letter from the editor
The
Disengagement
Dilemma
I hope that all of our readers have been enjoying summer and
finding time to relax! Welcome to the September issue of HR
Professional.
In all honesty, when the Editorial Advisory Board decided
on “employee engagement” as the theme for this issue’s cover
feature, it felt a little bit daunting to me. What can we say about
employee engagement that hasn’t been said already? After multiple
Google searches and poring over different articles, it became
clearer that people love to focus on what already engaged employees
look like, or what it is they might want to feel more
engaged with and connected to their organization.
But what about the people who are already disengaged? Or
actively disengaged? According to a 2013 Gallup report, these
disengaged people could make up as much as 70 per cent of
our workforces. How do you know who they are, and can you
turn their situation around (and how do you do that?)? Read
our cover story, starting on page 20, which focuses on employee
disengagement.
Our second feature article discusses trust in the workplace.
I’ve always been interested in the concept of trust – how it’s created,
destroyed, rebuilt, etc. HR Professional writer Sarah Hood
spoke to some workplace trust thought leaders about how trust
can be considered the new employee engagement. Start reading
that article on page 26.
As always, I’m looking forward to your comments and feedback
on this issue of HR Professional. You can reach me at my
contact information below, or tweet to @HRProMag.
Happy reading,
Jill Harris
866-953-2182
jharris@lesterpublications.com ■
VOLUME 33 / NUMBER 6 SEPTEMBER 2016
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Meridian
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