With many businesses experiencing declining sales, and all the news about the country’s worsening economic troubles, people are worrying more about how to make ends meets than a year earlier. This change in the mood of our employees reflects the mood of the US workforce in general. With that, employee engagement levels have fallen in the last year.
In tough economic times, employee engagement is more critical to a company’s success than ever. However, just when employers are asking employees to make sacrifices to ensure employment, engagement levels appear to be in a severe decline when compared to levels measured a year ago.
The declining level of employee engagement should serve as a wake-up to companies who have been pre-occupied with other business matters in recent months. Companies executive and managers need be reminded how critical it is to maintain high levels of employee engagement.
One of the most important things companies need to do at this time is to express appreciation for your employees, and to provide lots of recognition. Recognize their achievements, their contributions, and their length of service. Doing so will help increase employee engagement, resulting in more of your employees being willing to go the extra mile to help your company succeed.
Your company’s performance, profitability, and even survival depends on engaged employees.
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