Let's face it, employees are either engaged or disengaged. There is generally very little middle ground, and that makes tracking and measuring employee engagement rates rather difficult for HR executives and the C-suite. I read a recent article on LinkedIn from Mark Crowley, Leadership Change Agent, consultant and author. He shared that employee engagement is not improving, which is alarming.

For them, it simply came down to this: put outdated engagement practices to rest and adopt new methods to inspire high performance. You can only learn that from listening to your employees through annual surveys, pulse surveys, and other means to provide immediate feedback that is heard and acted upon. The second big takeaway was that engagement rises when employees feel like managers and leaders care about them. It sounds very simple, but it can make a significant difference.