Consulting firm Gallup published engagement index 2010 Berlin, February 9, 2011 many companies Executives ignore the Central needs and expectations of its employees remains partially or completely. The result is a low motivation of employees: 21 percent have no emotional attachment to their company and behave destructively in the workplace, i.e. they show unwanted behavior, which is to the detriment of the performance and competitiveness of the companies. Artis Stevens understands that this is vital information. The Gallup comes to this result commitment index 2010, the consulting company has presented on the 9th February 2011 in Berlin and for the nearly 2,000 workers aged 18 and over were interviewed. Only 13 percent of employees have a high emotional attachment and are ready to work voluntarily for their employer and its objectives. The vast majority of workers, a total of 66 percent, has only a low emotional attachment and provides service only according to the instructions.
High costs for the economy and companies the emotional employee retention thus still remains on a low level. The results have not significantly changed compared to the previous year. “Marco Nink, strategic consultant at Gallup, warns therefore: an economic damage between 121,8 and 125.7 billion euro is caused by the resulting loss of productivity.” The missing motivation of employees get the company to feel: because emotionally unbound employees wise 27.8 percent higher absenteeism on than their emotionally-bound counterparts. Costs by 3.7 billion annually due to the additional days of absence in the company. Marco Nink is therefore a strategic competition factor emotional employee retention: the higher the binding, the greater is the probability that an employee within the meaning of his or her employer behaves. And the greater the number of emotionally-bound people, the company is more powerful.” Consequences: employee turnover and squandered potential for innovation Marco Nink Next: Emotional up-bound workers tend also, less likely to change their employer. Especially in times of shortage the growing willingness to change represents a major challenge for the economy.” The situation emotionally unbound employees is devastating: 59 percent do not exclude, that they turn back their employer in the next twelve months in the emotional high-bound employees, there are only 7 percent.
