Increasing employee engagement provides various strategic benefits and is important to organizations that value creativity, productivity and growth.
Organizations with engaged employees typically have better financial performance than organizations with disengaged employees.
Engaged employees generally have a sense of purpose and exert persistent effort in reaching organizational goals. In contrast, actively disengaged employees are mentally and emotionally "checked out", and may be actively seeking employment elsewhere.
Long-term employee engagement depends on a culture that provides the environment and benefits typically valued by most employees. As a result, improving employee engagement may require a number of diverse campaigns and initiatives.