{"id":467,"date":"2021-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/why-employees-are-disengaged-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-f84110c8bb94\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T13:55:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T17:55:10","slug":"why-employees-are-disengaged-and-what-you-can-do-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niftypm.com\/blog\/why-employees-are-disengaged-and-what-you-can-do-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Employees Are Disengaged and What You Can Do About\u00a0It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gallup<\/a>, the analytics and consulting firm, started measuring employee engagement in 2000. They published that employee engagement was at an all-time high of 34%<\/a> in 2018. Although that is good news, we are far from finished when it comes to creating companies that are exciting and fulfilling places to work at (whether virtual or in-person).<\/p>\n

Gallup published a separate article exploring the reasons behind why the majority of U.S. employees are not engaged<\/a> despite the gains. For every two engaged employees, there is one disengaged. That means your organization has employees that are either doing nothing or deliberately undermining the efforts of others.<\/p>\n

How do we change this?<\/p>\n

Types of engagement<\/h2>\n

There\u2019s more to workplace engagement<\/a> than engaged or disengaged. Let\u2019s explore what they are as defined by Gallup<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Engaged<\/h3>\n

Engaged employees are known for their enthusiasm and commitment to their work and workplace. They are reliable and great team players. They are easy to recognize because they usually own<\/em> problems and projects making them role models in our organizations.<\/p>\n

They may be a high-potential<\/a> employee who displays an enterprise leader mindset which is defined by ICEDR<\/a>, a Global HR Talent Academy as someone that is \u201caccountable for the economic and social welfare of the total enterprise, across divisions, businesses, functions and locations. An enterprise leader\u2026 will make decisions with the entire corporation in mind.\u201d These are the employees we want in our organizations.<\/p>\n

Not engaged<\/h3>\n

Employees who are not engaged at their workplaces will put in the time but not so much the effort. They will follow directions but are unlikely to take initiative to problem solve and be expected to step up unless asked.\u00a0 There are multiple reasons why employees get disengaged<\/a> that we’ll touch upon later on in the post.<\/p>\n

Actively disengaged<\/h3>\n

Actively disengaged employees are what organizations are most cognizant of. They have engagement needs that are not being met and that makes them resentful. This leads them to take out their frustrations on the company by potentially undermining the efforts of the rest of the engaged employees. They\u2019re either people we need to get rid of or people who show that our businesses need to change their commitment to making the workplace more engaging<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How do you spot a disengaged employee in the workplace?<\/h2>\n

While learning about the different types of employee engagement we may be thinking of those we work with and how to categorize them. Here\u2019s how to spot a disengaged employee in your workplace.<\/p>\n

Obvious signs<\/h3>\n

There are the obvious signs of a disengaged or downright neglectful employee. These signs include:<\/p>\n