Is support the key to ending disengagement?

We’ve heard or seen the numbers. Employees are not engaged with their work.

In fact, some have gone so far to say that as few as 13 percent of employees are truly engaged while at work. 

So, it must be a worker problem. Without the control and independence that comes with being a manager, one is more likely to encounter disengagement.

But here’s the thing, other studies point out that only 35 percent of managers are engaged in their work.

So, it turns out that engagement isn’t a manager or employee problem – it is a workplace problem.  The article from Gallup noted an unfortunate “cascading” effect.

 

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