Employee engagement is essential in running a successful business. Increasing staff engagement leads to higher efficiency and productivity, which in turn can generate greater profits. According to research, companies with highly engaged employees outperform their competitors by 147%!

Increased employee engagement also leads to greater loyalty to your organisation, resulting in lower staff turnover rates. With turnover costing around 33% of an employee’s salary, it has never been more important to increase engagement levels.

People thrive working in an environment that is dedicated to increasing their knowledge. In fact, one study shows that 80% of employees feel learning and development opportunities would help them to feel more engaged at work. Another found that a staggering 94% of employees would stay longer with an organisation if training opportunities were available.

Below are five ways you can improve employee engagement with learning:

Microlearning

You should adopt microlearning to deliver your training quickly and efficiently. This involves breaking information down into bite-sized pieces. Each session takes just a couple of minutes to complete, helping your employees retain knowledge. In fact, one study found that microlearning can increase knowledge retention by up to 20%.

Research also shows that microlearning can increase engagement by up to 50%. It ensures learners stay engaged with short lessons, as opposed to traditional, lengthy classroom-based sessions.

Microlearning allows you to adopt a digital approach to training. E-learning takes around 60% less time to complete than traditional training and offers equal, or greater, results. This allows your employees to continue their jobs whilst developing their skills.

Repetition

After just one day, people can forget up to 70% of what was taught in a training session. This results in unskilled, unengaged employees. To combat this, you should aim to build up daily learning habits within your workforce. One way of doing this is through repetition, which reinforces information into the long-term memory.

When it comes to effective learning, Spaced Repetition is needed. This involves reviewing information at the right intervals – just as someone is due to forget it.

Gamification

Gamification features can make training fun and engaging. This involves incorporating game-like elements into your learning modules. These can be things such as badges, points and leaderboards.

Employees can be motivated by an evoked sense of competition, making training more interesting and ensuring users absorb the content.

Research shows that 72% of people believe that gamification makes them work harder and 90% of employees are more productive when their training utilises gamification.

Employee rewards

Incentivising employees by rewarding those who perform well in training is a great way to increase engagement. It can lead to positive reinforcement and, in turn, higher productivity.

Rewarding staff can also help with employee retention. Research shows that 79% of employees cite a lack of appreciation as a reason for quitting their jobs.

Employee rewards don’t have to be monetary. Recognition, which can be as simple as saying “well done,” can boost an employee’s confidence and make them feel valued.

Assessments

People want to work for organisations that care about advancing their skillset.

Assessments are a good way of tracking learner progression and highlighting areas that staff may need further training on. You can then provide further training modules to cover these areas, improving skills and keeping staff engaged with your organisation.

You should utilise both pre and post-assessments to determine employee knowledge and growth.

An employee training and development programme is essential for improving staff engagement. By providing training modules that enhance skills and knowledge, you will not only create a confident workforce, but you will also show your employees that you are invested in them and care about their development. This creates a productive and engaged team.

Employee engagement is not only essential for productivity but also for staff retention. One study found that organisations with a strong learning culture and engaged workforce have 50% higher retention rates.

To improve engagement, you should adopt a microlearning approach, adding gamification elements into your training. Meanwhile, pre and post-assessments allow you to track learners’ progress and provide extra help in needed areas.

Why Wranx?

Wranx is an employee development platform, specialising in microlearning. Our modules can be completed on any device, at any time. We use Spaced Repetition in the form of daily drills – a series of around 10 questions a day. These form part of a month-long module, created by a team of content writers, giving you a unique training programme.

Our platform also incorporates gamification elements and pre and post-assessments which makes learning more fun and engaging, leading to increased productivity.

Find out more about our service here.