Finding ways to improve and encourage employee engagement makes many business leaders’ list of top challenges for 2017. Engaged workforces perform better and innovate faster than disaffected ones. In today’s swift-moving markets, employees who are loyal and energized could represent a company’s most valuable competitive edge.
There is no guaranteed blueprint for how to do it, but the organizations that seem to be hitting the right note have focused on open communications, employee development, and workforce empowerment.
Here’s a look at the problem from a statistical point of view. How does your group stack up?