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A New Way of Thinking about Engagement

Sunday, November 1, 2015

By many metrics, atrophying levels of employee engagement is one of the biggest problems presently facing the American economy. According to a report on the State of the American Workplace, released by Gallup, only 30 percent of employees consider themselves engaged at their job. Because of this, companies have put in place massive engagement programs costing millions of dollars, but rarely have these programs seen wild successes. One theory for why this is happening is that these programs haven’t been approaching the problem in the right way. One of the common misconceptions regarding engagement is that an engaged workforce will create a successful business - that engaged employees are more productive and will therefore engage in better business practices, positively impacting bottom lines. But, say some experts, engagement doesn’t create success; it is a symptom of it. Successful businesses will have employees who are prouder of their work, who want to progress at the company and who will strive to be better at their jobs. So instead of trying to boost engagement levels at a mediocre company, managers would do better to attempt to make their companies a more exciting place to work. 

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