13%

The statistics about workplace engagement can be quite sobering. As part of our work via Strengths Academy, we help organisations create great teams by showing them how to use talents they already have. Consider the following statistics–there’s lots of work to be done.

Currently, only 13% of employees across 142 countries worldwide are actively engaged in their jobs — that is, they are emotionally invested in and focused on creating value for their organisations every day. Gallup’s global study of employee engagement continues to show that actively disengaged workers — i.e., those who are negative and potentially hostile to their organisations — outnumber engaged employees at a rate of nearly 2-to-1.

Globally, managers are missing out on the full potential of 87% of their employees. More than three-quarters are just showing up for work or, worse, showing up and making their team members miserable.

“one toxic employee can negatively impact as many as nine other people in the workplace.”

Furthermore, research also demonstrates that one toxic employee can negatively impact as many as nine other people in the workplace. The higher up the ladder–the greater the risk of negative impact.

By helping your teams to do their best work everyday, the workplace will be a more positive, collaborative environment and your organisation will prosper.

What action have you taken lately to develop yourself and your team? If you’ve taken the Gallup CliftonStrengths and worked with us, then you’ll now how powerful your talents can be–both for good and evil.

So, here’s a challenge for you: at your next team meeting, go around the room and asked each member to describe how one of their talents has helped them do their job recently. Pull out the Best of Us worksheet and refer to that you would have done with our team. It might help. Download it here if you need it again Best of Us.

Be amazing and play to your strengths,

Dan and the Strengths Academy team.

Source: The Performance Challenge of the 21st Century _ Strengths-Based Coaching With Managers and Teams.pdf

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