A successful organization is built with its employees contributiona contribution that will not be effective unless its employees are engaged in strategic decision-making and other initiatives. Employee Engagement ensures the successful execution of any business strategy. Engaged employees are the competitive advantage of an organization and play the most important role in the implementation of their organizations business initiatives.

Employee engagement is defined as "the extent to which people enjoy and believe in what they do, and feel valued of doing it. It is the degree of commitment towards the job, which an employee performs, and till how long the employee remains with the organization as a result of this commitment." Engagement is a state where employees are not only intellectually committed to the job but are also emotionally attached to it.

The effectiveness of the employee engagement depends upon the degree to which the employee is a part of the decision-making process and his/her ideas are incorporated in the final plan. It generates self-responsibility among the employees. This sense of self-responsibility instills the sense of ownership in employees' mind and they will feel that they actually own the job and accountable for each and every decision they take. This will result in the commitment and pride for success of not only the organization but also of the employee himself/herself

Organizations nurture engagement by proactively leveraging three sources of influence for change: Employees, leaders, and organizational systems and strategies. These three important aspects work in tandem to build an engaging work environment. The ultimate ownership of engagement rests within the individual employee. Organizations hoping to instill engagement must take into the account of employees' passion, commitment, and identification with the organization.

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