Motivation on the Run

I love surveys that answer questions I have. This one has several good pieces of data as part of the study. I have highlighted a few in the quote, but others are in the full article. Some I suspected, some I didn’t. It just goes to show, it’s always something…

Kansas City Star | 02/16/2006 | Midday Business Report: Worker happiness called essential

Warren Winer, a Towers Perrin consultant, used bigger words when he spoke this morning to members of the Kansas City Compensation and Benefits Association, but the message was clear:

According to a Towers Perrin survey last year of more than 86,000 employees in large companies, employee “engagement” drives company productivity and financial success.

That engagement is not easy to get, the human resource consultant warned.

“Company loyalty is not a prime motivator, especially among younger workers,” Winer said. “Their attitude is more ‘get it now or move on’… But you need employees who are willing and able to help the company succeed.”

Towers Perrin, which every other year conducts a global workforce study, found in its 2005 survey that only one in five U.S. workers is “highly engaged.”

It found that only slightly more than one-third plan to stay with their current employers.

And it found that just under half respect their company’s leadership enough to say that management acts in a way consistent with stated company values.

(emphasis mine)