Each year corporate America loses sleep over the periodic Gallup polls on employee engagement. By and large not more than a third of the workforce in the US reports engagement at work, with the rest claiming otherwise. As this is such a damning statistic, corporates try various ways to help their employees in overcoming this disengagement. More engaged a workforce naturally leads to improved productivity and safety norms being followed more stringently. However, the opposite is not necessarily true either. The highly engaged employees do not necessarily have greater fulfilment, nor are they flourishing at work as was earlier thought. Instead, a fifth of them are suffering from stress. Companies respond to this with corporate training sessions focusing on wellness, but they are not always productive. Stretch goals too often perversely impact professionals.

Source:https://hbr.org/2018/02/1-in-5-highly-engaged-employees-is-at-risk-of-burnout?utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Uploaded Date:16 March 2018