs that fuel engagement: autonomy, competence, belonging, and impact. Learn how to activate them in your day-to-day role as a manager.

Your own engagement drivers

• Before you can mobilize others, make sure your own needs are being met. Use a self-assessment and simple action steps to strengthen your own foundation.

Management practices that drive engagement

• Adjust your leadership style to support engagement day to day: adopt a supportive approach and avoid the traps of micromanagement — even in a hybrid context.

A snapshot of your team

• Use practical tools to create a realistic portrait of your team’s current level of engagement and pinpoint the most powerful levers to work with.

Spotting the signs of disengagement

• Sharpen your radar: learn to identify early warning signs like withdrawal, passivity, or irritability — and step in before things go too far.

Time to act

• Create your action plan to re-engage — on a small or large scale — using simple, flexible, and sustainable tools.