{"id":378,"date":"2013-07-24T13:15:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T13:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/?p=378"},"modified":"2016-11-23T14:20:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T14:20:59","slug":"importance-of-employee-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Employee Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Respected business resource Gallup<\/a> has published a compelling study titled State of the American Workplace: Employee Engagement Insights for US Business Leaders. The report has revealed low levels of engagement among US employees \u2013 in fact, a mere 30% of Americans surveyed were deemed to be engaged at work.<\/p>\n

What does this mean for their employers, and what steps can be taken to rectify the situation?<\/h2>\n

The Gallup survey covered more than 150,000 American employees of various education levels, working in various industries. Those surveyed were categorised as follows:<\/p>\n

1. Actively engaged<\/strong> \u2013 involved, enthusiastic and willing to go the extra mile for their company
\n2. Not engaged<\/strong> \u2013 putting in time but emotionally disconnected from work
\n3. Actively disengaged<\/strong> \u2013 unhappy at work and likely to act out that unhappiness<\/p>\n

To measure engagement, Gallup used the time-tested Q12 survey<\/a>, which examines 12 areas of the employee\u2019s workplace that have been proven to affect performance. Findings showed that throughout the American workplace, 52% of those surveyed can be classified as \u201cnot engaged\u201d, and 18% are classified as \u201cactively disengaged\u201d. Interestingly, Gallup\u2019s graph below shows little fluctuation over the past 12 years. This is a point of concern not only for business owners but for the economy as a whole.<\/p>\n

\"employee-engagement\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Find the full survey details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It should go without saying that this is something business leaders and managers need to take steps to change. Engaged employees are typically productive and co-operative, ultimately boosting the company\u2019s bottom line. On the other hand, dissatisfied, disengaged workers are more likely to disrupt productivity and lower workplace morale, essentially undermining the achievements of their engaged counterparts. \u00a0 The good news is that there are a number of steps business owners can take to improve and accelerate employee engagement levels within their company:<\/p>\n

Ask the right questions and take action<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s important to get your employees\u2019 input, and equally important to act on the feedback you receive from them. Use a suitable survey to collect relevant, actionable data that affects key performance metrics, so you can use these questions to determine how engaged your employees are and identify the factors affecting their engagement. For example, does your team have the materials and equipment needed to carry out their work? Are they in the most suitable office environment? Are they receiving support and constructive feedback from their supervisors?<\/p>\n

Hire the right people from the top down<\/h3>\n

Managers and executives play a key role in workplace momentum. In fact, Gallup\u2019s survey shows that 36% of managers and executives can currently be categorised as \u201cengaged\u201d, which is a 10-point improvement from 2009. To minimise disengagement in your workforce, be sure to select managers with the right qualities to motivate and empower your employees, and make sure these managers are properly coached on engaging with staff.<\/p>\n

Choose the right space for workplace wellbeing<\/h3>\n

Gallup\u2019s research has shown that more engaged employees typically have better health, higher productivity and lower rates of absenteeism, so focus on ways to keep your workforce a happy, healthy one. We recently blogged about how the office environment can directly impact workforce wellbeing, and concluded that the right office space can help attract (and retain) the right people<\/a> \u2013 specifically, motivated and engaged employees who will be assets to the company.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

What are you doing to enhance employee engagement in your business? How do you keep your team motivated and enthusiastic? It could be your team needs an office space<\/a> with greater flexibility and better design to boost engagement and promote the growth of your business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Respected business resource Gallup has published a compelling study titled State of the American Workplace: Employee Engagement Insights for US Business Leaders. The report has revealed low levels of engagement among US employees \u2013 in fact, a mere 30% of Americans surveyed were deemed to be engaged at work. What does this mean for their employers, and what steps can be taken to rectify the situation? The Gallup survey covered more than 150,000 American employees of various education levels, working in various industries. Those surveyed were categorised as follows: 1. Actively engaged \u2013 involved, enthusiastic and willing to go the extra mile for their company 2. Not engaged \u2013 putting in time but emotionally disconnected from work 3. Actively disengaged \u2013 unhappy at work and likely to act out that unhappiness To measure engagement, Gallup used the time-tested Q12 survey, which examines 12 areas of the employee\u2019s workplace that have been proven to affect performance. Findings showed that throughout the American workplace, 52% of those surveyed can be classified as \u201cnot engaged\u201d, and 18% are classified as \u201cactively disengaged\u201d. Interestingly, Gallup\u2019s graph below shows little fluctuation over the past 12 years. This is a point of concern not only for business owners but for the economy as a whole.   Find the full survey details here. It should go without saying that this is something business leaders and managers need to take steps to change. Engaged employees are typically productive and co-operative, ultimately boosting the company\u2019s bottom line. On the other hand, dissatisfied, disengaged workers are more likely to disrupt productivity and lower workplace morale, essentially undermining the achievements of their engaged counterparts. \u00a0 The good news is that there are a number of steps business owners can take to improve and accelerate employee engagement levels within their company: Ask the right questions and take action It\u2019s important to get your employees\u2019 input, and equally important to act on the feedback you receive from them. Use a suitable survey to collect relevant, actionable data that affects key performance metrics, so you can use these questions to determine how engaged your employees are and identify the factors affecting their engagement. For example, does your team have the materials and equipment needed to carry out their work? Are they in the most suitable office environment? Are they receiving support and constructive feedback from their supervisors? Hire the right people from the top down Managers and executives play a key role in workplace momentum. In fact, Gallup\u2019s survey shows that 36% of managers and executives can currently be categorised as \u201cengaged\u201d, which is a 10-point improvement from 2009. To minimise disengagement in your workforce, be sure to select managers with the right qualities to motivate and empower your employees, and make sure these managers are properly coached on engaging with staff. Choose the right space for workplace wellbeing Gallup\u2019s research has shown that more engaged employees typically have better health, higher productivity and lower rates of absenteeism, so focus on ways to keep your workforce a happy, healthy one. We recently blogged about how the office environment can directly impact workforce wellbeing, and concluded that the right office space can help attract (and retain) the right people \u2013 specifically, motivated and engaged employees who will be assets to the company.   What are you doing to enhance employee engagement in your business? How do you keep your team motivated and enthusiastic? It could be your team needs an office space with greater flexibility and better design to boost engagement and promote the growth of your business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[50,51,52,53,25],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports-and-research","tag-employee-engagement","tag-engaged-employees","tag-motivating-employees","tag-office-survey","tag-workplace-survey"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Importance of Employee Engagement - Instant Offices Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are a number of steps business owners can take to improve and accelerate employee engagement levels within their company.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Importance of Employee Engagement - Instant Offices Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are a number of steps business owners can take to improve and accelerate employee engagement levels within their company.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Instant Offices Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InstantOffices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InstantOffices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-07-24T13:15:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-11-23T14:20:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/The-Importance-of-Employee-Engagement.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Instant\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/Instant_Offices\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@instant_offices\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Instant\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/\",\"name\":\"The Importance of Employee Engagement - Instant Offices Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/The-Importance-of-Employee-Engagement.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-24T13:15:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-11-23T14:20:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/938027a69297f349d730148f6ff48788\"},\"description\":\"There are a number of steps business owners can take to improve and accelerate employee engagement levels within their company.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/The-Importance-of-Employee-Engagement.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/The-Importance-of-Employee-Engagement.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":430,\"caption\":\"Engaged employees Feature\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Importance of Employee Engagement\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Instant Offices Blog\",\"description\":\"Your Business Growth Resource\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/938027a69297f349d730148f6ff48788\",\"name\":\"Instant\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8fb1b21c82eac8cc65b2220d8f679971?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8fb1b21c82eac8cc65b2220d8f679971?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Instant\"},\"description\":\"Instant provides Managed Offices, Serviced Offices, Benchmarking & Insight, Portfolio Management. We cover 99% of the office market. Contact us today!\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InstantOffices\",\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/Instant\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Instant_Offices\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Importance of Employee Engagement - Instant Offices Blog","description":"There are a number of steps business owners can take to improve and accelerate employee engagement levels within their company.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Importance of Employee Engagement - Instant Offices Blog","og_description":"There are a number of steps business owners can take to improve and accelerate employee engagement levels within their company.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/","og_site_name":"Instant Offices Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InstantOffices","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InstantOffices","article_published_time":"2013-07-24T13:15:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-11-23T14:20:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":430,"url":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/The-Importance-of-Employee-Engagement.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Instant","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/Instant_Offices","twitter_site":"@instant_offices","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Instant","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/","url":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/","name":"The Importance of Employee Engagement - Instant Offices Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/The-Importance-of-Employee-Engagement.jpg","datePublished":"2013-07-24T13:15:16+00:00","dateModified":"2016-11-23T14:20:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/938027a69297f349d730148f6ff48788"},"description":"There are a number of steps business owners can take to improve and accelerate employee engagement levels within their company.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/The-Importance-of-Employee-Engagement.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/The-Importance-of-Employee-Engagement.jpg","width":960,"height":430,"caption":"Engaged employees Feature"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/importance-of-employee-engagement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Importance of Employee Engagement"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/","name":"Instant Offices Blog","description":"Your Business Growth Resource","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/938027a69297f349d730148f6ff48788","name":"Instant","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8fb1b21c82eac8cc65b2220d8f679971?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8fb1b21c82eac8cc65b2220d8f679971?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Instant"},"description":"Instant provides Managed Offices, Serviced Offices, Benchmarking & Insight, Portfolio Management. We cover 99% of the office market. Contact us today!","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InstantOffices","http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/Instant\/","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Instant_Offices"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10343,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions\/10343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}