Mike Carruthers:
If you love your job you're in the minority. Leigh
Branham:
According to a Gallup survey 75% of the work force is
disengaged and only 25% is fully present spiritually, mentally, physically at
work everyday giving their best. Leigh
Branham, author of the book, The
7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave… The
estimates are that it's costing the American economy $250 billion a year because
of the disengagement of their people. Leigh
has conducted extensive research as to why so many people are disengaged from
their work. The
root cause has nothing to do with money. In about 90% of the cases it has something
to do with not getting recognized or not feeling valued not having enough balance
in their live, being stressed out and losing trust and confidence in senior leaders
in the organization. Every
year Fortune magazine rates the best employers to work for, why do those employees
rate those employers so high? They're
usually not talking about money. They're talking about culture; they're talking
about places like Smuckers, which won the number won award last year because Smuckers
is like one big family. Everybody cares about everybody else. Having
employees engaged in their work delivers a huge benefit for employers. The
companies in the upper half of all companies in engagement scores are 44% more
profitable, they're 70% more productive. You
can link to Leigh's website from ours: somethingyoushouldknow.net
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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