The Motivated or Not So Motivated Workforce

A 2006 Gallup study of U.S. workers discovered alarming facts about their interest in work. 29% of the employees reported they were engaged in their work; 56% of respondents said they were not engaged in their work and 15% actually admitted they were actively disengaged!
When asked, “Do I feed off the creativity of my colleagues?”, 61% of the engaged employees strongly agreed, while only 9% of the disengaged workers gave the same answer. 85% of the engaged employees stated that they had grown in their ability to positively affect the company’s customers while only 19% of the disengaged felt the same.
The Gallup study calculated that lower productivity of actively disengaged workers cost the U.S. economy $328 BILLION! Instead of relying on massive government bailouts, we should find ways to make the work environment more exciting and unleash the potential of the entire workforce.