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How to Maximize Your Workforce’s Productivity Happy employees do better work. But only 30% of the U.S. workforce is engaged—and only 22% is engaged and thriving.
ENGAGEMENT HAS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED, EVEN AS THE ECONOMY RECOVERS. 29%
28%
28%
29%
n Engaged
30%
n Not engaged 51%
54%
53%
52%
52%
20%
18%
19%
19%
18%
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
n Actively disengaged
DEADLINES AREN’T ENOUGH. Fewer than 10% of employees think that deadlines hinder productivity, but almost half of them don’t feel motivated by the ticking clock. Rather, employee productivity comes from personal feelings of engagement and responsibility.
Employees are most motivated by: 100%
4.7 %
11.8%
28.4%
31.8%
42.1%
56.9%
76.8%
n a sense of responsibility n a good mood n a possible reward n taking a break n changing activities n other factors n fear
0%
ENGAGEMENT IS NOT A CONSTANT. Even your most stalwart employees have slumps in productivity throughout the day. They feel most productive: 64%
13.4%
8 a.m.-noon
10.9%
Noon-4 p.m.
4-8 p.m.
6.2%
8 p.m.-midnight
5.5%
Midnight-8 a.m.
GREATER CHOICE IN WORKSPACE IMPROVES WORKPLACE PRODUCTIVITY. Among the top demands of today’s employees are flexible working conditions and better work-life integration. Employees who have the opportunity to work from home are more productive, and their small businesses grow four times faster and with one-third of the turnover.
Employees who could choose where to work (versus those who could not) ranked their company higher: INNOVATION JOB PERFORMANCE JOB SATISFACTION WORKPLACE SATISFACTION 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
PRODUCTIVITY HAS A BOTTOM LINE.
When it comes to finding solutions that maximize workplace productivity and employee engagement, it’s not just your employees’ happy faces on the line. Actively disengaged employees cost businesses $450 billion to $550 billion dollars annually.
Sources: State of the American Workplace, Gallup, 2013; Wrike; Global Human Capital Trends 2014, Deloitte; 2013 U.S. Workplace Survey, Gensler
NFIB.com/HappyEmployees
ENGAGEMENT HAS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED, EVEN AS THE ECONOMY RECOVERS. 29%
28%
28%
29%
n Engaged
30%
n Not engaged 51%
54%
53%
52%
52%
20%
18%
19%
19%
18%
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
n Actively disengaged
DEADLINES AREN’T ENOUGH. Fewer than 10% of employees think that deadlines hinder productivity, but almost half of them don’t feel motivated by the ticking clock. Rather, employee productivity comes from personal feelings of engagement and responsibility.
Employees are most motivated by: 100%
4.7 %
11.8%
28.4%
31.8%
42.1%
56.9%
76.8%
n a sense of responsibility n a good mood n a possible reward n taking a break n changing activities n other factors n fear
0%
ENGAGEMENT IS NOT A CONSTANT. Even your most stalwart employees have slumps in productivity throughout the day. They feel most productive: 64%
13.4%
8 a.m.-noon
10.9%
Noon-4 p.m.
4-8 p.m.
6.2%
8 p.m.-midnight
5.5%
Midnight-8 a.m.
GREATER CHOICE IN WORKSPACE IMPROVES WORKPLACE PRODUCTIVITY. Among the top demands of today’s employees are flexible working conditions and better work-life integration. Employees who have the opportunity to work from home are more productive, and their small businesses grow four times faster and with one-third of the turnover.
Employees who could choose where to work (versus those who could not) ranked their company higher: INNOVATION JOB PERFORMANCE JOB SATISFACTION WORKPLACE SATISFACTION 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
PRODUCTIVITY HAS A BOTTOM LINE.
When it comes to finding solutions that maximize workplace productivity and employee engagement, it’s not just your employees’ happy faces on the line. Actively disengaged employees cost businesses $450 billion to $550 billion dollars annually.
Sources: State of the American Workplace, Gallup, 2013; Wrike; Global Human Capital Trends 2014, Deloitte; 2013 U.S. Workplace Survey, Gensler
NFIB.com/HappyEmployees
