Stats Don’t Lie: High Engagement Equals Better Organizational Performance

Employee engagement sometimes has a reputation of being something soft and fluffy that HR is buzzing about. It’s fun to talk about, but your executive team wants to know what’s the impact on the bottom line? Try throwing some of these compelling stats out:

• In 2009, high engagement organizations had total shareholder return that was 19% higher than average. In low engagement companies the return was 44% below average. (BlessingWhite, Inc. and Hewitt Associates)
•  High engagement organizations were less likely to see a decline in Earnings Per Share after the recession. (BlessingWhite, Inc. and Gallup Consulting)
• High engagement organizations are 78% more productive and 40% more profitable. (Hewitt Associates)
• Companies on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work for in America had 9% higher returns compared to the overall market. (Knowledge@Wharton)
• “Best Employers” in the U.S. have 50% lower turnover (Hewitt Associates)
• Operating margins in high engagement organizations improved an average of 4%, compared to a decline of 2% in low engagement organizations (Towers Watson)

Do they want to talk about employee engagement now? I sure hope so!

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