{"id":5648,"date":"2016-05-05T19:04:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T02:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?p=5648"},"modified":"2016-05-05T19:04:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T02:04:36","slug":"is-your-workforce-engaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/is-your-workforce-engaged\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Workforce Engaged?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"workforce\"<\/a>According to a recent Gallup study, a mere 30 percent of the workforce is engaged. So if 30 percent of your employees are engaged, 70 percent are disengaged. Additional research by Gallup reveals that engaged workers are the most innovative.<\/p>\n

As if motivating employees weren\u2019t enough of a challenge, today\u2019s workforce dynamics are more complex than ever before. Five generations are represented in most agencies, with Baby Boomers and Millennials comprising the two largest in number. Many Boomers have delayed their retirements because they cannot afford to stop working or because they prefer to work. These difficult decisions affect their career goals and the agency\u2019s succession planning goals, too. And Millennials as a whole have introduced additional nuances to the world of work, including a desire for greater work-life balance and flexibility, technology savvy, and a more collaborative work style.<\/p>\n

How can you engage employees who have very personal and unique motivation factors? How do you communicate your agency\u2019s vision effectively and gain buy-in from such a diverse workforce?<\/p>\n

As you may know too well, if you don\u2019t engage them, you won\u2019t keep them. Employee retention is another challenge public sector leaders are dealing with today, especially as younger generations of employees are more inclined to move on from an agency after only several years on the job, in search of more challenging or meaningful work.<\/p>\n

If your employees don\u2019t feel valued by their supervisors and peers, engaged in meaningful work, and appreciated for their contributions, they\u2019ll have no qualms about walking out of the door \u2013 taking vital organization and job knowledge with them.<\/p>\n

So what can you do about this issue of engagement? According to \u201cThe Frustrating World of Employee Engagement<\/a>,\u201d in the Spring 2016 issue of CTDO<\/em> magazine<\/a>, the acronym MAGIC represents five key engagement metrics an organization should invest in:<\/p>\n