Engagement Powered By Strengths

In an interview about the book StrengthsFinder 2.0 for the Gallup Management Journal, Tom Rath discussed the strong link between a leader’s focus and employee engagement.

The three powerful conclusions from Gallup’s research on conversation, engagement, and strengths:

1. If your manager primarily ignores you, your chances of being actively disengaged are 40%
2. If your manager focuses on your weaknesses, your chances of being actively disengaged are 22%
3. If you manager focuses on your strengths your chances of being actively disengaged are only 1%

BOTTOMLINE: "How could we not be talking to each other, all the time, about our strengths?"


(Thanks to David Zinger, and his great passion and work over at The Employee Engagement Network!)