--2022 Kincentric Report on Global Trends in Employee Engagement reveals 
challenging environment for employee engagement, leading to an Era of 
Opportunity for HR Professionals to Transform Organizations

Kincentric ( 
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), a Spencer Stuart company that uses data-driven insights to help 
organizations unlock the power of people and teams, today released a 
large-scale report on employee engagement trends over the past three years 
based on input from 12 million employees in more than 125 countries. The 2022 
Kincentric Report on Global Trends in Engagement ( 
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) shows that while employee engagement levels year-over-year appear relatively 
stable, engagement has varied greatly from quarter to quarter, reflecting the 
turbulence of the world events that have had a significant impact on workers 
around the globe.  

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The report finds that employees' engagement rates peaked at 73% in Q2 2020, 
before falling to 67% by Q4. After maintaining rates ranging from 65%-69% in 
2021, employee engagement fell to 62% in Q1 of 2022. Notably, workers' desire 
to stay within their current organization continues to decrease, indicating 
that turnover may remain a persistent challenge -- and middle managers are 
feeling more pressure than ever, with a 10-point decline in work-life balance 
compared to 2019. 

"The last few years have seen an unprecedented amount of disruption, from the 
ongoing pandemic to global social unrest; to that end, we've also seen a huge 
shift in how, when and where people work," said Jeff Jolton, Managing Director, 
Research and Insights at Kincentric. "This report outlines the specific changes 
unfolding in real-time, on a global scale."  

"While there are indicators of decreasing levels of employee engagement in the 
data, we have also identified areas of tremendous potential for organizations 
to build employee-centric systems, structures and processes that will meet the 
needs of the transformed workplace. These challenges present an era of 
opportunity for organizational leadership and the Human Resources function as 
drastic changes in ways of working can impact company performance." 

Other key results from the global study include:  

    --  Concern about lack of support: Only 50% of employees feel their
        organization has sufficient staffing to get work done. 

    --  A compelling vision of the future is a game changer: Employees reported
        8x higher engagement when senior leaders made them feel excited about
        the future. 

    --  Employees want to know how they fit in. As employees deal with a
        changing environment, they want to better understand where they fit 
        into the future of the organization. However only 59% feel recognized
        for their efforts and just 54% believe they have future career
        opportunities at their company.  

"The findings indicate that no one thing alone makes for a great work 
experience. Rather, it is the culmination of multiple and simultaneous active 
Employee Experience initiatives such as recognition, career development, 
performance management, effective infrastructure and staffing, communicating 
vision, caring leadership and a positive mindset around change that correlate 
positively with the degree of Employee Engagement and enable organizations to 
successfully engage and retain their employees. Now is the time for business 
and HR leaders to assess, determine the right steps to take for their culture, 
and ultimately empower and inspire their people," said Jolton. 

For more information or to view the full report, please visit here ( 
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). 
About Kincentric

Kincentric, a Spencer Stuart Company, helps organizations unlock the power of 
people and teams to ignite change and drive better business results. With 
decades of experience and specialist expertise in areas such as culture, 
employee engagement, leadership assessment and development, HR and talent 
advisory, and diversity, equity and inclusion, Kincentric uses data-driven 
insights to architect solutions that add value, enhance agility and increase 
organizational effectiveness. For more information, visit 
https://kincentric.com. 

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SOURCE: Kincentric