Think for a minute about the very best day you ever had at your job. What was it like? If you’re like most people, it was a day when you felt engaged – you felt like you were doing your very best work at that moment, and that the work that you were doing was important. When we’re engaged at work, we are using all of our skills, often in a collaborative way, to make progress that feels significant. Unfortunately this doesn’t happen every day, in fact for many people it hardly ever happens.
Lack of engagement is a big problem for companies. It causes turnover, wasted time, lower productivity, and poor morale. People who are not engaged don’t feel like what they do makes a difference to anyone, and as a result they don’t do much other than go through the motions.
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