Growth & Engagement
70% of us workers are not engaged.
75% of leaders do not have an engagement strategy
Firms with motivated employees post up to 4.5X more revenue growth and yield 2X higher annual net profits, than those with a disengaged workforce
Nearly a quarter of all work hours are wasted due to employee disengagement.
42% of our waking day is lost to distractions.
This translates to 30 hours a week lost per employer
67 days of lost productivity per worker and over
$1t in damages to the US economy every year.
2/3rds of today's employees feel "overwhelmed"
65% of businesses rate this as an important or urgent challenge, yet fewer than 10% of organizations know what to do about it
This problem impacts workers and organizations: global employee turnover rates will increase to over 23% this year, with median costs to replace the average worker 150-200% of annual salary.
Only 40% of the workforce knows their company’s strategy, tactics, and goals
75% employees report wasting time to keep up with the constant dings, pings, chats and more
The average American office worker is interrupted or switches tasks every 3 minutes
it takes, on average, 23 minutes to get back on track after a minute interruption.
Neurologist Larry Rosen states that the average office worker can only focus for 7 minutes at a time before they either switch windows or check Facebook.
According to studies by adobe campaign, the average worker spends 6 hours a day on checking email alone.
99%of C-suite executives rank workforce alignment and engagement as a critical business goal
One way to boost our willpower and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us (Daniel Goldman)