Last Friday (23rd October) the managers of Finance got together to look at engagement. The aim of the session was to introduce the concept of staff engagement and to understand the importance of managers’ commitment to successful engagement.

They did many of the same activities as the Engagement Working Group (EWG). Such as the peak experience activity (where you tell a story about a time when you felt most engaged, what made this possible and how it made them feel); they looked at the engagement pyramid (how engaged do they think they and their team are) and looked at ways to help their staff overcome the engagement barriers identified by the EWG.

They were all given some work to do with their teams. In the next couple of weeks your manager will be sitting down with you as a team to discuss the behaviours you would expect an engaged manager to possess. They will also be asking you what you would like them to commit to in terms of engagement for their managers pledge.

The behaviours of an engaged manager will be collected and collated so we can create a finance directorate definition (or expectation) of  what makes an engaged manager.