I saw a quote somewhere that said that over thirty percent of American workers are not fully engaged in the organizations they work for. Engaged meaning; fully there, fully productive, fully effective. As many of you know, I am the "weeping prophet" regarding this problem. I don’t see the problem as so much an organizational structure problem, but a people\/influence problem.<\/p>\n
If the leaders of your organization back-date options, how likely are you to be engaged? If your manager (the middle variety) never asks for your opinion, how likely are you to be engaged? My gut says very unlikely. But we continue on with the charade…as long as we’re hitting our numbers. Hitting the numbers is the "holy grail" of the average. <\/p>\n
Maybe your senior leaders say "we’re in this to make money, not engage people." Would someone tell me how you make money over the long term without engaged employees? Sadly, a number of leaders are not in this game for the long term. They want to make it quick and move on to the next "village."<\/p>\n
I wonder what the agents of fear and greed will do when they can’t find enough qualified employees to carry out their wishes. Do you see the day (in a about five years from now) when its an employee’s market? I do…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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