State of Indian employee-Positive Self View yet high expectations
The study states that employees in India tend to a have a very positive self-view - a good 61 percent employees willing to put in extra hours and go the extra mile without more pay to complete a task. 58 percent employees felt that the work they did directly contributed to the organizations success demonstrating a strong sense of ownership. At the same time, many employees also strongly felt that there was lack of team spirit and co-operation in their organizations raising concerns about an unsupportive team, closed communication structures and inadequate training provided on the job. These findings highlight the high expectations from Indian employees as well as opportunity areas for companies to develop themselves as great places to work.
Roadmap for Indian companies-What can be done better?
With more than half the respondents (55 Pct) as managers and with 8 percent of them disengaged, there is a need for companies to ensure this group doesn’t sink from partial engagement to complete disengagement. For companies striving to build a high performing culture, there is an urgent need to invest in this employee segment by developing specific engagement initiatives.

While one’s direct reporting manager has a strong role to play in employee engagement, the effect of senior leadership cannot be ignored. Just 39 percent of employees have confidence in the leadership ability of their top management and a disappointing 34 percent strongly believed that their senior leaders were moving the organization in the right direction. This highlights the growing need and responsibility on immediate supervisors and senior management to be seen as leaders on par with the best in the industry and to build and sustain this confidence. When employees are assured that there company is being steered in the right direction, they more likely to think of long term career prospects within an organization. 

In addition, to tackle problems related to employee stress and boredom, companies should consider redesigning mundane tasks by deploying gamification as a new tool to incentivize good performance and create an energized environment. Furthermore learning and performance is another key competency driver which creates engaged employees with 51 percent employees expressing interest more such programs

Lastly the importance of open communication and feedback mechanisms cannot be overemphasized

Successful employee engagement programs recognizes company dynamics, identifies needs for individual roles and aligns employee’s personal experience and goals with the company vision to enhance job satisfaction and create a positive work culture. In the coming times, it is evident employee engagement will assume greater significance becoming the center of a company’s business and talent strategy so as to achieve its business goals.
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