These employees are not all lazy, unmotivated or resentful. Some of them are simply disengaged. If you are looking to justify an investment in programs or tools that support employee engagement, it can be helpful to think about the behaviors and habits of engaged employees as compared to those who are not. Here are 20 things that engaged employees do:
Surely everyone wants more employees like that, yet only 30% of U.S. employees are engaged in their jobs, according to Gallup research. Why is that? Employee engagement doesn’t happen on accident. Leaders must cultivate and maintain it. Survey after survey shows that what employees need to feel engaged is a sense that their opinions, work, and ideas are valued and that their contributions toward company success are recognized.
Engaged employees aren’t like unicorns. They do exist, and they have a startlingly powerful impact on the bottom line. Gallup's State of the American Workplace report shows that companies with 9.3 engaged employees for every actively disengaged employee experienced 147% higher earnings per share on average compared with their competition. After reading the list of engaged employee behavior, that isn’t much of a surprise.