How to Keep Your Employees Happy

…and productive!

Scott McGregorRadford UniversityEDET 650

Job Misery

“87% of Americans don’t like their jobs”Forbes.com

Cost of Job Misery

“Employees suffer more than $360 billion dollars annually in lost productivity.”

Gallup

Ending Job Misery

#1 Reason people leave their jobs:

- The relationship with their bossGallup Organization

Three Causes of Job Misery

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Immeasurement

Anonymity

1. Anonymity

You and your work are unrecognized by authority positions.

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2. Immeasurement

You can’t tell if your contributions are having any impact.

Job

3. Irrelevance

You don’t think your work helps anyone or anything.Job

The content of this presentation is based on Patrick Lencioni’s The Three Signs of a

Miserable Job