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U.S. Employee Engagement Plummets to 11-Year Low

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This marks the lowest engagement rate since 2013. However, some organizations have managed to avoid this trend. million engaged employees. The record-high percentage of engaged employees was recorded in 2020, at 36%. The current downward trend in engagement poses big challenges for U.S. companies this year.

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Discover the Formula for Happy Employees

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Regardless of the type of business, the process to creating a happy work environment starts with some fundamentals: Make wise choices in hiring. He wrote 39 books that eventually led to him being known as the “father of modern management.” In a 2013 e-book, Got A Bad Boss? The Keys to Keeping Employees Happy. Nurture civility.

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US employee engagement plummets to lowest level in over a decade

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This figure marks the lowest level of engagement recorded since 2013. Some organizations have managed to buck the downward trend and maintain high levels of employee engagement, even during the challenging pandemic years. The message from Gallup is clear: employee engagement is crucial for a healthy and productive work environment.

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How To Design Workplaces For Neurodivergent Employees

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million disabled people actually use a wheelchair, meaning that the needs of the remaining 92% are potentially not being met by the built environment. Historically, the spaces which make up the built environment have been primarily designed by and for neurotypical people. Acoustic environment.

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When the chairs took over the world and what it all meant

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Whether he would have recognised it as such, Ballard was a pioneer of the principle we now refer to as psychogeography, defined by one of its founders, Guy Debord, as ‘the study of the precise effects of setting, consciously managed or not, acting directly on the mood and behaviour of the individual’. First published in 2013.

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Insight confirms partnership with Material Matters for sustainable design event

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Workplace Insight is the UK’s most widely read publication dedicated to the design and management of workplaces, offering a definitive source of daily ideas, comment, news and information. Aimed at occupiers and managers, it is published every two months and has around 90,000 readers per issue.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

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This means they can manage their need for privacy, concentrate more easily and collaborate with their teams without disruptions. The most highly engaged employees hail from emerging economies, where people have different expectations of their work environments than those in established economies. Fixed Technology exceeds mobile by 2:1.