13 Quotes That Define Employee Engagement

culled from:inc.com

BY MATT EHRLICHMAN

 

Founder and CEO, Porch

1) "When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute."--Simon Sinek

2) "The only way to do great work is to love what you do."--Steve Jobs

3) "On what high-performing companies should be striving to create: A great place for great people to do great work."--Marilyn Carlson

4) "The way your employees feel is the way your customers will feel. And if your employees don't feel valued, neither will your customers."--Sybil F. Stershic

5) "When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home."--Betty Bender

6) "Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company."--Zig Ziglar

7)"Highly engaged employees make the customer experience. Disengaged employees break it."--Timothy R. Clark

8) "Culture is about performance, and making people feel good about how they contribute to the whole."--Tracy Streckenbach

9) "Employees engage with employers and brands when they're treated as humans worthy of respect."--Meghan M. Biro

10) "Dispirited, unmotivated, unappreciated workers cannot compete in a highly competitive world."--Francis Hesselbein

11) "As a leader, you have to be authentic and constantly connecting with employees" --Jeff Immelt

12) "The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.--Tom Peters

13) "It's about getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment & helping to find a way to innovate."--Marissa Mayer