Getting Employee Participation Started

One of the keys to getting employees involved is to meet with them. 

Here are some proven techniques for encouraging employee participation  

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Safety requires support and behaviors from the entire organization. Although commitment starts with top management, it is necessary to get employees to participate to make the management system work. This section is an indicator of the perception of how well the organization is working to create a safe working environment [2]. 

This is one of the things that we as management do not do well— getting employee inputs. Why do you think this is so hard The one reason that the authors have dealt with is simple. Management in many cases is afraid of what they hear. K they listen to employees, they may have to solve problems and really do not want to deal with it— I do not have the time. This is a common statement from many managers. After all who needs more problems The bottom line is that if you want true employee participation you must ask the question and accept what you hear, solve the issues, and continue to go about your business. Once the culture is developed and trust begins to build, issues will solve themselves because employees will start to solve issues on their own and only come to management when they cannot get the situation resolved. 

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