{"id":5541,"date":"2014-06-19T09:03:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T09:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cerebyte.com\/?p=5541"},"modified":"2014-06-19T09:03:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T09:03:54","slug":"increase-engagement-to-improve-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerebyte.com\/2014\/06\/19\/increase-engagement-to-improve-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Increase engagement to improve performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cerebyte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/engagement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5543\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cerebyte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/engagement-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"engagement\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a>A recent New York Times article addressed a condition\u00a0that most of us fall prey to from time to time: burnout.\n\nApparently, though, the problem of burnout is more widespread than I realized. According to a 2013 Gallup report, only 30 percent of American employees feel engaged at work. Srinivasan S. Pillay, a psychiatrist and assistant clinical professor at Harvard Medical School, surveyed a random sample of 72 senior managers and discovered that nearly all of them had experienced at least some signs of burnout.\n\nTechnology seems to be the biggest culprit\u2014we\u2019re all expected to be available at all hours of the day and night, ready to respond to an onslaught of information.\n\nThe article authors, Tony Schwartz and Christine Porath of The Energy Project, an organization that works to improve employee engagement and performance, partnered with the Harvard Business Review to conduct a survey of more than 12,000 employees across a range of industries.\n\nWhat they found shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise: When employees\u2019 core needs are met, they\u2019re far more satisfied and productive in their jobs.\n\nSchwartz and Porath defined core needs as:\n\n\n<ul>\n\t\n\n<li>Physical \u2013 having opportunities to recharge at work<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Emotional \u2013 feeling appreciated and valued<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Mental \u2013 having the opportunity to focus on their tasks and determine where and when they complete their work<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Spiritual \u2013 feeling connected to a higher purpose in their jobs<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\u201cPut simply, the way people feel at work profoundly influences how they perform,\u201d the authors wrote. \u201cWhat our study revealed is just how much impact companies can have when they meet each of the four core needs of their employees.\u201d\n\nRead the full article at <a title=\"NYT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/01\/opinion\/sunday\/why-you-hate-work.html?src=me&amp;module=Ribbon&amp;version=origin&amp;region=Header&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=Most%20Emailed&amp;pgtype=article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NYTimes.com<\/a>.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[412,421],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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