Employee engagement is a huge problem that has received a lot of attention in recent years. In their most recent report on the State of the Global Workplace, Gallup found that only 21% of employees are fully engaged at work. That means nearly 80% of employees are NOT fully engaged! Not only that, the year over year drop in engagement was most pronounced for managers, who set the tone for culture and morale across teams. Yikes! The consequences of continued low engagement are

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