Can Helpfulness Increase Employee Engagement?

Marcianne Kuethen

Updated March 24, 2022

Do you want happier employees? In a recent study at Harvard Business School, Associate Professor Michael Norton discovered that giving employees more free time to innovate isn’t having the desired effect.What does work, he discovered, is giving employees time to be helpful to others.

If employees feel like their time is well spent, they feel like they’ve got more time. They are happier, more productive, more enthusiastic, and more satisfied. Happier employees are less likely to quit. They are also more likely to bring their best, innovative ideas to the company.

Read the full article to hear how, as a manager, you can get the most out of this research.

Article originally published on businessinsider.com by Julie Bort.

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Marcianne Kuethen

Marcianne Kuethen is a Senior Writer at Amtec, where she has written over 700 blog posts in the past 18 years. Her family has led the company across three generations, from her father who founded Amtec in 1959 to her son Barrett who serves as President and CEO today. Outside of writing, she makes art, music, and gardens.