By now, we’ve all experienced monday-blues and weekday-blahs at our workplaces. What we experience as job discontentment, has become such a commonplace in work environments, that over 70% of employees don’t feel enthusiastic about their work.
At a time when companies are rebranding themselves as digitally-abled, and proactive competitors, people are still leaving their jobs at scale. HR managers, and leaders need a new way to help employees find purpose in their work. A strategy that works as an antidote to job discontentment -and that is job enrichment.
This article will take you through the definition of job enrichment, top strategies to implement, and some bonus tips that will help you drive a higher workplace engagement.
By now, we’ve all experienced monday-blues and weekday-blahs at our workplaces. What we experience as job discontentment, has become such a commonplace in work environments, that over 70% of employees don’t feel enthusiastic about their work.
At a time when companies are rebranding themselves as digitally-abled, and proactive competitors, people are still leaving their jobs at scale. HR managers, and leaders need a new way to help employees find purpose in their work. A strategy that works as an antidote to job discontentment -and that is job enrichment.
This article will take you through the definition of job enrichment, top strategies to implement, and some bonus tips that will help you drive a higher workplace engagement.
What is job enrichment?
Job enrichment involves adding new tasks to your employee’s existing role so they can contribute their full potential.
Instead of taking a ‘boring’ job, employees are now given opportunities that broaden their skill-set, and responsibilities. This helps them to find meaning in their work, while accelerating their growth.
Some examples of job enrichment include:
Giving more autonomy
Trying out new ways to do the same tasks
Trying out completely new tasks (sometimes also called job enlargement)
Adding more variety to everyday tasks
The core idea of job enrichment is that it gives your employees more autonomy and freedom to accomplish their goals – a differentiating point between job enrichment, job enlargement, and job rotation.
