Robison (2008) explained that just as a Buddhist believes there exists as many paths as there are seekers when it comes to enlightenment, the same is true when attempting to achieve employee engagement and motivation. Organizational leaders may want to see a single, well-defined, predictable path which will result in increased employee motivation and engagement levels; however, such a path does not exist (Robison, 2008). Positive results have be seen through the application/implementation of several, often times very differing, techniques, initiatives, and management/leadership styles (Robison, 2008).
The purpose of this paper is to present JKD Technical Solutions, Inc. leadership with a number of best practices in motivation and employee engagement which can be implemented within the company to increase motivation and engagement levels. The paper begins with an analysis of an article authored by Perschel (2010) entitled “Work-Life Flow: How Individuals, Zappos, and Other Innovative Companies Achieve High Engagement.” Following the analysis, JKD Technical Solutions leadership will be presented with a series of proven best practices in motivation. JKD Technical Solutions leadership can then …show more content…
Participative leadership focuses on the inclusion of all team members in the decision-making process and thus has a very strong positive psychological effect on employees (Huang, Iun, Liu, & Gong, 2010). Huang et al. (2010) indicate that participative leadership creates feelings of employee empowerment in addition to increased levels of trust in supervision. These increased levels of trust and sense of empowerment have a direct impact on the motivation and work performance of an individual (Huang et al.,