Employee Engagement
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Learn how to improve employee engagement. Discover the true drivers of engagement, the best survey questions and team activity ideas.
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Since last year, 3.2 million fewer employees felt enthusiastic about and involved in their work, matching a figure not seen in the U.S. since 2014.
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U.S. employees who strongly agree that they are treated with respect at work has returned to the record low of 37%, first recorded in 2022.
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The workplace has not returned to pre-pandemic normalcy, and leadership challenges abound in 2025. But each of these challenges has a solution.
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Recognition is a powerful tool that connects employees to their organization. See how quality recognition can boost employee retention.
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How a meta-analysis of 183,806 business units provides leaders with insights into building high-performing cultures.
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Low engagement among German employees is aggravating the country's skills shortage. Here's what employers can do to reverse the trend.
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U.S. employee engagement saw modest improvement in the second quarter of 2024, inching up from 30% of employees fully engaged to 32%.
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Employee turnover risk is at its highest in nearly a decade. Learn how to reduce employee turnover by regularly having the right conversations.
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Women are more engaged at work than men at all levels -- except at the senior leadership level when the gap closes. What's causing the engagement gap to close at the top?
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Discover what the strengths-engagement connection can do for employees, managers and organizations.
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Employee engagement is driven more by great managers than by countries' labor policies or job markets.
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Managing people is harder than ever -- but it's also more important than ever. See why creating a thriving workplace hinges on manager engagement.
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Close to half of the workforce is seeking or open to new job opportunities. German employers must engage more of their employees or risk losing them.
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Ahead of Teacher Appreciation Week, few teachers say they have received recent praise and recognition -- a problem that persists but can be fixed.
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Worrying trends in U.S. government workplaces are thwarting mission success. Fix employee engagement stagnation with these actions.
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Continuing a downward trend, employee engagement in the U.S. has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade.
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ͯÑÕÊÓƵ celebrates 60 winning organizations that maintained highly engaged workplace cultures while adapting to the challenges of 2023.
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About one in four government employees are burnt out. This can be attributed to five root causes that range from unfair treatment to lack of manager support.
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Following the pandemic, younger employees report feeling increasingly more detached from their work and employers than do older generations.