NO Shortcuts to Engagement: Eleven ways to create real employee engagement from the ground up.

The article shares 11 tactics to help business owners create and increase employee engagement in their organizations. It advises employers to understand what it is like to work at the company and to hire people with foundational qualities and not solely based on technical skill set. It urges employers to go beyond job-specific orientation training, to offer employee bonuses, to give more days off, and develop mentoring relationships. Several office courtesies are suggested.