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mercoledì 4 novembre 2026 · Caroline Georganidis · PlusCG Imagine Plus subscriber

How to motivate employees: engagement falls to 29%, the lowest level since 2011

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How do you motivate employees when fewer than one in three workers feel truly engaged? That is the question raised by Gallup's quarterly survey, released on 28 October 2026: in the United States, employee engagement fell to 29% in the third quarter, the lowest level since 2011.

Gallup has measured engagement since 2000 with the same questions, put to U.S. workers in its panel. In the latest survey, conducted online in August 2026, two answers closely tied to communication fell the most: knowing what is expected of you and feeling that someone at work cares about you as a person.

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