Announcing "Workplace America: Employee Engagement and Retention Trends," our 12th Annual Report on Talent Management Practices
Winter Park, Florida (PRWEB) April 04, 2016 -- TalentKeepers today announced the release of Workplace America, its 12th annual report of employee engagement and retention trends, now the longest continuously running study of engagement and retention in the US. Over 880 organizations participated for 2016, with 27% employing over 5,000 and 30% with 1,000-5,000 employees.
Employee engagement is gaining respect as a key strategy for many organizations. For four years running, over 80% of US employers rank employee engagement as a strategic priority. And even though the number of organizations rating themselves as very effective in engaging employees nearly doubled from 14% in 2015 to 26% in 2016, this is a surprisingly large gap given the consequences of poor engagement.
Another dramatic increase was "Morale and Culture" as the top thing impacted by poor engagement and turnover among employees. This number grew from 50% in 2014 to 72% in 2016 beating out things like productivity and team performance by a large margin. "This reflects a growing awareness of the significant impact poor engagement can have on an organization's performance. In fact, three of the top issues linked to poor engagement were directly related to bottom-line performance," said Christopher Mulligan, TalentKeepers CEO.
In a troubling trend, employee engagement budgets across America have fallen for the third straight year. In 2014, 71% of all employees had some level of funding but it is now down to 61% in 2016. "What we also see is best-in-class organizations all dedicate some of the highest percentages of their labor and operations budgets to engagement strategies," shared Craig Taylor, a Vice President at TalentKeepers and the report's lead author.
From 2011 to 2016 unmanaged attrition has been fueled by "Job and Career" issues, however, also notable is 'Leadership" steadily growing for the past four years as a stimulus for turnover. This emerging trend should motivate us to refocus efforts on making leaders the primary reason people stay.
"In 2015 Millennials became the largest cohort in America workforce and 40% of organizations are acknowledging that by providing formal training for leaders on how to manage them," said Craig Taylor. "This is incredible growth in just two years up from 25% in 2014."
Contact press(at)talentkeepers(dot)com to receive a copy of the full report.
About TalentKeepers
TalentKeepers(R) is celebrating 16 years of providing award-winning employee engagement and retention solutions to help companies around the globe increase their performance. We're a recognized leader in innovative onboarding tools, employee engagement surveys that drive growth and accountability, HRCI and SHRM certified training for HR professionals, unique eLearning leadership programs, teambuilding tools and much more. Twice we have won HR Executive Magazine's Product of the Year award. Re-energize your efforts and expect more from your engagement and retention partner. Learn more about our solutions at our website. Contact us today at solutions(at)talentkeepers(dot)com.
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Laura Spear, TalentKeepers, http://www.talentkeepers.com, 407-660-6041, [email protected]
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