Comments on: Employee Satisfaction Misses the Mark https://peterstark.com/employee-satisfaction-misses-mark/ Management Consulting Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:49:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Joseph Wayne https://peterstark.com/employee-satisfaction-misses-mark/#comment-22308 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:49:01 +0000 https://peterstark.com/?p=14464#comment-22308 Passion, commitment, and most importantly, discretionary effort… Engaged employees are motivated to do more than the bare minimum needed in order to keep their jobs. By contrast, satisfied employees are merely happy or content with their jobs and the status quo. For some, this might involve doing as little work as possible.

]]> By: Joseph Wayne https://peterstark.com/employee-satisfaction-misses-mark/#comment-22307 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:46:31 +0000 https://peterstark.com/?p=14464#comment-22307 These tips are all important to companies who want to keep their employees happy and reduce turnover, but employee satisfaction is only a part of the overall solution. In fact, for some organizations, satisfied employees are people the organization might be better off without.

Employee satisfaction and employee engagement are similar concepts on the surface, and many people use these terms interchangeably. Employee satisfaction covers the basic concerns and needs of employees. It is a good starting point, but it usually stops short of what really matters.

]]> By: Laura Carter https://peterstark.com/employee-satisfaction-misses-mark/#comment-22271 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 16:38:08 +0000 https://peterstark.com/?p=14464#comment-22271 This is an excellent blog and I couldn’t agree more. Do you have an Employee Engagement Survey you could share or recommend? I love my team, they are engaged and seek opportunities that make them “uncomfortable”. I don’t want to become complacent myself though and feel a survey will help me stay on my toes as well.

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