How to Engage Employees in 2016

“Well-being” rolls my mind back to the sidebar headlines on the covers of my mom’s Redbook or Better Homes and Gardens magazines circa 1979. In yellow font, they screamed “3 Easy Steps to Improving Your Well-Being.”

And like most things, ‘well-being’ became so passé that it’s hip and cool, especially as it relates to employee engagement. An employee’s well-being has to do with how they relate (or don’t relate) to their purpose, social, financial, community and physical being.

Money matters but not as much as one might think. If you want to keep people (and keep people who are happy) leaders need to get creative and do more to help employees lead better lives. That’s what makes people happy and feel really good about coming to work.

Next Thursday, join me for an awesome conversation with 3 CEOs who are experts on employee engagement and improving the well-being of companies, which ultimately leads to improved company performance. It’s going to be a great conversation around this year’s outlook, trends and recommendations that you can be integrating into the company you’re leading!

According to Gallup, only 30 percent of American employees are engaged at work, costing the nation $450 billion to $550 billion per year in lost productivity.  A hot topic for many companies, it’s an important matter to address. How can we as leaders help solve the problem?