Business owners and HR managers will get a chance to discover how engaged their teams are at a free workshop in March.
The event, in Chippenham on March 3, will hear from Andrea Riding, managing director of AARC Opportunity and a licensed Engage & Grow coach specialising in helping businesses enthuse their workforce so they love their jobs. 
The workshop takes place as statistics reveal critically low levels of employee engagement in the UK.
The award-winning Engage & Grow Group Activation System aims to help companies turn this around by reengaging their employees through tailored programmes. Results show an average increase in employee engagement of 257% for SME businesses that have taken part.
The Gallup survey showed that while a majority of employees (66%) are not engaged, a further 20% are actively disengaged and can represent a disruptive influence in the workplace. With just 11% fully engaged in their roles, there are serious consequences for businesses – including lower productivity, falling sales, poor customer ratings and increased absenteeism.
At the workshop, which takes place at The Meeting Place, Chippenham, from 8.30am to 10.30am, attendees will go through an exercise to find out exactly how engaged their own employees are and the impact it is having on their organisations.
Andrea, pictured, said: “The low levels of engagement have a serious impact on the performance of a business. It is costing businesses around 34% of their wages bill, and results in low productivity, increased absenteeism and higher staff turnover.
“This workshop will enable them to calculate how engaged their own workforce are using a tried and tested Engage & Grow formula benchmarked against the worldwide Gallup research, to determine a value on what this is costing them.
“We will be giving them some advice on how to reengage their workforce and, armed with this information, they may then consider commissioning an Engage & Grow bespoke programme to find a solution.
“Engage & Grow uses neuroscience as the basis of its coaching programme to help employers and employees think differently.”
Andrea added that employers and HR managers could take some simple first steps to help their employees feel more engaged. For example, building trust and cohesion, and setting shared goals, will help bring teams and management together.
“Employees want to feel appreciated; they need variety and an opportunity for growth. They need certainty, they need to have significance within the organisation – particularly important for Millennials – and they want to contribute,” she said.
“Importantly, employees really need to have fun at work. It is so important for learning.
“Businesses with highly engaged employees are 17% more productive and 21% more profitable than those with the least engagement. The figures speak for themselves and the impact of being able to double or even triple employee engagement would be incredibly rewarding to any type of organisation.”
To book a place on the workshop, visit http://bit.ly/2NSe7aq. Andrea is also holding a workshop on March 5 at The VAS (Voluntary Action Swindon) Centre, John Street, Swindon. To book on that, visit http://bit.ly/38zt35k.
There is no cost to attend but reservations must be made in advance.
