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Engaged and well-recognized employees tend to be more satisfied with their jobs , are motivated to give more effort , are more productive and stay longer .
At onboarding
Managers rate their onboarding process for new employees considerably more favorably than the employees that undergo it . want to feel engaged and that their contributions are appropriately valued .
One quarter of Australian employees say they do not feel engaged in team meetings . Managers think only 9 % of employees would identify as such . In addition , half as many employees as managers think employees emerge from team meetings believing they were suitably engaged .
Only 9 % of employees surveyed feel ‘ strongly ’ engaged during the onboarding process , far less than the 24 % of employees that managers think emerge from the process thinking that . In addition , 11 % of employees ‘ strongly agree ’ they were suitably engaged in the onboarding process , compared to the 26 % of employees that managers think would say that . Management also overstates how well employees are recognized for their skills and value during
The disconnect is even wider when it comes to recognizing the skills and contributions of employees during team meetings . Only 9 % of employees ‘ strongly agree ’ they are recognized appropriately during meetings , compared to 25 % of employees that managers think ‘ strongly agree ’ on that front .
In regular check-ins
As a manager , you may think you ’ re doing a good job , but our research is demonstrating that there ’ s a disconnect between what you think and what your employees are feeling .
the onboarding process . Only 10 % of employees ‘ strongly agree ’ their skills were recognized at onboarding , whereas managers think 23 % of employees would say that .
During team meetings
Team meetings are an important collaborative process in the workplace , one where employees
One-in-five ( 20 %) of employees surveyed say they don ’ t feel properly engaged during managerial checkins , a figure managers believe is only 9 %. Only 13 % of employees leave a check-in meeting ‘ strongly ’ satisfied ; managers think twice as many employees do .
Only 14 % of employees leave a check-in meeting ‘ strongly ’ satisfied with the recognition they received ; managers think 24 % of employees leave check-ins in that state of mind .
The work-from-home disconnect
Working from home can potentially lead to disengagement from the workplace and a lack of recognition .
Management is more likely to rate working from home as a positive for engagement and recognition . Managers also felt more engaged with employees when at home . Employees ( 37 %) were considerably more likely than managers ( 21 %) to experience engagement issues while working from home .
The Engagement and Recognition @ Work study interviewed managers and employees from 755 Australian organizations .
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