Companies always work on employee engagement and increasing productivity. Recently, a company introduced a new innovative approach in order to boost productivity.
After trending up in recent years, employee engagement in the U.S. saw its first annual decline in a decade — dropping from 36% engaged employees in 2020 to 34% in 2021.
This pattern continued into 2022, as 32% of full- and part-time employees working for organizations are now engaged, while 18% are actively disengaged. Active disengagement increased by two percentage points from 2021 and four points from 2020.
The ratio of engaged to actively disengaged workers in the U.S. is 1.8-to-1, down from 2.1-to-1 in 2021 and 2.6-to-1 in 2020. This is the lowest ratio of engaged to actively disengaged employees in the U.S. since 2013, almost a decade earlier. The record high is a ratio of 2.7-to-1 recorded in 2019.
Gallup conducted quarterly surveys of the working population during 2022 random samples of approximately 15,000 U.S. full- and part-time employees each quarter.
According to reports of Fortune, A virtual assistant platform, Time Etc replaced all managers with coaches and the results are impressive.
The ratio of coaches was one per six employees. The coaches focused on goal-setting, feedback, personal and professional development opportunities, and autonomy – sounded much more like they needed a coach, rather than a manager.
The team said, “We also run regular workshops, bringing in outside experts to run tailored classes on topics that our coaches believe could be useful to all staff, from mindfulness to confidence building.”
“Putting productivity at the heart of how we work helps employees feel connected to our mission as a company–which, after all, is to help our customers achieve more. We also give our staff time from our virtual assistants so they can delegate work or life admin and be freed up for more important tasks only they can do”, the team added.
These coaches have a singular focus: to help their employees maximize productivity and achieve their full potential. The company has integrated a culture of self-improvement into its work practices. The employees receive a monthly allowance to invest in personal development resources, such as Udemy courses or books.
Time Etc consistently ranks in the top 1% of teams worldwide in Gallup’s employee engagement survey since implementing these changes.
