A study released a few weeks ago shows that employers are at risk of lower productivity and higher inefficiency due to their employees not being fully engaged. The study,conducted by Towers Watson,an international professional services company that helps organizations improve performance polled about 3,600 workers in the United States." Almost two thirds (63%) of the workers polled feel they are not getting the resources and support to do their jobs effectively. They further indicated that their work environment doesn’t actively support the employee’s well-being.
Towers Watson has conducted additional research to support these findings when they looked at 50 global companies and examined their operating margins. They found that companies with highly engaged employees had operating margins almost triple those of organizations with a disengaged workforce. Detached workers lack an emotional connection to the company,they don’t see a clear vision from company leadership and don’t have supervisors who take time to interact on a personal level.
Some specific measures that can be taken to engage your workforce include:
Engaging workers now will put companies on the fast track as the economy continues to heal. There is an opportunity to address gaps by using the training resources offered through the Centralina Workforce Development Board.
This article was composed by Vail Carter,Vail is the Business Services Coordinator for the Centralina Workforce Development Board. His prior work experience includes non-profit management and banking. He recently led a statewide skills survey of North Carolina employers and authored the report that was released this year. Vail has presented at several state and regional workforce conferences.
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