Employee Engagement using Gamification

Use gamification and play techniques to help staff stay motivated and engaged, alleviate stress, and work effectively while remote-working during these uncertain times

This course is now delivered online as a series of live sessions which fully meet the learning objectives of face-to-face training.

Managers need more guidance now than ever before on how to keep their team(s) motivated and engaged while remote working in these uncertain times.

This session shows how the power of gamification can be used in simple, effective (and even free) ways to get employees working productively, and even thriving, while remote-working. Delegates will design their own gamified employee engagement strategy during the session as part of the key activity, with guidance from the expert facilitator, and come away with plenty of quick wins and practical ideas in this masterclass session. 

Course overview/description

When your team suddenly goes from working in an office environment, to working from home, how do you keep them motivated, engaged, and help them alleviate stress? And all with little time, budget or technological means?

Games offer a powerful, proven answer. Gamification and Serious Games are being used in every single industry (collectively to a predicated $40 billion by 2025) and have proven to improve focus, attention, task-completion, collaboration and even innovation in industries like healthcare, education, training, and yes - employee engagement. Gamification has proven to increase workplace productivity, sales, and training retention, and decrease sick days, absenteeism, and procrastination – all with lower long-term costs than physical rewards. These are just some of the many benefits that gamification strategies can bring in employee engagement.

This session clearly outlines cost-effective (or entirely free) ideas on how to use gamification and elements of play for managers to help staff stay focused, meet goals, while ensuring that employees retain a passion for their work. Case-studies will show gamification techniques in action, while delegates learn the science and psychology of games to apply in real-life, every day settings.
Delegates will also learn how to use gamification to encourage innovative thinking, which is likely to be a real need in these times where businesses may need to think on their feet and pivot.
You’ll also learn how to re-think free tools to not just manage employee tasks, but reward employees beyond ‘employee of the month’ to ensure maximum motivation and engagement.

Learning outcomes/learning objectives

• Learn about the science and psychology of games and gamification
• Explore short term 'quick wins' on how to implement gamification techniques with little time, budget or technological means.
• Understand the benefits, and drawbacks (what to avoid) with gamification in employee engagement
• Hear case-studies on the effectiveness of gamified employee engagement programs from around the world
• Learn about longer term gamification approaches to help achieve longer-standing individual, team, and company-wide goals (with larger budgets)
• Be inspired on how to use gamification to encourage innovative thinking, which may be a real need in these times as businesses need to think on their feet and pivot.
• Design the first draft of your own gamified employee engagement strategy during our session activity, with support from the course facilitator
• Re-think free tools to not just manage employee tasks, but reward employees beyond ‘employee of the month’ to ensure maximum motivation and engagement.

Who will benefit?

• Managers in charge of small or larger teams
• Project managers who may be managing teams while also managing clients
• Employees interested in how to help themselves stay motivated and engaged while working remotely

Learning method

This online presentation will include case-studies, a design-activity, and each delegate will be given the opportunity to share their designs with the group. A live Q&A will take place at the end of the course.

Course delivery mode

Online, with recommended ‘to-do’s after the session