Crisis of Disengagement

DEATH BY DISENGAGEMENT: A COMPELLING CASE FOR ERADICATING THE SILENT KILLER IN YOUR WORKPLACE 51% not engaged, disconnected. 17.5% actively disengaged. More than two-thirds of the US workforce is not engaged. Many of these disengaged employees are within your company. They show up in time and turn the wheels in some way or another until five o’clock rolls around. On the surface, business is running smoothly, but internally, vitality is wilting. What is the remedy? Engagement. And it all starts with you and a change in your corporate culture. Disengagement is serious—in fact, it’s lethal to business and morale. And in The Crisis of Disengagement, Andrew J. Sherman stresses to business executives that the people within the company must be reignited to achieve both personal and overall company growth. Quantitative rewards are simply not enough. Learn ways to inspire true joy, pride, and passion in all facets of your company as Sherman explicitly delves into the impact of disengagement in the workplace, backed by his own professional experience, academic research, and consulting-firm reports, further supported by the expertise of the following guest contributors: Bob Rosen, Shelby Scarbrough, Alaina Love, Philip R. Styrlund, Kaihan Krippendorff, and Robert Gappa.

ANDREW J. SHERMAN is a partner in the Washington, DC, office of Seyfarth Shaw and is a top-rated adjunct professor in the MBA and Executive MBA programs at the University of Maryland and Georgetown Law School. Andrew is frequently called upon by the media to share his expertise and has been featured or quoted in reputable outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Times, Business Week, Fortune, Investor’s Business Daily, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and U.S. News & World Report. Additionally, he has authored the following books: Harvesting Intangible Assets: Uncover Hidden Revenue in Your Company’s Intellectual Property; Mergers and Acquisitions from A to Z; Raising Capital; Franchising & Licensing; and Essays on Governance.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Crisis of Disengagement Understanding the Magnitude and the Cause of the Crisis of Disengagement Disengagement as an Issue of Leadership and Governance Reflections on Driving a Culture of Engagement: Roots of Healthy Leadership—by Guest Essayist Bob Rosen Disengagement at the Peer and Team Levels Reflections on Civility, Protocol, and Manners in the Workplace—by Guest Essayist Shelby Scarbrough Disengagement at the Community Level Reflections on How Passion and Purpose Drive Engagement—by Guest Essayist Alaina Love Disengagement at the Individual Level Reflections on How Relevance Drives Engagement— by Guest Essayist Philip R. Styrlund The Impact of Disengagement on Innovation, Creativity, Productivity, and Profitability Reflections on Creativity, Culture, and Disengagement—by Guest Essayist Kaihan Krippendorff Reflections on Inspiring the Engagement of Your Customers and Partners—by Guest Essayist Robert Gappa Thirty Things You Can Implement Now to Foster, Inspire, and Sustain Engagement