Employee engagement seems like an ambiguous phrase. What does it really mean?
Pretend you are the CEO of a big company with thousands of employees. And just imagine that every single employee is fully engaged with their work, enthusiastic about their tasks, and does everything they can (because they are so happy) to further the company’s interests.
This situation is what every manager dreams about but often never experiences, which is why the words “pretend” and “imagine” are most often used to describe scenarios like the one pictured above.
According to a recent article by the Gallup Business Journal ,only 30% of American employees are engaged in their jobs.
“Given the proven links between employee engagement and financial outcomes, this low level of engagement is a drag on an already sluggish U.S. economy. Imagine the positive— even dramatic — impact on the country’s economic prospects if companies could double…