{"id":15717,"date":"2021-09-21T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/?p=15717"},"modified":"2021-09-03T08:19:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T08:19:15","slug":"3-ways-to-boost-employee-engagement-with-gamification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/3-ways-to-boost-employee-engagement-with-gamification\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways To Boost Employee Engagement With Gamification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center\">3 Ways To Boost Employee Engagement With Gamification<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Employees&#8217; engagement is increasable using the following game mechanics: storylines, challenges, mystery, characters, progression, feedback, freedom to fail, and rewards, wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/increasing-employee-engagement-games-stephen-baer\">Stephen Baer<\/a>. Game elements turn tasks into enjoyable gameplay and are the tool to lead employee behavior and maintain their engagement. Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/how-does-gamification-work-in-business\/\" title=\"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/how-does-gamification-work-in-business\/\"><strong>How Does Gamification Work in Business<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gamification is 75% psychology and 25% technology,&#8221; Gabe Zichermann, \u201cGamification by Design\u201d co-author<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purposefully managed gamified activities bring senses of belonging and meaning of work that directly comes to engagement. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talentlms.com\/blog\/gamification-survey-results\/#83%%20of%20those%20who%20receive%20gamified%20training%20feel%20motivated\">87%<\/a> of TalentLMS surveyed employees indicated the link between gamification and belonging and 82% surveyed agreed that game elements provide a greater sense of meaning in the workplace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shrm.org\/resourcesandtools\/tools-and-samples\/toolkits\/pages\/sustainingemployeeengagement.aspx\">Quantum Workplace<\/a><strong> <\/strong>has identified employee engagement drivers. Some of them are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Learning and development. Organization investment to make employees more successful to improve workers engagement.<\/li><li>Belonging to organization and team.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Employees understand how they fit into the organization&#8217;s future plans.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Connecting gamification with certain organizational activities like feedback, team building and learning boost employees engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>1. Feedback motivates and lets them feel valued<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Feedback is important to boost workers&#8217; engagement. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/345252002_Impact_of_Reward_and_Recognition_Supervisor_Support_on_Employee_Engagement\">Research<\/a> has tested and proven that rewards have a positive impact on employee engagement. Employees want to know how well they perform their tasks in gameplay and reality. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/business\/talent\/blog\/talent-strategy\/employee-feedback-stats-you-need-to-see\">60%<\/a> of surveyed workers would like to receive feedback very frequently &#8211; daily and weekly. Gamified activities are a great way to deliver feedback to employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gamification platforms are automatised in real-time feedback by points, levels, status and rewards. Rewards can be turned into goods on online platforms and in real life. Feedback should be created in meaningful ways for organization&#8217;s employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>2. Gamified activities improve interaction and sense of belonging&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s bring colleagues and teams together by fun and gamified activities that improve relationships. Belonging feelings increase organizational commitment and engagement. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/us\/en\/insights\/focus\/human-capital-trends\/2020\/creating-a-culture-of-belonging.html\">Deloitte research<\/a> colleagues who are aligned to the organization&#8217;s purpose, mission and values do create a sense of belonging almost as strong as colleagues who have a sense of community and feel connected to others in their organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By interaction employees get to know each other, their skills and that builds trust and collegial relationships. Gamification provides quicker team building through shared activities that are fun and engaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ideas for game elements containing activities to improve belonging, relations and engagement in results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Gamified learning on organization&#8217;s values, culture and mission.<\/li><li>Employees sharing photos of them in their work duties.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Solving quizzes, challenges, role plays and generating solutions to problems together.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>3. Learning and development increase self confidence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Quantum Workplace employees who have professional growth opportunities in their workplace are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quantumworkplace.com\/2020-employee-engagement-trends?hsCtaTracking=3d270424-3911-40d5-ad1f-595ffa20b371%7Cc3f044a7-fc39-49a2-ba87-e11517c2236a\">2.5 times<\/a> more likely to be highly engaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning based on gamification motivates employees to learn, develop, grow and create a learning culture. Organization should include different level challenges, quizzes, points and leaderboard as game mechanics to motivate learning and development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TalentLMS&#8217; conducted survey shows that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talentlms.com\/blog\/gamification-survey-results\/#83%%20of%20those%20who%20receive%20gamified%20training%20feel%20motivated\">83%<\/a> of those who participated in gamified training feel motivated compared to 23% motivated at non gamified training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Create a learning process more interesting for employees with <a href=\"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/employee-engagement-with-a-learning-platform\/\">microlearning<\/a> that includes audio visual materials and regular training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Digitized simulations on actual topics, for example production \/ customer service. Included training and freedom to fail at the same time.<\/li><li>Motivation to learn and achieve goals can be supplemented with a goal tracking bar\/map. Employees will gain a sense of progress.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Engagement matters! According to Deloitte engaged teams are <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/content\/dam\/Deloitte\/us\/Documents\/human-capital\/us-cons-engaging-the-workforce.pdf\">87%<\/a> less likely to leave the organization and revenue growth rate is 2.3 times greater than average.&nbsp; Gamification mechanics have a great opportunity to improve employee engagement toward the work, team and organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Involve employees in gamified microlearning, team building and wellbeing promoting challenges with <a href=\"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/\">Efectio<\/a> digital platform. Tasks, scores and rewards all in one exciting employee oriented place. Read more about effective employees engaging in Efectio <a href=\"https:\/\/efectio.com\/en\/ebooks\/\">e-book<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employees&#8217; engagement is increasable using the following game mechanics: storylines, challenges, mystery, characters, progression, feedback, freedom to fail, and rewards, wrote Stephen 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