Just when it seemed like employee engagement numbers had hit rock bottom, they slipped even lower. Only 31% of employees nationally said they felt involved and enthusiastic about their jobs last year, according to a Gallup survey – a 10-year low.
In Hawai‘i, engagement figures are probably no higher, says Tracie Foglia, the talent solutions manager at the Hawaii Employers Council. Foglia is spearheading a new HEC initiative to help the council’s approximately 750 member organizations attract the best people, and effectively engage and develop them so they’ll stay.
Finding and keeping talent is the single biggest problem that local leaders worry about, she says. Yet many of those leaders haven’t adapted to employee needs for meaning and connection in their jobs, which is crucial today, she says…