"Retention and engagement" became the issue no. 2 in the minds of business leaders, after challenges of building global leadership (reported from 2015)
In the high-technology industry, two-thirds of all workers believe they could find a better job in less than 60 days if they only took the time to look.
Gallup’s 2014 research shows that only 13 percent of all employees are “highly engaged,” and 26 percent are “actively disengaged.”
THE CHANGE? The employee-work contract has changed: People are operating more like free agents than in the past. In short, the balance of power has shifted from employer to employee, forcing business leaders to learn how to build an organization that engages employees as sensitive, passionate, creative contributors. We call this a shift from improving employee engagement to a focus on building an irresistible organization.