Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards

Employee Involvement

Efforts to increase employee involvement empower workers, involve them in decision making and give them increased job autonomy. Employee involvement programs can increase job satisfaction, employee morale and commitment to the organization, as well as increase productivity, reduce turnover and absenteeism and enhance the quality of products and services.

Efforts to involve employees in meaningful ways include:

  • Self-managed work teams
  • Employee committees or task forces
  • Continuous improvement teams
  • Participative decision making
  • Employee suggestion forums, such as a suggestion box and monthly meetings

Example:

Organization:Steelscape
Program:Picking Their Own Peers
Results: Employee well-being
Organizational performance
Motivation
Low turnover
Commitment
Outstanding safety record
Satisfaction

Click here to read more about Steelscape, a 2003 state-level award winner from Washington State and one of APA's 2004 Best Practices Honorees.

"The faster moving the economy becomes, the more economically valuable become the essentially human traits of the people in the business; their talent, knowledge and creativity. And the more important become issues of honesty, trust, values, purpose, leadership, culture, which turn out to be the only source of sustainable competitive advantage. All of these things are about real dollars. This is what it takes to survive and thrive in today's business world."

Geoffrey Colvin
Senior Editor at Large, FORTUNE