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The biggest gaps between manager and employee perceptions are in the delivery of recognition and frequent feedback. Nearly 60% of managers feel they are doing a good job recognizing their team’s hard work and contributions, but only about a third of individual contributors (35%) share the same sentiment. The largest difference between manager and employee perceptions is in how often they think feedback is provided. Only one in five (20%) employees say they receive feedback weekly, compared with about half of managers (50%) reporting they deliver it weekly. Learn more about manager’s strengths, weaknesses and blind spots here: https://lnkd.in/gAEWyKtT

In 2023, the Middle East and North Africa had the lowest regional percentage of employees who say it is a good time to find a job (33%) and the highest level of actively disengaged employees (25%). Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace: 2024 Report finds that poor job markets are highly correlated with active disengagement. When asking respondents if they felt it was a good time to find a job where they live, their responses track consistently with official unemployment statistics. Discover more insights on workplaces in the Middle East and North Africa in Gallup’s latest State of the Global Workforce report. https://lnkd.in/gS8fDcpv

One statistic Gallup has found to remain consistent over time is this: 70% of the variance in team engagement is determined solely by the manager. Yet, managers spend just 7% of their time managing people. Our German Index report emphasizes this disconnect. Gallup Managing Partner Pa M. K. Sinyan explains, “97% of managers believing they’re doing a really good job of managing their people, while 69% of employees experience bad managers, so somebody’s not telling the truth, obviously.” Explore the full report here: https://lnkd.in/g2Nvm6df

Workplaces in Australia and New Zealand have reason to celebrate. In 2023, the region had the highest percentage of thriving employees (60%), the lowest percentage of employees experiencing daily loneliness (13%) and the highest percentage of employees who say it is a good time to find a job where they live (79%). Learn more about the regional successes and pitfalls Australia and New Zealand faced over the last year, and dive into other regional findings in Gallup’s latest State of the Global Workplace report — out now. https://lnkd.in/gK_3PE_U

One key metric when gathering data for Gallup's State of the Global Workplace report is our Q12 employee engagement survey. Gallup's Q12 meta-analysis finds that the powerful relationship between employee engagement and performance can be generalized across countries, industries, organizations and teams. With the average employee spending 13 straight years of their lifetime working – humans are spending more time working than any other activity besides sleeping. This makes it crucial for companies to actively engage their employees and address their most pressing needs. So how is life at work going for millions of people? And why should leaders care? Learn more about how work and life is going for the world’s employees here: https://lnkd.in/gykv8qSw

In the latest State of the Global Workplace report, 41% of employees report experiencing “a lot of stress.” Yet stress varies significantly depending on how the organizations are run. Those working in companies with bad management practices (actively disengaged employees) are 60% more likely to be stressed than those working in environments with good management practices (engaged employees). Leaders know workplace stress is a problem -- they’ve seen the data, heard it from their colleagues and experienced it themselves. A quarter of leaders feel burned out often or always, and two-thirds feel it at least sometimes. Many are trying to address it, but often in ineffective ways. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gzbJRcr5

Europe had the lowest regional percentage of engaged employees in 2023 — just 13%, compared to the global average of 23%. Over a third (37%) also reported experiencing stress a lot of the previous day, up a percentage point from the previous year. Discover what leaders can do to create a more engaged workplace and explore additional global findings in Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace: 2024 Report. https://lnkd.in/gFuGiD4m

In general, working adults are less likely to experience loneliness (20%) than those who are unemployed (32%), and this remains true across age groups. This positive effect is much stronger, however, as employee engagement rises. If employees are actively disengaged, they are almost as likely to be lonely as those who are unemployed. If employees are engaged -- if they find their work meaningful and feel connected to their team members and organization -- their likelihood of loneliness is substantially lower. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gYZP5PvX

Over half of U.S. adults say it is “extremely important” for companies to avoid major pay gaps between CEOs and average employees. Another 27% of Americans think it is “somewhat important.” These findings have remained generally unchanged since 2022. Despite the consensus on avoiding major pay gaps, two-thirds of Americans say companies are doing a “poor” job of avoiding major pay gaps between CEOs and average employees, according to the latest Bentley University-Gallup Business in Society research. The findings come at a time when the 2023 median pay package for a CEO rose to $16.3 million, an increase of 12.6% from the previous year, according to an Equilar/Associated Press 2024 study. This is more than three times the 4.1% increase netted by private-sector workers in 2023. For further insights into Americans’ perceptions of the CEO-employee pay gap, read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gjPK4JMY

The United States and Canada touted the highest regional percentage of engaged employees in 2023, at 33%. However, the employee experience is still lacking in other areas — the U.S. and Canada region also has the second-highest percentage of employees experiencing stress a lot of the previous day. Discover more regional findings from our State of the Global Workplace: 2024 Report. https://lnkd.in/gPCBbK9V