Make them more happy (4/12)

McKinsey reports that productivity improves by 20-25% in organizations with connected employees, Gallup reports that Employees who exercise their strengths on a daily basis are 8% more productive and 6x more likely to be engaged also that teams with high employee engagement rates are 21% more productive and have 28% less internal theft than those with low engagement, also that employees who are engaged are 27% more likely to report “excellent” performance and that companies that increase their number of talented managers and double the rate of engaged employees achieve, on average, 147% higher earnings per share than their competition.

Tower Watson report that 57% of employees who said they were very stressed at work felt less productive and disengaged, while only 10% of low-stress employees reported feeling this way. Cornerstone reports that work overload decreases productivity by 68% in employees who feel they don’t have enough hours in the day to complete their tasks. All in all happy employees equals productive employees.

Contributors: James Dodkins from ROCKSTAR CX