The Evolution ofEmployee Engagement

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AN ANNUAL REPORT & RESEARCH JUNE 2015

Why is Employee Engagement critical to a company’s success?

Where employees are engaged, business have:

22% higher profitability

10% higher customer ratings

28% less theft

48% fewer safety incidents

And employees are:

3x as likely to stay with the organization

Gallup’s “State of the American Workforce Report 2013” (Gallup, June 11, 2013)“Why You Hate Work,” Tony Schwartz & Christine Porath (New York Times, May 30,

2014)

How isEmployee Engagement evolving in the workplace?

Lack of awareness of EE

27% of employees work for employers with an official employee engagement policy

33% of employees do not know if their employer has an official policy

Inconsistent ownership of EE

31% Human Resources

28% Employees

25% Management Team

Employees want

employers to do more

57% of all respondents

76% of Millennials

Employees want

to do more

50% are interested in volunteering, sustainability, well-bring or social responsibility initiatives

71% of Millennials

What are the drivers of Employee Engagement in the modern workplace?

1 GREAT MANAGERS

Managers that Care

89% of Very Engaged employees feel like their manager or supervisor cares about them

28% of Not At All Engaged employees answered positively

Frequent & Regular Recognition

74% of employees who are recognized daily are Very Engaged

26% of employees are Somewhat Engaged

Meaningful Work

97% of Very Engaged employees feel like they are making meaningful contributions to their team or organization

52% of Not At All Engaged employees feel this way

2 TRANSPARENCY

Visibility into EE Company Policy

55% of employees are engaged with a policy

40% of employees are engaged without a policy

89% of employees who are able to access information about corporate initiatives are engaged

Whereas only 76% of employees are engaged at organizations who cannot easily access information.

Access to Information

3 CHOICE & COLLABORATION

Workers who have a choice in the types of programs they can positively impact — whether it be volunteering, sustainability, well-being or corporate responsibility — are more likely to be engaged

Workers who are Very Engaged have an average of 2.92 impact programs to participate in whereas Not At All Engaged Employees have an average of less than 2

Choice in Positive Actions Taken

Ability to Collaborate on Outreach

52% of employees who do have a method for collaboration are Very Engaged

39% of employees are Somewhat Engaged

How can employers impact Employee Engagement?

Align employees work with corporate mission, values and goals

Deliver strong & transparent communications

Involve employees in corporate positive impact programs

Develop great managers to build meaningful & impactful relationships with employees

BEST PRACTICE: Utilize technology to integrate these pro-cesses into all aspects of business – changing behavior for lasting impact.

How can employees impact Employee Engagement?

Participate in and collaborate with colleagues on corporate positive impact programs

Contribute to building an inclusive and positive action oriented culture

Build meaningful relationships

with your manager and colleagues

BEST PRACTICE: Identify how you want to impact business, and break down your goals into small, actionable steps to achieve re-sults.

What are the new rules forEmployee Engagement?

Invest in middle management to begin to build a culture of engagement.

1 Become a catalyst for change

Utilize technology that enables and motivates employees to engage with positive impact programs.

2 Engage in purposeful work

Forward thinking companies know that cultural change continually evolves. Measure the impact and return.

3 Your actions influence others

TAKE ACTION

BECOMEPURPOSEFUL

GETINSPIRED

Each purposeful action can trigger

exponential impact.

Visibility over time drives the adoption

and impact rate.

Invite others to raise awareness and

create a network effect.

Get Engaged!

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