Have you ever wondered exactly what task the employee engagement team or person in your organization is actually tasked with? Is it all just fun and games, organizing the year-end Christmas or holiday party, showing up at your desk to congratulate you on your work anniversary, or organizing the cake for employee birthdays? Sure, these are probably some of the front-facing tasks that you see your human resources or corporate communications executive who is in charge of the employee relations and employee engagement initiatives engage in. However, there is a whole lot more that goes into this endeavor, and indeed, some serious reasoning and requirements lie behind the entire employee engagement team. Research has proven, as has real life experience and observation in organizations of all shapes and sizes across industries, that happier employees are more engaged employees and when they are happy and engaged at work, their output is more this means that they are more productive and work better and want to do more for and in the organization. So, apart from the feel-good factor of getting to eat some cake or blow off some steam by having that monthly pizza party or even that much looked-forward-to Friday potluck, there is indeed an organization level reasoning for keeping employee engagement going.