Like me, you have
been in a workforce of some description for some years or maybe you are a
relative new comer to the world of work. A modern factory, a modern office environment
or a shambles of a building or office that you diligently attend every day.

On one hand I want
to believe that senior people and actual business owners would surely want
their workforce to thrive . Would want
their people to be physically well, to be forthcoming with their creativity,
with their energy and ideas. I
desparately want to believe that the vast vast numbers of senior people would
want all of this and more for their people.
On the other hand,
I cannot but despair at what the research and statistics actually report.
When you look at
the extraordinary research carried out by firms
like the Gallup Corporation – who have been painstakingly measuring what
is actually going on within workforces for decades – you cannot but wonder what
a sorry state of affairs we have.
Only today I was
reading another lot of evidence that points us toward a sorry state of affairs.
Ok, there were
only 1,000 US workers polled but still it revealed that :-
- Employee's Feel Discouraged: More than half (54%) of employees have felt frustrated about work.
- Manager/Employee Relationships Need Improvement: Only 38% strongly agree that their manager has established an effective working relationship with them.
- People Don't Understand Strategic Direction: 40% say they don't get the company's vision or have never seen it.
- Innovation Is Being Stymied: Nearly 67% of American workers can name at least one thing that would prevent them from taking any kind of risk at work.
- Big Picture Contributions Missing: Only 43% of workers say they feel accountable for the company's revenue, profit, or growth.
- Not Leading by Example: Just 26% of workers strongly agree that managers embody the values they expect from their employees, only 39% say their manager understands his/her role at the company, and 40% strongly feel their managers understand their company's strategy or goals.
- Collaboration Across Teams Is Tough: Just 27% strongly feel they can depend on outsiders to fulfill their duties when working with other groups.
- Training Isn't Relevant: 26% report they don't have any training available to them right now, and the 62% that do have training available believe it is either somewhat or not at all applicable to their jobs.
How do these findings impact on you ?
For me ?
I need to do something about it.
Thank you Ray Jacobs for submitting this article. To get in touch with Ray please contact him through the following mediums:
- ray@rayjacobstraining.com
- Phone: +971-(0)55 460 0708
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