1.0Protégé Recruitmenthttps://www.protegerecruitment.com.aurich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fT1WBinOnu"><a href="https://www.protegerecruitment.com.au/news-item/5-hard-truths-employee-engagement/">5 Hard Truths About Employee Engagement</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.protegerecruitment.com.au/news-item/5-hard-truths-employee-engagement/embed/#?secret=fT1WBinOnu" width="600" height="338" title="“5 Hard Truths About Employee Engagement” — Protégé Recruitment" data-secret="fT1WBinOnu" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> A 2013 study from Gallup found that as much as 70 percent of U.S. workers aren’t actively engaged in their jobs. Engagement hasn’t gotten much better since then, with Gallup’s 2015 report showing nearly identical numbers and stagnant growth from 2014, as well as mostly flat growth since 2000. And for new hires, there’s an “engagement honeymoon” period, according to another recent report from Gallup — it found that employees perform the best and are the most engaged within the first six months of starting a new job, and after that there is a fast drop off. But engaged workers are a big commodity to any successful business — they make businesses more profitable, productive and they lessen turnover. Gallup found that for organizations that averaged … Continue reading →