An easy guide to employee engagement action plans

Taking action on your employee engagement survey results is the final piece of the puzzle when it comes to measuring and increasing employee engagement. No action? No improvements. 

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In this guide, we’ll walk you through building your own action plan so you can fully utilize your data and make changes.

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See our other blogs on creating an effective employee engagement survey or carrying out employee engagement survey results analysis if you need further support.

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Why create a survey action plan?

Creating an engagement survey action plan is vital if you want to take a strategic approach to improve employee engagement. An approach that’s tailor-made to your exact team needs. 

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Without a plan of action, throwing random online suggestions at your problems is tempting – not understanding how they’ll benefit your unique challenges.

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An employee engagement action plan also ensures you have a reference point to hold all involved in employee engagement initiatives accountable.

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Read this if you need a reminder of the benefits of taking an employee engagement survey in the first place.

How to build an employee engagement action plan for your organization

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Step 1 - Pick an area of improvement

First, refer to your employee engagement survey report. What top weaknesses were highlighted by your survey? Pick one area to focus on with each action plan.

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Step 2 - Define specific action

With an area of weakness in mind, consider what specific action needs to be taken to overcome this challenge and increase employee engagement.

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If you’re stuck for ideas on what relevant action might look like, these blogs will help: 

• How to improve employee engagement in 6 steps 
• Employee engagement strategies that work
• 4 research-backed drivers of employee engagement in 2022/2023

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Step 3 - Delegate responsibility

Who will be responsible for seeing this action carried out? Is there a specific manager or team? Make a note of this so they can be held accountable. 

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Step 4 - Set a deadline

Adding a deadline for the action to have been taken is also useful in ensuring accountability and that your organization has something concrete to work towards.

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Step 5 - Follow up

Don’t forget to follow up after your deadline to track progress and evaluate if goals have been accomplished.

Three example action plans to improve employee engagement

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Example 1: What to do when your employees don’t feel valued enough

The findings: Most of your teams report they feel undervalued and would like more recognition for their work. 

Actions to be taken: 

• Ensure frequent recognition is given via email or other internal communication platforms 
• Create an infographic to send to team leaders and remind them of the importance of recognition and how to feedback on good work
• Set up an employee reward system to begin rewarding employee contributions

Responsible: Manager

Deadline: End of the quarter

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Example 2: What to do when employees don’t feel connected to their colleagues

The findings: Many of your employees do not feel connected to their colleagues, especially remote workers. This hurts morale, communication, and productivity.

Actions to be taken:

• Organize frequent team building activities to foster workplace relationships and organize virtual team building activities to strengthen communication skills
• Plan a company social

Responsible: Manager

Deadline: 6 months time

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Example 3: What to do when teams feel they aren’t getting enough opportunities to give managers feedback

The findings: Most of your teams are unhappy with how often they can speak with managers and give in-depth feedback. This is growing a sense of resentment.

Actions to be taken:

• Schedule a fortnightly virtual or in-person chat space for any team members to come and give feedback
• Set up weekly employee engagement pulse surveys to check in on employee satisfaction 
• Send out an infographic reminding employees of all the ways they can give feedback at anytime

Responsible: Manager

Deadline: End of month

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Ready-to-go employee engagement survey action plan template

While you’re swatting up on action plans to improve employee engagement, why not read these blogs for more on employee engagement as a whole:

• Our top virtual employee engagement platforms of 2022/2023
• The absolute best employee engagement apps
• 2022/2023 employee engagement statistics: trends, stats + charts
• Employee engagement solutions: 10 platforms to consider
• The ultimate employee engagement guide for managers