How to Track Engagement — Are Your Staff Engaged?

When engaged and motivated, staff are more productive and likely to help turn a profit in your business. But how do you make sure they’re satisfied and happy? Employee engagement apps and software let you track and analyse staff productivity and satisfaction to ensure you’re getting the best from your team. 

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Here are our top five employee engagement software picks:

Employee Engagement Tools to Track Staff Satisfaction

1. Best for new hires – Trakstar 
2. Best for goalsetting – Worktango 
3. Best for isolated teams – ConnectTeam 
4. Best for work culture – Bonusly  
5. Best all-around – Tradify 

1. Best for new hires – Trakstar

Employing a new team member is a big investment, so you want to make sure it’s a positive one. With a focus on retaining quality staff, Trakstar offers easy onboarding and ongoing learning through surveys and questionnaires. Their predictive analytics and 360° performance reviews ensure you’re able to monitor their engagement from day one and award their successes! 

2. Best for goal-setting – Worktango

Keeping tabs on your staff’s goals is crucial to keeping them engaged and striving for success. 

Worktango focuses on goal setting and incentivising hard work to achieve those goals. Their recognition and rewards feature means you can nominate and award staff for their engagement and achievements. 

Plus, you can give public or private compliments in newsfeeds and private chats to keep staff feeling valued and determined to reach personal and company goals.

3. Best for isolated teams – ConnectTeam 

A lot of team building happens over friendly banter on-site. So, when your team is scattered across multiple jobs and lacks in-person contact, you need a way to keep them feeling connected. 

With an in-app chat, people management tools and a social newsfeed, ConnectTeam helps do just that. You can also send reward tokens to redeem gifts, ask staff to complete satisfaction surveys, and track employee milestones.   

4. Best for work culture – Bonusly  

Staff who turn up for work with a positive attitude are a much bigger asset than unhappy ones. The difference lies in the work culture you create, which is where Bonusly comes in. The app supports managers and peer-to-peer recognition to boost positive work cultures. It also has automatic reminders for birthdays and work anniversaries. 

5. Best all-around – Tradify 

Tradify helps with all aspects of business, from field service management and job scheduling to timesheets, an integrated calendar and a subcontractor Connections feature. A well-organised company means happy and motivated staff. They’ll get paid on time for the right hours, know where they need to be, and won’t waste time on excess paperwork. 

Here are some other ways we’re helping trade business owners keep their employees and subcontractors engaged and satisfied at work:

• Hire with confidence

  Taking on a new employee is a big decision. Tradify’s questions for new hires and apprentices can help ensure you hire the right person. 

• Improve health and safety

  Keeping your staff safe and compliant is crucial to keeping them happy in their jobs. Our health and safety survey questions can help you reduce workplace risk by involving the whole team.  

• Boost well-being in the workplace

  Your staff won’t be engaged or satisfied if they’re burnt out. Here are some ways to prioritise health and well-being in your workplace by encouraging breaks throughout the day where staff can fuel up on nutritious meals. 

Simple tools to keep your staff engaged 

Taking on staff is a huge investment, but finding and keeping the right people is essential to growing your trade business. With a few simple tools, you can keep tabs on productivity and engagement to ensure your team turns up for work happy, healthy and ready to give 110%.  

Want to experience the benefits of an organised business? Sign up for a 14-day free trial with Tradify. No credit card required. No commitment. Or visit one of our live demo webinars to see Tradify in action.