In working with middle market CEOs and their employees and they often wonder about their employee productivity and professional development. I often find that they are overlooking one of the biggest components of productivity, are your employees engaged or are they motivated? The team members may be motivated by a bonus and they will be productive, but if a team member is also engaged with their work - and its purpose - they are almost a third more productive. Let's talk about employee motivation and engagement, as they aren't the same thing.
As an employer, you want your workforce to be both engaged and motivated. With employee engagement at around 15% worldwide and 34% in the United States according to Gallup, it is important to know the difference between employee engagement and motivation. Engaged employees will decrease your employee turnover rate and you'll have much happier and longer tenured employees! This reduces training and recruiting costs to help the bottom line over the long term
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