Why is employee engagement at an all-time low? Why is turnover as high as it is? Why are employees constantly looking for better opportunities?

Think about those questions, along with what I wrote in my column, “Employee Engagement: A Confluence of Passion and Purpose”: “...engagement comes from within the employee, and yet the company has a role in it, as well. When there's some confluence of 1) emotions, commitment, passion, and sense of ownership on the part of the employee about the brand; and 2) what the organization does (mission, purpose, brand promise) to facilitate and enhance those emotions or that commitment—then we have employee engagement.”

Do they make you wonder where your company has gone wrong? And, by “company,” I mean the leadership of the company. So let’s talk about leadership.

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