Are Your Team Members Engaged?

 

I don't think there's any question that when team members are engaged in what they're doing, we get their best work. The evidence clearly shows that there is a strong connection between employee engagement and performance. With that in mind, the other day I came across the following questionnaire created by The Employers Council that will allow you to score your team. On a scale of 1 (almost never) to 5 (very common), rate your team:

1.  More than half of my team routinely exceed performance expectations
2. Team members regularly take on new challenges and learn new skills
3. Team members understand how their job fits with the objectives of the project and overall company strategies and goals
4. There is a clear sense of collegiality with the team
5. Team members routinely recommend the organization to others
6. Problems are proactively approached, rather than reactively addressed
7. A significant number of new and creative ideas have come from team members in the last six months
8. Customers are wowed by the service they receive
9. Managers are active advocates for their team members
10. Team members believe what their managers tell them
11. Managers understand the expectation to and deliver on actively helping their team members develop new skills for current and future positions
12. Managers structure jobs with clear expectations and take into account the interests of team members
13. Managers understand the different communication styles of their team members and adjust their communication to meet team member styles
14. The company retains top talent

Add up the total score. 70 is a perfect score. 45 is about average, which obviously leaves room for improvement. If you're below 45, you probably need to take a good hard look at what you can do to better engage the members of your project teams.

How did you score?