Starting a new job is exciting—but staying engaged over time is what truly matters. Too often, employees feel connected during onboarding, only to gradually disconnect due to lack of interaction, recognition, and meaningful feedback.
Employee engagement isn’t just about a strong start—it’s about sustaining that motivation throughout the employee journey. By leveraging the right tools inside Slack, companies can create an engaging workplace where every team member feels valued, heard, and connected.
Here’s how Harmony’s suite of Slack apps can help foster engagement from day one and beyond:
A Warm Welcome: Making Onboarding Personal and Engaging
A structured onboarding experience ensures new hires feel included and supported from the beginning.
Use Message Translator by Harmony to break down language barriers for multilingual teams, ensuring clear communication from day one.
Set up Standups by Harmony to check in with new employees asynchronously, helping them integrate into workflows at their own pace.
Plan a team introduction in Slack using Celebrations by Harmony to welcome them with a fun, interactive message.
Ongoing Engagement: Keeping Employees Connected
Once onboarding is complete, the challenge is maintaining engagement over time. Slack can be more than just a workspace—it can be a dynamic platform for collaboration and feedback.
Use Poll by Harmony to gather quick employee sentiment checks and make informed decisions.
Encourage async updates with Standups by Harmony to keep teams aligned without adding unnecessary meetings.
Run team retrospectives with Retrospectives by Harmony to reflect on what’s working and continuously improve team dynamics.
Recognizing & Appreciating Contributions
Recognition is one of the most powerful drivers of engagement. Employees who feel valued are more likely to stay motivated and contribute their best work.
Give peer-to-peer recognition in Slack using Props by Harmony—a simple way to celebrate achievements, big or small.
Make appreciation visible to the entire team to reinforce a culture of gratitude.
Use Celebrations by Harmony (coming soon!) to highlight work anniversaries and milestones.
Retention: Creating a Culture of Continuous Feedback & Growth
Sustained engagement requires more than occasional check-ins—it needs a culture of continuous feedback and growth opportunities.
Regularly collect employee insights using Poll by Harmony to track engagement trends.
Conduct team retrospectives with Retrospectives by Harmony to ensure open dialogue about challenges and improvements.
Encourage open communication with Message Translator by Harmony, ensuring language differences don’t create engagement gaps.
Keep Your Team Engaged with Harmony Apps
Building an engaging work culture isn’t about one big moment—it’s about ongoing interactions that keep employees feeling connected and valued. With Harmony apps, you can integrate recognition, feedback, and engagement directly into Slack, making it a natural part of your team’s daily workflow.
Explore Harmony Apps and get started today: