Employee Engagement: Where to Start?
“Today, driven by shifts in both work ethos and the transparency of the job market, employee retention and engagement are now the #1 problems companies face.”1 But where should companies begin in order to address these problems? They should narrow their focus from ALL employees to a smaller, more manageable subset: Managers. According to Gallup, 70% of American workers are “not engaged” or “actively disengaged.”2 And who has the greatest effect on those workers? “Gallup estimates that the manager accounts for at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement scores across business units.”3 By focusing on [...]